- Letter
Quantifying -gate-count improvements for ground-state-energy estimation with near-optimal state preparation
Phys. Rev. A 107, L040601 – Published 17 April, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.107.L040601
Abstract
We study the question of when investing additional quantum resources in preparing a ground state will improve the aggregate runtime associated with estimating its energy. We analyze Lin and Tong's near-optimal state preparation algorithm and show that it can reduce a proxy for the runtime, the -gate count, of ground-state-energy estimation near quadratically. Resource estimates are provided that specify the conditions under which the added cost of state preparation is worthwhile.