Minimizing entanglement entropy for enhanced quantum state preparation

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Main Authors: Kerppo, Oskari, Steadman, William, Niemimäki, Ossi, Lahtinen, Valtteri
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Published: 2025
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author Kerppo, Oskari
Steadman, William
Niemimäki, Ossi
Lahtinen, Valtteri
author_facet Kerppo, Oskari
Steadman, William
Niemimäki, Ossi
Lahtinen, Valtteri
contents Quantum state preparation is an important subroutine in many quantum algorithms. The goal is to encode classical information directly to the quantum state so that it is possible to leverage quantum algorithms for data processing. However, quantum state preparation of arbitrary states scales exponentially in the number of two-qubit gates, and this makes quantum state preparation a very difficult task on quantum computers, especially on near-term noisy devices. This represents a major challenge in achieving quantum advantage. We present and analyze a novel two-step state preparation method where we first minimize the entanglement entropy of the target quantum state, thus transforming the state to one that is easier to prepare. The state with reduced entanglement entropy is then represented as a matrix product state, resulting in a high accuracy preparation of the target state. Our method is suitable for NISQ devices and we give rigorous lower bounds on the accuracy of the prepared state in terms of the entanglement entropy. We benchmark our method with 2D normal distribution and Ricker wavelet states with 6--20 qubits.
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spellingShingle Minimizing entanglement entropy for enhanced quantum state preparation
Kerppo, Oskari
Steadman, William
Niemimäki, Ossi
Lahtinen, Valtteri
Quantum Physics
Quantum state preparation is an important subroutine in many quantum algorithms. The goal is to encode classical information directly to the quantum state so that it is possible to leverage quantum algorithms for data processing. However, quantum state preparation of arbitrary states scales exponentially in the number of two-qubit gates, and this makes quantum state preparation a very difficult task on quantum computers, especially on near-term noisy devices. This represents a major challenge in achieving quantum advantage. We present and analyze a novel two-step state preparation method where we first minimize the entanglement entropy of the target quantum state, thus transforming the state to one that is easier to prepare. The state with reduced entanglement entropy is then represented as a matrix product state, resulting in a high accuracy preparation of the target state. Our method is suitable for NISQ devices and we give rigorous lower bounds on the accuracy of the prepared state in terms of the entanglement entropy. We benchmark our method with 2D normal distribution and Ricker wavelet states with 6--20 qubits.
title Minimizing entanglement entropy for enhanced quantum state preparation
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22562