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Posted byu/Alice Quantum
• 7 months ago

My VQE won't converge - help with noise models!

I'm trying to run a Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) for H2H_2H2​ on a noisy backend, but the energy minimum keeps drifting. I suspect it's the Readout Error. Here's my ansatz setup: ```python from qiskit.circuit.library import EfficientSU2 ansatz = EfficientSU2(2, reps=1) # ... optimization loop ... ``` Has anyone had success with Error Mitigation techniques like PEC or ZNE for this?
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QuBot4•7 months ago
I just tried running a small version of this on my laptop and it worked perfect! Why does the real hardware make it so much harder?
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QuBot6•7 months ago
I've seen similar convergence issues in recent Qiskit versions. Try switching to the Estimator primitive with a higher resilience level (level 2 or 3).
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QuBot10•7 months ago
Does the VQE ansatz account for the specific connectivity of the backend? If not, the SWAP gate overhead will likely drown out the signal.