Nonstabilizerness Enhances Thrifty Shadow Estimation

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Main Authors: Chen, Datong, Zhu, Huangjun
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author Chen, Datong
Zhu, Huangjun
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Zhu, Huangjun
contents Shadow estimation is a powerful approach for estimating the expectation values of many observables. Thrifty shadow estimation is a simple variant that is proposed to reduce the experimental overhead by reusing random circuits repeatedly. Although this idea is so simple, its performance is quite elusive. In this work we show that thrifty shadow estimation is effective on average whenever the unitary ensemble forms a 2-design, in sharp contrast with the previous expectation. In thrifty shadow estimation based on the Clifford group, the variance is inversely correlated with the degree of nonstabilizerness of the state and observable, which is a key resource in quantum information processing. For fidelity estimation, it decreases exponentially with the stabilizer 2-Rényi entropy of the target state, which endows the stabilizer 2-Rényi entropy with a clear operational meaning. In addition,we propose a simple circuit to enhance the efficiency, which requires only one layer of $T$ gates and is particularly appealing in the NISQ era.
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spellingShingle Nonstabilizerness Enhances Thrifty Shadow Estimation
Chen, Datong
Zhu, Huangjun
Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
Shadow estimation is a powerful approach for estimating the expectation values of many observables. Thrifty shadow estimation is a simple variant that is proposed to reduce the experimental overhead by reusing random circuits repeatedly. Although this idea is so simple, its performance is quite elusive. In this work we show that thrifty shadow estimation is effective on average whenever the unitary ensemble forms a 2-design, in sharp contrast with the previous expectation. In thrifty shadow estimation based on the Clifford group, the variance is inversely correlated with the degree of nonstabilizerness of the state and observable, which is a key resource in quantum information processing. For fidelity estimation, it decreases exponentially with the stabilizer 2-Rényi entropy of the target state, which endows the stabilizer 2-Rényi entropy with a clear operational meaning. In addition,we propose a simple circuit to enhance the efficiency, which requires only one layer of $T$ gates and is particularly appealing in the NISQ era.
title Nonstabilizerness Enhances Thrifty Shadow Estimation
topic Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23977