The generation of a large amount of entanglement is a necessary condition for a quantum computer to achieve quantum advantage. In this paper, we propose a method to efficiently generate pseudo-random quantum states, for which the degree of multipartite entanglement is nearly maximal. We argue that the method is optimal, and use it to benchmark actual superconducting (IBM's ibm_lagos) and ion trap (IonQ's Harmony) quantum processors. Despite the fact that ibm_lagos has lower single-qubit and two-qubit error rates, the overall performance of Harmony is better thanks to low error rate in state preparation and measurement and to the all-to-all connectivity of qubits. Our result highlights the relevance of the qubits network architecture to generate highly entangled state.
@article{arxiv.2302.04101,
title = {Generation of Pseudo-Random Quantum States on Actual Quantum Processors},
author = {Gabriele Cenedese and Maria Bondani and Dario Rosa and Giuliano Benenti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.04101},
year = {2023}
}