Noise-Aware Quantum Amplitude Estimation

In this article, based on some simple and reasonable assumptions, we derive a Gaussian noise model for quantum amplitude estimation. We provide results from quantum amplitude estimation run on various IBM superconducting quantum computers and on Quantinuum's H1 trapped-ion quantum compute...

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Main Authors: Steven Herbert, Ifan Williams, Roland Guichard, Darren Ng
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
Series:IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering
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description In this article, based on some simple and reasonable assumptions, we derive a Gaussian noise model for quantum amplitude estimation. We provide results from quantum amplitude estimation run on various IBM superconducting quantum computers and on Quantinuum's H1 trapped-ion quantum computer to show that the proposed model is a good fit for real-world experimental data. We also show that the proposed Gaussian noise model can be easily composed with other noise models in order to capture effects that are not well described by Gaussian noise. We give a generalized procedure for how to embed this noise model into any quantum-phase-estimation-free quantum amplitude estimation algorithm, such that the amplitude estimation is “noise aware.” We then provide experimental results from running an implementation of noise-aware quantum amplitude estimation using data from an IBM superconducting quantum computer, demonstrating that the addition of “noise awareness” serves as an effective means of quantum error mitigation.
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spelling doaj-art-785e41b078da4656a405f5df4611e0fb2025-01-25T00:03:42ZengIEEEIEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering2689-18082024-01-01512310.1109/TQE.2024.347692910711252Noise-Aware Quantum Amplitude EstimationSteven Herbert0Ifan Williams1https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3033-5619Roland Guichard2Darren Ng3https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0933-3086Quantinuum, Cambridge, U.K.Quantinuum, Cambridge, U.K.Quantinuum, Cambridge, U.K.Quantinuum, Cambridge, U.K.In this article, based on some simple and reasonable assumptions, we derive a Gaussian noise model for quantum amplitude estimation. We provide results from quantum amplitude estimation run on various IBM superconducting quantum computers and on Quantinuum's H1 trapped-ion quantum computer to show that the proposed model is a good fit for real-world experimental data. We also show that the proposed Gaussian noise model can be easily composed with other noise models in order to capture effects that are not well described by Gaussian noise. We give a generalized procedure for how to embed this noise model into any quantum-phase-estimation-free quantum amplitude estimation algorithm, such that the amplitude estimation is “noise aware.” We then provide experimental results from running an implementation of noise-aware quantum amplitude estimation using data from an IBM superconducting quantum computer, demonstrating that the addition of “noise awareness” serves as an effective means of quantum error mitigation.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10711252/Noise characterizationnoisy intermediate-scale quantumquantum algorithmsquantum amplitude estimation (QAE)quantum computing (QC)quantum error mitigation
spellingShingle Steven Herbert
Ifan Williams
Roland Guichard
Darren Ng
Noise-Aware Quantum Amplitude Estimation
IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering
Noise characterization
noisy intermediate-scale quantum
quantum algorithms
quantum amplitude estimation (QAE)
quantum computing (QC)
quantum error mitigation
title Noise-Aware Quantum Amplitude Estimation
title_full Noise-Aware Quantum Amplitude Estimation
title_fullStr Noise-Aware Quantum Amplitude Estimation
title_full_unstemmed Noise-Aware Quantum Amplitude Estimation
title_short Noise-Aware Quantum Amplitude Estimation
title_sort noise aware quantum amplitude estimation
topic Noise characterization
noisy intermediate-scale quantum
quantum algorithms
quantum amplitude estimation (QAE)
quantum computing (QC)
quantum error mitigation
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10711252/
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