Synergistic pretraining of parametrized quantum circuits via tensor networks

Aug 29, 2022
10 pages
Published in:
  • Nature Commun. 14 (2023) 1, 8367
  • Published: Dec 15, 2023
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Abstract: (Springer)
Parametrized quantum circuits (PQCs) represent a promising framework for using present-day quantum hardware to solve diverse problems in materials science, quantum chemistry, and machine learning. We introduce a “synergistic” approach that addresses two prominent issues with these models: the prevalence of barren plateaus in PQC optimization landscapes, and the difficulty to outperform state-of-the-art classical algorithms. This framework first uses classical resources to compute a tensor network encoding a high-quality solution, and then converts this classical output into a PQC which can be further improved using quantum resources. We provide numerical evidence that this framework effectively mitigates barren plateaus in systems of up to 100 qubits using only moderate classical resources, with overall performance improving as more classical or quantum resources are employed. We believe our results highlight that classical simulation methods are not an obstacle to overcome in demonstrating practically useful quantum advantage, but rather can help quantum methods find their way.
Note:
  • 15 pages, 7 figures
  • network: tensor
  • chemistry: quantum
  • quantum circuit
  • quantum advantage
  • noisy intermediate-scale quantum
  • optimization
  • performance
  • qubit
  • quantum state
  • quantum simulation