2025/09/29 by Shi, Xiao, Jiang, Jiyu, Wu, Xian +3 · 1 citation
#FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2509.24842
Estimating nonlinear properties such as Rényi entropies and observable-weighted moments serves as a central strategy for spectrum spectroscopy, which is fundamental to property prediction and analysis in quantum information science, statistical mechanics, and many-body physics. However, existing approaches are susceptible to noise and require significant resources, making them challenging for near-term quantum hardware. In this work, we introduce a framework for resource-efficient simultaneous estimation of quantum state moments via qubit reuse. For an m-qubit quantum state ρ, our method achieves the simultaneous estimation of the full hierarchy of moments Tr(ρ2), …, Tr(ρk), as well as arbitrary polynomial functionals and their observable-weighted counterparts. By leveraging qubit reset operations, our core circuit for simultaneous moment estimation requires only 2m+1 physical qubits and O(k) CSWAP gates, achieving a near-optimal sample complexity of O(k log k / ε2). We demonstrate this protocol's utility by showing that the estimated moments yield tight bounds on a state's maximum eigenvalue and present applications in quantum virtual cooling to access low-energy states of the Heisenberg model. Furthermore, we show the protocol's viability on near-term quantum hardware by experimentally measuring higher-order Rényi entropy on a superconducting quantum processor. Our method provides a scalable and resource-efficient route to quantum system characterization and spectroscopy on near-term quantum hardware.