Kernpiler: Compiler Optimization for Quantum Hamiltonian Simulation with Partial Trotterization

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Main Authors: Decker, Ethan, Goetz, Lucas, McKinney, Evan, Gustafson, Erik, Zhou, Junyu, Liu, Yuhao, Jones, Alex K., Li, Ang, Schuckert, Alexander, Stein, Samuel, Crane, Eleanor, Li, Gushu
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author Decker, Ethan
Goetz, Lucas
McKinney, Evan
Gustafson, Erik
Zhou, Junyu
Liu, Yuhao
Jones, Alex K.
Li, Ang
Schuckert, Alexander
Stein, Samuel
Crane, Eleanor
Li, Gushu
author_facet Decker, Ethan
Goetz, Lucas
McKinney, Evan
Gustafson, Erik
Zhou, Junyu
Liu, Yuhao
Jones, Alex K.
Li, Ang
Schuckert, Alexander
Stein, Samuel
Crane, Eleanor
Li, Gushu
contents Quantum computing promises transformative impacts in simulating Hamiltonian dynamics, essential for studying physical systems inaccessible by classical computing. However, existing compilation techniques for Hamiltonian simulation, in particular the commonly used Trotter formulas struggle to provide gate counts feasible on current quantum computers for beyond-classical simulations. We propose partial Trotterization, where sets of non-commuting Hamiltonian terms are directly compiled allowing for less error per Trotter step and therefore a reduction of Trotter steps overall. Furthermore, a suite of novel optimizations are introduced which complement the new partial Trotterization technique, including reinforcement learning for complex unitary decompositions and high level Hamiltonian analysis for unitary reduction. We demonstrate with numerical simulations across spin and fermionic Hamiltonians that compared to state of the art methods such as Qiskit's Rustiq and Qiskit's Paulievolutiongate, our novel compiler presents up to 10x gate and depth count reductions.
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spellingShingle Kernpiler: Compiler Optimization for Quantum Hamiltonian Simulation with Partial Trotterization
Decker, Ethan
Goetz, Lucas
McKinney, Evan
Gustafson, Erik
Zhou, Junyu
Liu, Yuhao
Jones, Alex K.
Li, Ang
Schuckert, Alexander
Stein, Samuel
Crane, Eleanor
Li, Gushu
Quantum Physics
Quantum computing promises transformative impacts in simulating Hamiltonian dynamics, essential for studying physical systems inaccessible by classical computing. However, existing compilation techniques for Hamiltonian simulation, in particular the commonly used Trotter formulas struggle to provide gate counts feasible on current quantum computers for beyond-classical simulations. We propose partial Trotterization, where sets of non-commuting Hamiltonian terms are directly compiled allowing for less error per Trotter step and therefore a reduction of Trotter steps overall. Furthermore, a suite of novel optimizations are introduced which complement the new partial Trotterization technique, including reinforcement learning for complex unitary decompositions and high level Hamiltonian analysis for unitary reduction. We demonstrate with numerical simulations across spin and fermionic Hamiltonians that compared to state of the art methods such as Qiskit's Rustiq and Qiskit's Paulievolutiongate, our novel compiler presents up to 10x gate and depth count reductions.
title Kernpiler: Compiler Optimization for Quantum Hamiltonian Simulation with Partial Trotterization
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.07214