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Quantum fluctuation theorem to benchmark quantum annealers
- Source :
- Sci. Rep. 8, 17191 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Near term quantum hardware promises unprecedented computational advantage. Crucial in its development is the characterization and minimization of computational errors. We propose the use of the quantum fluctuation theorem to benchmark the performance of quantum annealers. This versatile tool provides simple means to determine whether the quantum dynamics are unital, unitary, and adiabatic, or whether the system is prone to thermal noise. Our proposal is experimentally tested on two generations of the D-Wave machine, which illustrates the sensitivity of the fluctuation theorem to the smallest aberrations from ideal annealing.<br />Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
- Subjects :
- Quantum Physics
Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Sci. Rep. 8, 17191 (2018)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1801.06925
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35264-z