English

Efficient tensor-network simulations of weakly-measured quantum circuits

Quantum Physics 2025-10-09 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We present a tensor-network-based method for simulating a weakly-measured quantum circuit. In particular, we use a Markov chain to efficiently sample measurements and contract the tensor network, propagating their effect forward along the spatial direction. Applications of our algorithm include validating quantum computers (capable of mid-circuit measurements) in regimes of easy classical simulability, and studying generative-machine-learning applications, where sampling from complex stochastic processes is the main task. As a demonstration of our algorithm, we consider a (1+1)-dimensional brickwall circuit of Haar-random unitaries, interspersed with generalized single-qubit measurements of variable strength. We simulate the dynamics for tens to hundreds of qubits if the circuit exhibits area-law entanglement (under strong measurements), and tens of qubits if it exhibits volume-law entanglement (under weak measurements). We observe signatures of a measurement-induced phase transition between the two regimes as a function of measurement strength.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2510.07211,
  title  = {Efficient tensor-network simulations of weakly-measured quantum circuits},
  author = {Darren Pereira and Leonardo Banchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.07211},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

8 pages, 5 figures

R2 v1 2026-07-01T06:24:23.890Z