Parallel Token Swapping for Qubit Routing

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Main Authors: Bansal, Ishan, Günlük, Oktay, Shapley, Richard
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author Bansal, Ishan
Günlük, Oktay
Shapley, Richard
author_facet Bansal, Ishan
Günlük, Oktay
Shapley, Richard
contents In this paper we study a combinatorial reconfiguration problem that involves finding an optimal sequence of swaps to move an initial configuration of tokens that are placed on the vertices of a graph to a final desired one. This problem arises as a crucial step in reducing the depth of a quantum circuit when compiling a quantum algorithm. We provide the first known constant factor approximation algorithms for the parallel token swapping problem on graph topologies that are commonly found in modern quantum computers, including cycle graphs, subdivided star graphs, and grid graphs. We also study the so-called stretch factor of a natural lower bound to the problem, which has been shown to be useful when designing heuristics for the qubit routing problem. Finally, we study the colored version of this reconfiguration problem where some tokens share the same color and are considered indistinguishable.
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spellingShingle Parallel Token Swapping for Qubit Routing
Bansal, Ishan
Günlük, Oktay
Shapley, Richard
Data Structures and Algorithms
Discrete Mathematics
Optimization and Control
Quantum Physics
In this paper we study a combinatorial reconfiguration problem that involves finding an optimal sequence of swaps to move an initial configuration of tokens that are placed on the vertices of a graph to a final desired one. This problem arises as a crucial step in reducing the depth of a quantum circuit when compiling a quantum algorithm. We provide the first known constant factor approximation algorithms for the parallel token swapping problem on graph topologies that are commonly found in modern quantum computers, including cycle graphs, subdivided star graphs, and grid graphs. We also study the so-called stretch factor of a natural lower bound to the problem, which has been shown to be useful when designing heuristics for the qubit routing problem. Finally, we study the colored version of this reconfiguration problem where some tokens share the same color and are considered indistinguishable.
title Parallel Token Swapping for Qubit Routing
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
Discrete Mathematics
Optimization and Control
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.18581