Scalable circuit depth reduction in feedback-based quantum optimization with a quadratic approximation

Fuente: arXiv
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Arai, Don, Okada, Ken N., Nakano, Yuichiro, Mitarai, Kosuke, Fujii, Keisuke
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1866929669289279488
author Arai, Don
Okada, Ken N.
Nakano, Yuichiro
Mitarai, Kosuke
Fujii, Keisuke
author_facet Arai, Don
Okada, Ken N.
Nakano, Yuichiro
Mitarai, Kosuke
Fujii, Keisuke
contents Combinatorial optimization problems are one of the areas where near-term noisy quantum computers may have practical advantage against classical computers. Recently a novel feedback-based quantum optimization algorithm has been proposed by Magann \textit{et al}. The method explicitly determines quantum circuit parameters by feeding back measurement results thus avoids classical parameter optimization that is known to cause significant trouble in quantum approximate optimization algorithm, the well-studied near-term algorithm. Meanwhile, a significant drawback of the feedback-based quantum optimization is that it requires deep circuits, rendering the method unsuitable to noisy quantum devices. In this study we propose a new feedback law for parameter determination by introducing the second-order approximation with respect to time interval, a hyperparameter in the feedback-based quantum optimization. This allows one to take larger time interval, leading to acceleration of convergence to solutions. In numerical simulations on the maximum cut problem we demonstrate that our proposal significantly reduces circuit depth, with its linear scaling with the problem size smaller by more than an order of magnitude. We expect that the new feedback law proposed in this work may pave the way for feedback-based quantum optimization with near-term noisy quantum computers.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2407_17810
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Scalable circuit depth reduction in feedback-based quantum optimization with a quadratic approximation
Arai, Don
Okada, Ken N.
Nakano, Yuichiro
Mitarai, Kosuke
Fujii, Keisuke
Quantum Physics
Combinatorial optimization problems are one of the areas where near-term noisy quantum computers may have practical advantage against classical computers. Recently a novel feedback-based quantum optimization algorithm has been proposed by Magann \textit{et al}. The method explicitly determines quantum circuit parameters by feeding back measurement results thus avoids classical parameter optimization that is known to cause significant trouble in quantum approximate optimization algorithm, the well-studied near-term algorithm. Meanwhile, a significant drawback of the feedback-based quantum optimization is that it requires deep circuits, rendering the method unsuitable to noisy quantum devices. In this study we propose a new feedback law for parameter determination by introducing the second-order approximation with respect to time interval, a hyperparameter in the feedback-based quantum optimization. This allows one to take larger time interval, leading to acceleration of convergence to solutions. In numerical simulations on the maximum cut problem we demonstrate that our proposal significantly reduces circuit depth, with its linear scaling with the problem size smaller by more than an order of magnitude. We expect that the new feedback law proposed in this work may pave the way for feedback-based quantum optimization with near-term noisy quantum computers.
title Scalable circuit depth reduction in feedback-based quantum optimization with a quadratic approximation
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.17810