PUBLICATIONS
2020-11
Diabatic quantum annealing by counter-diabatic driving
Luise Prielinger, Andreas Hartmann, Yu Yamashiro, Kohji Nishimura, Wolfgang Lechner, Hidetoshi Nishimori
We introduce a two-parameter approximate counter-diabatic term into the Hamiltonian of the transverse-field Ising model for quantum annealing to accelerate convergence to the solution, generalizing an existing single-parameter approach. The protocol is equivalent to unconventional diabatic control of the longitudinal and transverse fields in the transverse-field Ising model and thus makes it more feasible for experimental realization than an introduction of new terms such as non-stoquastic catalysts toward the same goal of performance enhancement. We test the idea for the p-spin model with p=3, which has a first-order quantum phase transition, and show that our two-parameter approach leads to significantly larger ground-state fidelity and lower residual energy than those by traditional quantum annealing as well as by the single-parameter method. We also find a scaling advantage in terms of the time to solution as a function of the system size in a certain range of parameters as compared to the traditional methods.
2020-06
Griffiths-McCoy singularity on the diluted Chimera graph: Monte Carlo simulations and experiments on the quantum hardware
Kohji Nishimura, Hidetoshi Nishimori, Helmut G. Katzgraber
The Griffiths-McCoy singularity is a phenomenon characteristic of low-dimensional disordered quantum spin systems, in which the magnetic susceptibility shows singular behavior as a function of the external field even within the paramagnetic phase. We study whether this phenomenon is observed in the transverse-field Ising model with disordered ferromagnetic interactions on the quasi-two-dimensional diluted Chimera graph both by quantum Monte Carlo simulations and by extensive experiments on the D-Wave quantum annealer used as a quantum simulator. From quantum Monte Carlo simulations, evidence is found for the existence of the Griffiths-McCoy singularity in the paramagnetic phase. The experimental approach on the quantum hardware produces results that are less clear-cut due to the intrinsic noise and errors in the analog quantum device but can nonetheless be interpreted to be consistent with the existence of the Griffiths-McCoy singularity as in the Monte Carlo case. This is the first experimental approach based on an analog quantum simulator to study the subtle phenomenon of Griffiths-McCoy singularities in a disordered quantum spin system, through which we have clarified the capabilities and limitations of the D-Wave quantum annealer as a quantum simulator.
2020-01
Dynamics of reverse annealing for the fully-connected p-spin model
Yu Yamashiro, Masaki Ohkuwa, Hidetoshi Nishimori, Daniel A. Lidar
Reverse annealing is a relatively new variant of quantum annealing, in which one starts from a classical state and increases and then decreases the amplitude of the transverse field, in the hope of finding a better classical state than the initial state for a given optimization problem. We numerically study the unitary quantum dynamics of reverse annealing for the mean-field-type p-spin model and show that the results are consistent with the predictions of equilibrium statistical mechanics. In particular, we corroborate the equilibrium analysis prediction that reverse annealing provides an exponential speedup over conventional quantum annealing in terms of solving the p-spin model. This lends support to the expectation that equilibrium analyses are effective at revealing essential aspects of the dynamics of quantum annealing. We also compare the results of quantum dynamics with the corresponding classical dynamics, to reveal their similarities and differences. We distinguish between two reverse annealing protocols we call adiabatic and iterated reverse annealing. We further show that iterated reverse annealing, as has been realized in the D-Wave device, is ineffective in the case of the p-spin model, but note that a recently-introduced protocol ("h-gain"), which implements adiabatic reverse annealing, may lead to improved performance.
2019-01
Message-passing algorithm of quantum annealing with nonstoquastic Hamiltonian
Masayuki Ohzeki
Quantum annealing (QA) is a generic method for solving optimization problems using fictitious quantum fluctuation. The current device performing QA involves controlling the transverse field; it is classically simulatable by using the standard technique for mapping the quantum spin systems to the classical ones. In this sense, the current system for QA is not powerful despite utilizing quantum fluctuation. Hence, we developed a system with a time-dependent Hamiltonian consisting of a combination of the formulated Ising model and the “driver” Hamiltonian with only quantum fluctuation. In the previous study, for a fully connected spin model, quantum fluctuation can be addressed in a relatively simple way. We proved that the fully connected antiferromagnetic interaction can be transformed into a fluctuating transverse field and is thus classically simulatable at sufficiently low temperatures. Using the fluctuating transverse field, we established several ways to simulate part of the nonstoquastic Hamiltonian on classical computers. We formulated a message-passing algorithm in the present study. This algorithm is capable of assessing the performance of QA with part of the nonstoquastic Hamiltonian having a large number of spins. In other words, we developed a different approach for simulating the nonstoquastic Hamiltonian without using the quantum Monte Carlo technique. Our results were validated by comparison to the results obtained by the replica method.