Heuristic-free Verification-inspired Quantum Benchmarking

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this paper, we introduce a new approach to quantum benchmarking inspired by quantum verification motivating new paradigms of quantum benchmarking. Our proposed benchmark not only serves as a robust indicator of computational capability but also offers scalability, customizability, and universality. By providing formal statements regarding the quality of quantum devices while assuming device consistency, we eliminate the reliance on heuristics. We establish a deep connection between quantum verification and quantum benchmarking. For practical application, we present a concrete benchmarking protocol derived from a quantum verification protocol, and prove it to match our redefined standards for quantum benchmarking.

The power of shallow-depth Toffoli and qudit quantum circuits

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The relevance of shallow-depth quantum circuits has recently increased, mainly due to their applicability to near-term devices. In this context, one of the main goals of quantum circuit complexity is to find problems that can be solved by quantum shallow circuits but require more computational resources classically. Our first contribution in this work is to prove new separations between classical and quantum constant-depth circuits. Firstly, we show a separation between constant-depth quantum circuits with quantum advice $\mathsf{QNC}^0/\mathsf{qpoly}$, and $\mathsf{AC}^0[p]$, which is the class of classical constant-depth circuits with unbounded-fan in and $\pmod{p}$ gates. In addition, we show a separation between $\mathsf{QAC}^0$, which additionally has Toffoli gates with unbounded control, and $\mathsf{AC}^0[p]$. This establishes the first such separation for a shallow-depth quantum class that does not involve quantum fan-out gates. Secondly, we consider $\mathsf{QNC}^0$ circuits with infinite-size gate sets. We show that these circuits, along with (classical or quantum) prime modular gates, can implement threshold gates, showing that $\mathsf{QNC}^0[p]=\mathsf{QTC}^0$. Finally, we also show that in the infinite-size gateset case, these quantum circuit classes for higher-dimensional Hilbert spaces do not offer any advantage to standard qubit implementations.

Michael De Oliveira | LIP6 - Équipe QI

Heuristic-free Verification-inspired Quantum Benchmarking

The power of shallow-depth Toffoli and qudit quantum circuits