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Title: Generative model benchmarks for superconducting qubits

Journal Article · · Physical Review A

In this paper we demonstrate experimentally how generative model training can be used as a benchmark for small (fewer than five qubits) quantum devices. Performance is quantified using three data analytic metrics: the Kullback-Leibler divergence and two adaptations of the F1 score. Using the 2×2 bars and stripes data set, we train several different circuit constructions for generative modeling with superconducting qubits. By taking hardware connectivity constraints into consideration, we show that sparsely connected shallow circuits outperform denser counterparts on noisy hardware.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) (SC-21)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1531259
Journal Information:
Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 99; ISSN PLRAAN; ISSN 2469-9926
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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