Mitigating Barren Plateaus of Variational Quantum Eigensolvers
Abstrak
Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) are expected to establish valuable applications on near-term quantum computers. However, recent works have pointed out that the performance of VQAs greatly relies on the expressibility of the ansatzes and is seriously limited by optimization issues, such as barren plateaus (i.e., vanishing gradients). This article proposes the state-efficient ansatz (SEA) for accurate ground state preparation with improved trainability. We show that the SEA can generate an arbitrary pure state with much fewer parameters than a universal ansatz, making it efficient for tasks like ground state estimation. Then, we prove that barren plateaus can be efficiently mitigated by the SEA and the trainability can be further improved most quadratically by flexibly adjusting the entangling capability of the SEA. Finally, we investigate a plethora of examples in ground state estimation where we obtain significant improvements in the magnitude of the cost gradient and the convergence speed.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (5)
Xia Liu
Geng Liu
Hao-Kai Zhang
Jiaxin Huang
Xin Wang
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2024
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.1109/TQE.2024.3383050
- Akses
- Open Access ✓