Mitigating photon loss in linear optical quantum circuits: classical postprocessing methods outperforming postselection
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02278v2
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 14:16:30 GMT
- Title: Mitigating photon loss in linear optical quantum circuits: classical postprocessing methods outperforming postselection
- Authors: James Mills, Rawad Mezher,
- Abstract summary: We present a family of techniques to mitigate the effects of photon loss on both output probabilities and expectation values.
Recycled probabilities are constructed from output statistics affected by loss.
Classical postprocessing techniques then take recycled probabilities as input and output a set of loss-mitigated probabilities.
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- Abstract: Photon loss rates set an effective upper limit on the size of computations that can be run on current linear optical quantum devices. We present a family of techniques to mitigate the effects of photon loss on both output probabilities and expectation values derived from noisy linear optical circuits composed of an input of $n$ photons, an $m$-mode interferometer, and $m$ single photon detectors. Central to these techniques is the construction of objects called recycled probabilities. Recycled probabilities are constructed from output statistics affected by loss, and are designed to amplify the signal of the ideal (lossless) probabilities. Classical postprocessing techniques then take recycled probabilities as input and output a set of loss-mitigated probabilities, or expectation values. We provide analytical and numerical evidence that these methods can be applied, up to large sample sizes, to produce more accurate outputs than those obtained from postselection - which is currently the standard method of coping with photon loss when sampling from discrete variable linear optical quantum circuits. In contrast, we provide strong evidence that the popular zero noise extrapolation technique cannot improve on on the performance of postselection for any photon loss rate.
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