Principal eigenstate classical shadows

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Main Authors: Grier, Daniel, Pashayan, Hakop, Schaeffer, Luke
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author Grier, Daniel
Pashayan, Hakop
Schaeffer, Luke
author_facet Grier, Daniel
Pashayan, Hakop
Schaeffer, Luke
contents Given many copies of an unknown quantum state $ρ$, we consider the task of learning a classical description of its principal eigenstate. Namely, assuming that $ρ$ has an eigenstate $|ϕ\rangle$ with (unknown) eigenvalue $λ> 1/2$, the goal is to learn a (classical shadows style) classical description of $|ϕ\rangle$ which can later be used to estimate expectation values $\langle ϕ|O| ϕ\rangle$ for any $O$ in some class of observables. We consider the sample-complexity setting in which generating a copy of $ρ$ is expensive, but joint measurements on many copies of the state are possible. We present a protocol for this task scaling with the principal eigenvalue $λ$ and show that it is optimal within a space of natural approaches, e.g., applying quantum state purification followed by a single-copy classical shadows scheme. Furthermore, when $λ$ is sufficiently close to $1$, the performance of our algorithm is optimal--matching the sample complexity for pure state classical shadows.
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spellingShingle Principal eigenstate classical shadows
Grier, Daniel
Pashayan, Hakop
Schaeffer, Luke
Quantum Physics
Information Theory
Machine Learning
Given many copies of an unknown quantum state $ρ$, we consider the task of learning a classical description of its principal eigenstate. Namely, assuming that $ρ$ has an eigenstate $|ϕ\rangle$ with (unknown) eigenvalue $λ> 1/2$, the goal is to learn a (classical shadows style) classical description of $|ϕ\rangle$ which can later be used to estimate expectation values $\langle ϕ|O| ϕ\rangle$ for any $O$ in some class of observables. We consider the sample-complexity setting in which generating a copy of $ρ$ is expensive, but joint measurements on many copies of the state are possible. We present a protocol for this task scaling with the principal eigenvalue $λ$ and show that it is optimal within a space of natural approaches, e.g., applying quantum state purification followed by a single-copy classical shadows scheme. Furthermore, when $λ$ is sufficiently close to $1$, the performance of our algorithm is optimal--matching the sample complexity for pure state classical shadows.
title Principal eigenstate classical shadows
topic Quantum Physics
Information Theory
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13939