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Scalable Measurement Error Mitigation via Iterative Bayesian Unfolding

Quantum Physics 2022-10-25 v1

Abstract

Measurement error mitigation (MEM) techniques are postprocessing strategies to counteract systematic read-out errors on quantum computers (QC). Currently used MEM strategies face a tradeoff: methods that scale well with the number of qubits return negative probabilities, while those that guarantee a valid probability distribution are not scalable. Here, we present a scheme that addresses both of these issues. In particular, we present a scalable implementation of iterative Bayesian unfolding, a standard mitigation technique used in high-energy physics experiments. We demonstrate our method by mitigating QC data from experimental preparation of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states up to 127 qubits and implementation of the Bernstein-Vazirani algorithm on up to 26 qubits.

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@article{arxiv.2210.12284,
  title  = {Scalable Measurement Error Mitigation via Iterative Bayesian Unfolding},
  author = {Siddarth Srinivasan and Bibek Pokharel and Gregory Quiroz and Byron Boots},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.12284},
  year   = {2022}
}
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