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  • Quantum Information Science
  • Quantum Computing Verification

Background:

  • Increasing complexity of quantum devices necessitates reliable performance verification.
  • Quantifying the closeness of experimental quantum states to target states is a key challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel method for constructing a quantum state fidelity estimator.
  • To ensure the estimator is compatible with any measurement protocol and provides reliable confidence intervals.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a fidelity estimator compatible with arbitrary measurement protocols.
  • Derived a nearly minimax optimal confidence interval for the fidelity estimator.
  • Validated the method using simulations and experimental data from a trapped-ion quantum computer.

Main Results:

  • The fidelity estimator is compatible with any measurement protocol.
  • The confidence interval is guaranteed to be nearly minimax optimal.
  • The method demonstrates competitiveness in measurement outcome requirements for specific schemes.

Conclusions:

  • The presented method offers a scalable and reliable approach to quantum state fidelity estimation.
  • The technique can be extended to estimate expectation values of other observables, like entanglement witnesses.