Two-stage solution for ancilla-assisted quantum process tomography: error analysis and optimal design

Quantum process tomography (QPT) is a fundamental task to characterize the dynamics of quantum systems. In contrast to standard QPT, ancilla-assisted process tomography (AAPT) framework introduces an extra ancilla system such that a single input state is needed. In this paper, we extend the two-stag...

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Main Authors Xiao, Shuixin, Wang, Yuanlong, Dong, Daoyi, Zhang, Jun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 31.10.2023
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Computer Science - Systems and Control
Physics - Quantum Physics
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Summary:Quantum process tomography (QPT) is a fundamental task to characterize the dynamics of quantum systems. In contrast to standard QPT, ancilla-assisted process tomography (AAPT) framework introduces an extra ancilla system such that a single input state is needed. In this paper, we extend the two-stage solution, a method originally designed for standard QPT, to perform AAPT. Our algorithm has $O(Md_A^2d_B^2)$ computational complexity where $ M $ is the type number of the measurement operators, $ d_A $ is the dimension of the quantum system of interest, and $d_B$ is the dimension of the ancilla system. Then we establish an error upper bound and further discuss the optimal design on the input state in AAPT. A numerical example on a phase damping process demonstrates the effectiveness of the optimal design and illustrates the theoretical error analysis.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2310.20421