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This research introduces ChannelIR, a novel intermediate representation that treats quantum channels as first-class objects to efficiently simulate non-unitary open-system dynamics. By lowering Lindbladian generators directly to Kraus form and optimizing before circuit synthesis, the framework achieves up to 99% gate count reduction compared to standard unoptimized baselines. This advancement significantly improves the scalability of simulating complex quantum environments without relying on inefficient Stinespring dilation methods.
A Compilation Framework for Quantum Simulation of Non-unitary Dynamics
arXiv:2605.23358v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Most quantum compilers assume programs are reversible unitary circuits. This fits closed-system algorithms, but not open-system simulation, where the natural program objects are quantum channels describing non-unitary dynamics. We present a channel-first compilation framework that treats channels as first-class compilation objects. Our core IR, ChannelIR, represents channels explicitly in Kraus form, a standard channel representation, with Pauli-sum structure, enabling algebraic rewrites before circuit synthesis. We instantiate the framework with LindFront, a frontend that lowers continuous-time Lindbladian generators to short-time channels, and a backend that compiles these channels to executable circuits with structure-aware optimizations. On Lindbladian and channel-simulation benchmarks, the optimized pipeline reduces gate count by up to 99% over an unoptimized channel-first baseline and scales better than circuit-first Stinespring compilation.
Abstract:Most quantum compilers assume programs are reversible unitary circuits. This fits closed-system algorithms, but not open-system simulation, where the natural program objects are quantum channels describing non-unitary dynamics. We present a channel-first compilation framework that treats channels as first-class compilation objects. Our core IR, ChannelIR, represents channels explicitly in Kraus form, a standard channel representation, with Pauli-sum structure, enabling algebraic rewrites before circuit synthesis. We instantiate the framework with LindFront, a frontend that lowers continuous-time Lindbladian generators to short-time channels, and a backend that compiles these channels to executable circuits with structure-aware optimizations. On Lindbladian and channel-simulation benchmarks, the optimized pipeline reduces gate count by up to 99% over an unoptimized channel-first baseline and scales better than circuit-first Stinespring compilation.
Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Programming Languages (cs.PL)
arXiv:2605.23358 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2605.23358v2 [quant-ph] for this version)
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