A circuit-generated quantum subspace algorithm for the variational quantum eigensolver
Abstract
Recent research has shown that wavefunction evolution in real- and imaginary-time can generate quantum subspaces with significant utility for obtaining accurate ground state energies. Inspired by these methods, we propose combining quantum subspace techniques with the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE). In our approach, the parameterized quantum circuit is divided into a series of smaller subcircuits. The sequential application of these subcircuits to an initial state generates a set of wavefunctions that we use as a quantum subspace to obtain high-accuracy groundstate energies. We call this technique the circuit subspace variational quantum eigensolver (CSVQE) algorithm. By benchmarking CSVQE on a range of quantum chemistry problems, we show that it can achieve significant error reduction in the best case compared to conventional VQE, particularly for poorly optimized circuits, greatly improving convergence rates. Furthermore, we demonstrate that when applied to circuits trapped at a local minima, CSVQE can produce energies close to the global minimum of the energy landscape, making it a potentially powerful tool for diagnosing local minima.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2404.06534,
title = {A circuit-generated quantum subspace algorithm for the variational quantum eigensolver},
author = {Mark R. Hirsbrunner and J. Wayne Mullinax and Yizhi Shen and David B. Williams-Young and Katherine Klymko and Roel Van Beeumen and Norm M. Tubman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.06534},
year = {2024}
}
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This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in J. Chem. Phys. 161, 164103 (2024) and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0224883