Scalable embedding of parity constraints in quantum annealing hardware

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Main Authors: Cattelan, Michele, Bennett, Jemma, Yarkoni, Sheir, Lechner, Wolfgang
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Published: 2024
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author Cattelan, Michele
Bennett, Jemma
Yarkoni, Sheir
Lechner, Wolfgang
author_facet Cattelan, Michele
Bennett, Jemma
Yarkoni, Sheir
Lechner, Wolfgang
contents One of the main bottlenecks in solving combinatorial optimization problems with quantum annealers is the qubit connectivity in the hardware. A possible solution for larger connectivty is minor embedding. This techniques makes the geometrical properties of the combinatorial optimization problem, encoded as a Hamiltonian, match the properties of the quantum annealing hardware. The embedding itself is a hard computational problem and therefore heuristic algorithms are required. In this work, we present fixed, modular and scalable embeddings that can be used to embed any combinatorial optimization problem described as an Ising Hamiltonian. These embeddings are the result of an extension of the well-known parity mapping, which has been used in the past to map higher-order Ising Hamiltonians to quadratic Hamiltonians, which are suitable for existing quantum hardware. We show how our new embeddings can be mapped to existing quantum annealers and that the embedded Hamiltonian physical properties match the original Hamiltonian properties.
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spellingShingle Scalable embedding of parity constraints in quantum annealing hardware
Cattelan, Michele
Bennett, Jemma
Yarkoni, Sheir
Lechner, Wolfgang
Quantum Physics
One of the main bottlenecks in solving combinatorial optimization problems with quantum annealers is the qubit connectivity in the hardware. A possible solution for larger connectivty is minor embedding. This techniques makes the geometrical properties of the combinatorial optimization problem, encoded as a Hamiltonian, match the properties of the quantum annealing hardware. The embedding itself is a hard computational problem and therefore heuristic algorithms are required. In this work, we present fixed, modular and scalable embeddings that can be used to embed any combinatorial optimization problem described as an Ising Hamiltonian. These embeddings are the result of an extension of the well-known parity mapping, which has been used in the past to map higher-order Ising Hamiltonians to quadratic Hamiltonians, which are suitable for existing quantum hardware. We show how our new embeddings can be mapped to existing quantum annealers and that the embedded Hamiltonian physical properties match the original Hamiltonian properties.
title Scalable embedding of parity constraints in quantum annealing hardware
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14746