Quantum annealing correction for random Ising problems
Abstract
Here, we demonstrate that the performance of a quantum annealer on hard random Ising optimization problems can be substantially improved using quantum annealing correction (QAC). Our error correction strategy is tailored to the D-Wave Two device. We find that QAC provides a statistically significant enhancement in the performance of the device over a classical repetition code, improving as a function of problem size as well as hardness. Moreover, QAC provides a mechanism for overcoming the precision limit of the device, in addition to correcting calibration errors. Performance is robust even to missing qubits. We present evidence for a constructive role played by quantum effects in our experiments by contrasting the experimental results with the predictions of a classical model of the device. Our work demonstrates the importance of error correction in appropriately determining the performance of quantum annealers.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology, and Information Sciences Inst.
- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology, Information Sciences Inst., and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology, Information Sciences Inst., Dept. of Chemistry, and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); UT-Battelle LLC/ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1565358
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1179314
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1050-2947
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Optics; Physics
Citation Formats
Pudenz, Kristen L., Albash, Tameem, and Lidar, Daniel A. Quantum annealing correction for random Ising problems. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/physreva.91.042302.
Pudenz, Kristen L., Albash, Tameem, & Lidar, Daniel A. Quantum annealing correction for random Ising problems. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.91.042302
Pudenz, Kristen L., Albash, Tameem, and Lidar, Daniel A. Thu .
"Quantum annealing correction for random Ising problems". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.91.042302. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1565358.
@article{osti_1565358,
title = {Quantum annealing correction for random Ising problems},
author = {Pudenz, Kristen L. and Albash, Tameem and Lidar, Daniel A.},
abstractNote = {Here, we demonstrate that the performance of a quantum annealer on hard random Ising optimization problems can be substantially improved using quantum annealing correction (QAC). Our error correction strategy is tailored to the D-Wave Two device. We find that QAC provides a statistically significant enhancement in the performance of the device over a classical repetition code, improving as a function of problem size as well as hardness. Moreover, QAC provides a mechanism for overcoming the precision limit of the device, in addition to correcting calibration errors. Performance is robust even to missing qubits. We present evidence for a constructive role played by quantum effects in our experiments by contrasting the experimental results with the predictions of a classical model of the device. Our work demonstrates the importance of error correction in appropriately determining the performance of quantum annealers.},
doi = {10.1103/physreva.91.042302},
journal = {Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics},
number = 4,
volume = 91,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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