Q-Tag: Watermarking Quantum Circuit Generative Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23085v1
• Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:08:59 GMT
• Title: Q-Tag: Watermarking Quantum Circuit Generative Models
• Authors: Yang Yang, Yuzhu Long, Han Fang, Zhaoyun Chen, Zhonghui Li, Weiming Zhang, Guoping Guo,
• Abstract summary: Digital watermarking has been explored as a promising mechanism for protecting quantum circuits.<n>We present the first watermarking framework for QCGMs, which embeds ownership signals into the generation process.<n>Our method achieves high-fidelity circuit generation and robust watermark detection across a range of perturbations.
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• Abstract: Quantum cloud platforms have become the most widely adopted and mainstream approach for accessing quantum computing resources, due to the scarcity and operational complexity of quantum hardware. In this service-oriented paradigm, quantum circuits, which constitute high-value intellectual property, are exposed to risks of unauthorized access, reuse, and misuse. Digital watermarking has been explored as a promising mechanism for protecting quantum circuits by embedding ownership information for tracing and verification. However, driven by recent advances in generative artificial intelligence, the paradigm of quantum circuit design is shifting from individually and manually constructed circuits to automated synthesis based on quantum circuit generative models (QCGMs). In such generative settings, protecting only individual output circuits is insufficient, and existing post hoc, circuit-centric watermarking methods are not designed to integrate with the generative process, often failing to simultaneously ensure stealthiness, functional correctness, and robustness at scale. These limitations highlight the need for a new watermarking paradigm that is natively integrated with quantum circuit generative models. In this work, we present the first watermarking framework for QCGMs, which embeds ownership signals into the generation process while preserving circuit fidelity. We introduce a symmetric sampling strategy that aligns watermark encoding with the model's Gaussian prior, and a synchronization mechanism that counteracts adversarial watermark attack through latent drift correction. Empirical results confirm that our method achieves high-fidelity circuit generation and robust watermark detection across a range of perturbations, paving the way for scalable, secure copyright protection in AI-powered quantum design.

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