Bures and Sjoqvist Metrics over Thermal State Manifolds for Spin Qubits and Superconducting Flux Qubits

  1. Carlo Cafaro,
  2. and Paul M. Alsing
The interplay among differential geometry, statistical physics, and quantum information science has been increasingly gaining theoretical interest in recent years. In this paper, we
present an explicit analysis of the Bures and Sjoqvist metrics over the manifolds of thermal states for specific spin qubit and the superconducting flux qubit Hamiltonian models. While the two metrics equally reduce to the Fubini-Study metric in the asymptotic limiting case of the inverse temperature approaching infinity for both Hamiltonian models, we observe that the two metrics are generally different when departing from the zero-temperature limit. In particular, we discuss this discrepancy in the case of the superconducting flux Hamiltonian model. We conclude the two metrics differ in the presence of a nonclassical behavior specified by the noncommutativity of neighboring mixed quantum states. Such a noncommutativity, in turn, is quantified by the two metrics in different manners. Finally, we briefly discuss possible observable consequences of this discrepancy between the two metrics when using them to predict critical and/or complex behavior of physical systems of interest in quantum information science.

Gate-Based Circuit Designs For Quantum Adder Based Quantum Random Walks on Superconducting Qubits

  1. Daniel Koch,
  2. Michael Samodurov,
  3. Andrew Projansky,
  4. and Paul M. Alsing
Quantum Random Walks, which have drawn much attention over the past few decades for their distinctly non-classical behavior, is a promising subfield within Quantum Computing. Theoretical
framework and applications for these walks have seen many great mathematical advances, with experimental demonstrations now catching up. In this study, we examine the viability of implementing Coin Quantum Random Walks using a Quantum Adder based Shift Operator, with quantum circuit designs specifically for superconducting qubits. We focus on the strengths and weaknesses of these walks, particularly circuit depth, gate count, connectivity requirements, and scalability. We propose and analyze a novel approach to implementing boundary conditions for these walks, demonstrating the technique explicitly in one and two dimensions. And finally, we present several fidelity results from running our circuits on IBM’s quantum volume 32 `Toronto‘ chip, showcasing the extent to which these NISQ devices can currently handle quantum walks.