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arxiv 1811.08017 v2 pith:U2ZYEBAS submitted 2018-11-19 quant-ph

A random compiler for fast Hamiltonian simulation

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The dynamics of a quantum system can be simulated using a quantum computer by breaking down the unitary into a quantum circuit of one and two qubit gates. The most established methods are the Trotter-Suzuki decompositions, for which rigorous bounds on the circuit size depend on the number of terms $L$ in the system Hamiltonian and the size of the largest term in the Hamiltonian $\Lambda$. Consequently, Trotter-Suzuki is only practical for sparse Hamiltonians. Trotter-Suzuki is a deterministic compiler but it was recently shown that randomised compiling offers lower overheads. Here we present and analyse a randomised compiler for Hamiltonian simulation where gate probabilities are proportional to the strength of a corresponding term in the Hamiltonian. This approach requires a circuit size independent of $L$ and $\Lambda$, but instead depending on $\lambda$ the absolute sum of Hamiltonian strengths (the $\ell_1$ norm). Therefore, it is especially suited to electronic structure Hamiltonians relevant to quantum chemistry. Considering propane, carbon dioxide and ethane, we observe speed-ups compared to standard Trotter-Suzuki of between $306\times$ and $1591\times$ for physically significant simulation times at precision $10^{-3}$. Performing phase estimation at chemical accuracy, we report that the savings are similar.

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