npj Quantum Information (Mar 2025)
Quantum error mitigation in quantum annealing
- Jack Raymond,
- Mohammad H. Amin,
- Andrew D. King,
- Richard Harris,
- William Bernoudy,
- Andrew J. Berkley,
- Kelly Boothby,
- Anatoly Smirnov,
- Fabio Altomare,
- Michael Babcock,
- Catia Baron,
- Jake Connor,
- Martin H. Dehn,
- Colin Enderud,
- Emile Hoskinson,
- Shuiyuan Huang,
- Mark W. Johnson,
- Eric Ladizinsky,
- Trevor Lanting,
- Allison J. R. MacDonald,
- Gaelen Marsden,
- Reza Molavi,
- Travis Oh,
- Gabriel Poulin-Lamarre,
- Hugh Ramp,
- Chris Rich,
- Berta Trullas Clavera,
- Nicholas Tsai,
- Mark Volkmann,
- Jed D. Whittaker,
- Jason Yao,
- Niclas Heinsdorf,
- Nitin Kaushal,
- Alberto Nocera,
- Marcel Franz,
- Jacek Dziarmaga
Affiliations
- Jack Raymond
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Mohammad H. Amin
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Andrew D. King
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Richard Harris
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- William Bernoudy
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Andrew J. Berkley
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Kelly Boothby
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Anatoly Smirnov
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Fabio Altomare
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Michael Babcock
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Catia Baron
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Jake Connor
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Martin H. Dehn
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Colin Enderud
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Emile Hoskinson
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Shuiyuan Huang
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Mark W. Johnson
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Eric Ladizinsky
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Trevor Lanting
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Allison J. R. MacDonald
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Gaelen Marsden
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Reza Molavi
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Travis Oh
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Gabriel Poulin-Lamarre
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Hugh Ramp
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Chris Rich
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Berta Trullas Clavera
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Nicholas Tsai
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Mark Volkmann
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Jed D. Whittaker
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Jason Yao
- D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- Niclas Heinsdorf
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Quantum Matter Institute, The University of British Columbia
- Nitin Kaushal
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Quantum Matter Institute, The University of British Columbia
- Alberto Nocera
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Quantum Matter Institute, The University of British Columbia
- Marcel Franz
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Quantum Matter Institute, The University of British Columbia
- Jacek Dziarmaga
- Jagiellonian University, Institute of Theoretical Physics
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-00977-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 15
Abstract
Abstract Quantum error mitigation (QEM) presents a promising near-term approach to reducing errors when estimating expectation values in quantum computing. Here, we introduce QEM techniques tailored for quantum annealing, using zero-noise extrapolation (ZNE). We implement ZNE through zero-temperature and zero-time extrapolations. The practical zero-time extrapolation developed exploits the Kibble-Zurek mechanism so that only problem-Hamiltonian rescaling is required. We conduct experimental investigations into the quantum critical and post-critical dynamics of a transverse-field Ising spin chain by examining statistics with weak and strong post-critical dynamics. We demonstrate successful mitigation of thermal noise and non-thermal errors through both of these extrapolation techniques.
