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Cutting Quantum Circuits Beyond Qubits

Quantum Physics 2026-01-30 v2 Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing

Abstract

We extend quantum circuit cutting to heterogeneous registers comprising mixed-dimensional qudits. By decomposing non-local interactions into tensor products of local generalised Gell-Mann matrices, we enable the simulation and execution of high-dimensional circuits on disconnected hardware fragments. We validate this framework on qubit--qutrit (22--33) interfaces, achieving exact state reconstruction with a Total Variation Distance of 0 within single-precision floating-point tolerance. Furthermore, we demonstrate the memory advantage in an 8-particle, dimension-8 system, reducing memory usage from 128 MB to 64 KB per circuit.

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@article{arxiv.2601.02064,
  title  = {Cutting Quantum Circuits Beyond Qubits},
  author = {Manav Seksaria and Anil Prabhakar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.02064},
  year   = {2026}
}
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