A self-consistent field approach for the variational quantum eigensolver: orbital optimization goes adaptive

Abstract

We present a self consistent field approach (SCF) within the Adaptive Derivative-Assembled Problem-Tailored Ansatz Variational Quantum Eigensolver (ADAPT-VQE) framework for efficient quantum simulations of chemical systems on near-term quantum computers. To this end, our ADAPT-VQE-SCF approach combines the idea of generating an ansatz with a small number of parameters, resulting in shallow-depth quantum circuits with a direct minimization of an energy expression which is correct to second order with respect to changes in the molecular orbital basis. Our numerical analysis, including calculations for the transition metal complex ferrocene (Fe$({\mathrm{C}}_5{\mathrm{H}}_5{)}_2$), indicates that convergence in the self-consistent orbital optimization loop can be reached without a considerable increase in the number of two-qubit gates in the quantum circuit by comparison to a VQE optimization in the initial molecular orbital basis. Moreover, the orbital optimization can be carried out simultaneously within each iteration of the ADAPT-VQE cycle. ADAPT-VQE-SCF thus allows us to implement a routine analogous to CASSCF, a cornerstone of state-of-the-art computational chemistry, in a hardware-efficient manner on near-term quantum computers. Hence, ADAPT-VQE-SCF paves the way towards a paradigm shift for quantitative quantum-chemistry simulations on quantum computers by requiring fewer qubits and opening up for the use of large and flexible atomic orbital basis sets in contrast to earlier methods that are predominantly based on the idea of full active spaces with minimal basis sets.

arXiv comment21 pages, 5 figures

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