We demonstrate that the output statistics of a quantum annealing protocol run on D-Wave 2000Q can be explained by static disorder garnishing an otherwise ideal device hardware. A Boltzmann-like distribution over distinct output states emerges with increasing problem size, and significantly reduces the chances for a correct identification of the sought-after optimal solutions.
@article{arxiv.1808.06817,
title = {Output statistics of quantum annealers with disorder},
author = {Jonathan Brugger and Christian Seidel and Michael Streif and Filip A. Wudarski and Christoph Dittel and Andreas Buchleitner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.06817},
year = {2021}
}