Memory-Efficient Differentiable Programming for Quantum Optimal Control of Discrete Lattices

Xian Wang, Paul Kairys, Sri Hari Krishna Narayanan, Jan Huckelheim, Paul Hovland

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Abstract

Quantum optimal control problems are typically solved by gradient-based algorithms such as GRAPE, which suffer from exponential growth in storage with increasing number of qubits and linear growth in memory requirements with increasing number of time steps. Employing QOC for discrete lattices reveals that these memory requirements are a barrier for simulating large models or long time spans. We employ a non-standard differentiable programming approach that significantly reduces the memory requirements at the cost of a reasonable amount of recomputation. The approach exploits invertibility properties of the unitary matrices to reverse the computation during back-propagation. We utilize QOC software written in the differentiable programming framework JAX that implements this approach, and demonstrate its effectiveness for lattice gauge theory.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of QCS 2022
Subtitle of host publication3rd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2022: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages94-99
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781665475365
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, QCS 2022 - Dallas, United States
Duration: Nov 13 2022Nov 13 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of QCS 2022: 3rd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2022: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, QCS 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDallas
Period11/13/2211/13/22

Keywords

  • Automatic Differentiation
  • Lattice Gauge Theory
  • Quantum Optimal Control

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