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Guess, SWAP, Repeat : Capturing Quantum Snapshots in Classical Memory

arXiv 2504.14459 ↗First posted 20 Apr 2025quant-ph cs.LGcited by 0

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Abstract (arXiv)

We introduce a novel technique that enables observation of quantum states without direct measurement, preserving them for reuse. Our method allows multiple quantum states to be observed at different points within a single circuit, one at a time, and saved into classical memory without destruction. These saved states can be accessed on demand by downstream applications, introducing a dynamic and programmable notion of quantum memory that supports modular, non-destructive quantum workflows. We propose a hardware-agnostic, machine learning-driven framework to capture non-destructive estimates, or "snapshots," of quantum states at arbitrary points within a circuit, enabling classical storage and later reconstruction, similar to memory operations in classical computing. This capability is essential for debugging, introspection, and persistent memory in quantum systems, yet remains difficult due to the no-cloning theorem and destructive measurements. Our guess-and-check approach uses fidelity estimation via the SWAP test to guide state reconstruction. We explore both gradient-based deep neural networks and gradient-free evolutionary strategies to estimate quantum states using only fidelity as the learning signal. We demonstrate a key component of our framework on IBM quantum hardware, achieving high-fidelity (approximately 1.0) reconstructions for Hadamard and other known states. In simulation, our models achieve an average fidelity of 0.999 across 100 random quantum states. This provides a pathway toward non-volatile quantum memory, enabling long-term storage and reuse of quantum information, and laying groundwork for future quantum memory architectures.

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  1. 2020Quantum State Tomography with Conditional Generative Adversarial Networkscited by 41
  2. 2018Adaptive Quantum State Tomography with Neural Networkscited by 15
  3. 2020Efficient Quantum State Sample Tomography with Basis-dependent Neural-networkscited by 11
  4. 2019Variational Quantum Circuits for Quantum State Tomographycited by 8
  5. 2024Optical Quantum Mixed-State Reconstruction With Multiple Deep Learning Approachescited by 3

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