Iterative Gradient Ascent Pulse Engineering algorithm for quantum optimal control
Abstract
Gradient ascent pulse engineering algorithm (GRAPE) is a typical method to solve quantum optimal control problems. However, it suffers from an exponential resource in computing the time evolution of quantum systems with the increasing number of qubits, which is a barrier for its application in large-qubit systems. To mitigate this issue, we propose an iterative GRAPE algorithm (iGRAPE) for preparing a desired quantum state, where the large-scale, resource-consuming optimization problem is decomposed into a set of lower-dimensional optimization subproblems by disentanglement operations. Consequently these subproblems can be solved in parallel with less computing resources. For physical platforms such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and superconducting quantum systems, we show that iGRAPE can provide up to 13-fold speedup over GRAPE when preparing desired quantum states in systems within 12 qubits. Using a four-qubit NMR system, we also experimentally verify the feasibility of the iGRAPE algorithm.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2212.02806,
title = {Iterative Gradient Ascent Pulse Engineering algorithm for quantum optimal control},
author = {Yuquan Chen and Yajie Hao and Ze Wu and Bi-Ying Wang and Ran Liu and Yanjun Hou and Jiangyu Cui and Man-Hong Yung and Xinhua Peng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.02806},
year = {2022}
}