Deep Reinforcement Learning for quantum state preparation with noisy gates in the NISQ-era

Quantum computers promise significant computational advantages over classical computers for specific tasks. However, one of the challenges in the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era is the efficient compilation of quantum states and gates, which is crucial for the implementation of quantum a...

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Autor: Narvaez Hernandez, Roberto
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/424046
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/424046
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quantum Computing
Reinforcement learning
Quantum Computation
Quantum State Preparation
Unitary Matrix Synthesis
Reinforcement Learning
Computació quàntica
Aprenentatge per reforç
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telecomunicació òptica::Fotònica
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Sumario:Quantum computers promise significant computational advantages over classical computers for specific tasks. However, one of the challenges in the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era is the efficient compilation of quantum states and gates, which is crucial for the implementation of quantum algorithms. Given the high dimensionality of quantum systems, this compilation task is non-trivial. Reinforcement learning (RL) is a machine learning subfield focused on developing algorithms for decision-making in dynamic environments. An agent learns by interacting with its environment, how to act to optimize its performance on a certain task. Recently, the integration of deep learning has given rise to deep reinforcement learning (DRL), where deep neural networks approximate functions like value or policy, allowing agents to tackle high-dimensional and complex tasks with greater efficiency and success. Recently, deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has been proposed as a method to automate quantum compiling. In this thesis, we explore the application of RL for quantum state and unitary matrix synthesis, focusing on the use of two reinforcement learning algorithms Deep Q-Networks (DQN) and Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO). Our results indicate that DRL shows promise in generalizing the task of quantum unitary synthesis and quantum state preparation. However, the current state-of-the-art is still limited to working in the no-volume law entangled part of the Hilbert space.