Quantum Sensing Simulation on Quantum Computers using Optimized Control

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Abstract

Quantum sensors are promising candidates to detect weak signals because of their unrivalled sensitivity to the external environment. However, testing of quantum sensing protocols has largely been restricted to the few experimentally viable quantum sensing platforms. We utilize publicly available quantum computers to study the performance of standard quantum sensing protocols, as well as develop novel protocols for detecting signals through the use of optimized control. We explore the problem of detecting a band-limited stochastic signal over background noise in the limit of low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR<<1). We develop a new variational sensing algorithm that through closed-loop optimization, detects the stochastic signal of interest and demonstrate this detection protocol on the IBM Quantum Experience.

*This work is supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy(DOE), Office of Science, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) Quantum Computing Application Teams program, under fieldwork proposal number ERKJ347.

Presenters

  • Paraj Titum

    • APL
    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
    • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Authors

  • Paraj Titum

    • APL
    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
    • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Makayla R. Dixon

    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
  • Kevin Zhang

    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
  • Rajit Mukhopadhyay

    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
  • Evan Xu

    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
  • Lina Tewala

    • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
  • Arin Manohar

    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
  • Isaac Moss

    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
  • David Clader

    • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
    • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
  • Kevin Schultz

    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
    • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
  • Gregory Quiroz

    • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    • Applied Phys Lab/JHU
    • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab