Veritas: accurately estimating the correct output on noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers

Tirthak Patel, Devesh Tiwari

Abstract: Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) machines are being increasingly used to develop quantum algorithms and establish use cases for quantum computing. However, these devices are highly error-prone and produce output, which can be far from the correct output of the quantum algorithm. In this paper, we propose VERITAS, an end-to-end approach toward designing quantum experiments, executing experiments, and correcting outputs produced by quantum circuits post their execution such that the correct output of the quantum algorithm can be accurately estimated.