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Main Authors: Devra, Amit, Glaser, Niklas J., Huber, Dennis, Glaser, Steffen J.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.12725
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author Devra, Amit
Glaser, Niklas J.
Huber, Dennis
Glaser, Steffen J.
author_facet Devra, Amit
Glaser, Niklas J.
Huber, Dennis
Glaser, Steffen J.
contents We present an experimental scanning-based tomography approach for near-term quantum devices. The underlying method has previously been introduced in an ensemble-based NMR setting. Here we provide a tutorial-style explanation along with suitable software tools to guide experimentalists in its adaptation to near-term pure-state quantum devices. The approach is based on a Wigner-type representation of quantum states and operators. These representations provide a rich visualization of quantum operators using shapes assembled from a linear combination of spherical harmonics. These shapes (called droplets in the following) can be experimentally tomographed by measuring the expectation values of rotated axial tensor operators. We present an experimental framework for implementing the scanning-based tomography technique for circuit-based quantum computers and showcase results from IBM quantum experience. We also present a method for estimating the density and process matrices from experimentally tomographed Wigner functions (droplets). This tomography approach can be directly implemented using the Python-based software package \texttt{DROPStomo}.
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spellingShingle Wigner State and Process Tomography on Near-Term Quantum Devices
Devra, Amit
Glaser, Niklas J.
Huber, Dennis
Glaser, Steffen J.
Quantum Physics
We present an experimental scanning-based tomography approach for near-term quantum devices. The underlying method has previously been introduced in an ensemble-based NMR setting. Here we provide a tutorial-style explanation along with suitable software tools to guide experimentalists in its adaptation to near-term pure-state quantum devices. The approach is based on a Wigner-type representation of quantum states and operators. These representations provide a rich visualization of quantum operators using shapes assembled from a linear combination of spherical harmonics. These shapes (called droplets in the following) can be experimentally tomographed by measuring the expectation values of rotated axial tensor operators. We present an experimental framework for implementing the scanning-based tomography technique for circuit-based quantum computers and showcase results from IBM quantum experience. We also present a method for estimating the density and process matrices from experimentally tomographed Wigner functions (droplets). This tomography approach can be directly implemented using the Python-based software package \texttt{DROPStomo}.
title Wigner State and Process Tomography on Near-Term Quantum Devices
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.12725