""" Zeno Interval — Vary the inter-measurement gap. N=32 fixed. Insert deliberate delays of 0, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100μs between each measurement. At 100μs the gap approaches T1 — Zeno protection should collapse. Maps the phase boundary between Zeno-protected and unprotected thermalization. Theory predicts: fidelity depends on the ratio of measurement rate to decoherence rate. When inter-measurement interval << T1, Zeno wins. When interval ≈ T1, the qubit thermalizes between measurements and Zeno can't help. """ import json import sys from datetime import datetime, timezone from dataclasses import dataclass from pathlib import Path import numpy as np from scipy.special import comb from qiskit import QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister, ClassicalRegister from qiskit.transpiler.preset_passmanagers import generate_preset_pass_manager from qiskit_ibm_runtime import ( QiskitRuntimeService, SamplerV2, Batch, ) DATA_DIR = Path("D:/qiskit-zenodragging") N_MEAS = 32 @dataclass class ExperimentConfig: name: str circuit: QuantumCircuit category: str params: dict def log(msg, level=0): indent = " " * level ts = datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S") print(f"[{ts}] {indent}{msg}") def check_usage(service): jobs = list(service.jobs(limit=200)) now = datetime.now(timezone.utc) month_start = datetime(now.year, now.month, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc) total = 0 for j in jobs: u = j.usage() or 0 try: m = j.metrics() ts = m.get('timestamps', {}).get('created', '') if ts: dt = datetime.fromisoformat(ts.replace('Z', '+00:00')) if dt >= month_start: total += u except Exception: pass return {"total": total, "remaining": 600 - total, "percentage": 100 * total / 600} def build_zeno_with_gap(theta, n_meas, gap_dt): """Zeno drag with deliberate delay between each measurement.""" qr = QuantumRegister(1, 'q') cr = ClassicalRegister(n_meas + 1, 'c') qc = QuantumCircuit(qr, cr) for k in range(1, n_meas + 1): theta_k = k * theta / n_meas qc.ry(-theta_k, 0) qc.measure(0, k - 1) qc.ry(theta_k, 0) if gap_dt > 0 and k < n_meas: qc.delay(gap_dt, 0, unit='dt') qc.ry(-theta, 0) qc.measure(0, n_meas) return qc def build_identity_zeno_with_gap(n_meas, gap_dt): """Identity Zeno with deliberate delay between each measurement.""" qr = QuantumRegister(1, 'q') cr = ClassicalRegister(n_meas + 1, 'c') qc = QuantumCircuit(qr, cr) for k in range(n_meas): qc.measure(0, k) if gap_dt > 0 and k < n_meas - 1: qc.delay(gap_dt, 0, unit='dt') qc.measure(0, n_meas) return qc def build_delay_total(total_delay_dt): """Pure delay for same total circuit time. Ideal = |0>.""" qc = QuantumCircuit(1, 1) if total_delay_dt > 0: qc.delay(total_delay_dt, 0, unit='dt') qc.measure(0, 0) return qc def analyze_zeno(bitstrings, n_meas, p_meas): total = len(bitstrings) successful = 0 correct_given_success = 0 flip_bins = {} for bs in bitstrings: if len(bs) < n_meas + 1: continue final = bs[0] intermediate = bs[1:n_meas + 1] n_flips = sum(1 for b in intermediate if b == '1') if n_flips not in flip_bins: flip_bins[n_flips] = {'total': 0, 'correct': 0} flip_bins[n_flips]['total'] += 1 if final == '0': flip_bins[n_flips]['correct'] += 1 if n_flips == 0: successful += 1 if final == '0': correct_given_success += 1 success_rate = successful / total if total > 0 else 0 fidelity_hard = correct_given_success / successful if successful > 0 else 0 expected_meas_flips = n_meas * p_meas # Excess-flip weighting w_c, w_t = 0, 0 for nf, data in flip_bins.items(): excess = max(0, nf - expected_meas_flips) w = np.exp(-excess) w_c += w * data['correct'] w_t += w * data['total'] fid_excess = w_c / w_t if w_t > 0 else 0 # Likelihood ratio wl_c, wl_t = 0, 0 for nf, data in flip_bins.items(): if nf <= n_meas: p_target = comb(n_meas, nf, exact=True) * (p_meas ** nf) * ((1 - p_meas) ** (n_meas - nf)) p_random = comb(n_meas, nf, exact=True) * (0.5 ** n_meas) w = min(p_target / p_random, 1e10) if p_random > 0 else 0 else: w = 0 wl_c += w * data['correct'] wl_t += w * data['total'] fid_likelihood = wl_c / wl_t if wl_t > 0 else 0 all_flips = [] for nf, data in flip_bins.items(): all_flips.extend([nf] * data['total']) mean_flips = np.mean(all_flips) if all_flips else 0 std_flips = np.std(all_flips) if all_flips else 0 return { 'total': total, 'successful': successful, 'success_rate': success_rate, 'fidelity_hard_ps': fidelity_hard, 'fidelity_excess': fid_excess, 'fidelity_likelihood': fid_likelihood, 'expected_meas_flips': expected_meas_flips, 'mean_flips': mean_flips, 'std_flips': std_flips, 'flip_distribution': {str(k): v for k, v in sorted(flip_bins.items())}, 'type': 'zeno', } def analyze_standard(bitstrings): total = len(bitstrings) zeros = sum(1 for b in bitstrings if b[-1] == '0') return {'total': total, 'fidelity': zeros / total, 'type': 'standard'} def main(): print("=" * 70) print("ZENO INTERVAL — VARY INTER-MEASUREMENT GAP") print("=" * 70) service = QiskitRuntimeService(channel="ibm_cloud", instance="claude") usage_before = check_usage(service) log(f"Usage: {usage_before['total']}s / 600s ({usage_before['percentage']:.1f}%)") log(f"Remaining: {usage_before['remaining']}s") if usage_before['remaining'] < 30: log("Less than 30s remaining. Aborting.") return backend = service.backend("ibm_torino") log(f"Backend: {backend.name} ({backend.num_qubits}q)") dt = backend.dt target_obj = backend.target meas_props = target_obj['measure'][(0,)] meas_duration_s = meas_props.duration meas_duration_dt = int(meas_duration_s / dt) meas_error = meas_props.error props = backend.qubit_properties(0) T1 = props.t1 T2 = props.t2 log(f"Measurement: {meas_duration_s*1e6:.3f} us ({meas_duration_dt} dt), error={meas_error:.4f}") log(f"Qubit 0: T1={T1*1e6:.1f} us, T2={T2*1e6:.1f} us") log(f"dt = {dt*1e9:.1f} ns") # Gap values in microseconds gap_us_values = [0, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100] theta = np.pi shots = 4096 print(f"\nN = {N_MEAS} fixed") print(f"\nExperiment plan:") print(f"{'Gap(us)':>7} | {'Interval(us)':>12} | {'Interval/T1':>11} | {'Total(us)':>9} | {'Total/T1':>8}") print("-" * 55) for gap_us in gap_us_values: interval = meas_duration_s * 1e6 + gap_us total = N_MEAS * interval print(f"{gap_us:7.0f} | {interval:12.1f} | {interval / (T1*1e6):11.3f} | {total:9.1f} | {total / (T1*1e6):8.2f}") all_experiments = [] for gap_us in gap_us_values: gap_s = gap_us * 1e-6 gap_dt = int(gap_s / dt) interval_us = meas_duration_s * 1e6 + gap_us total_time_us = N_MEAS * interval_us # X Zeno with gap all_experiments.append(ExperimentConfig( name=f"x_zeno_gap{gap_us}", circuit=build_zeno_with_gap(theta, N_MEAS, gap_dt), category="x_zeno", params={'gate': 'X', 'theta': theta, 'n_meas': N_MEAS, 'gap_us': gap_us, 'gap_dt': gap_dt, 'interval_us': interval_us, 'interval_over_T1': interval_us / (T1 * 1e6), 'total_time_us': total_time_us, 'T1_multiple': total_time_us / (T1 * 1e6)}, )) # Identity Zeno with gap all_experiments.append(ExperimentConfig( name=f"identity_zeno_gap{gap_us}", circuit=build_identity_zeno_with_gap(N_MEAS, gap_dt), category="identity_zeno", params={'gate': 'I', 'theta': 0, 'n_meas': N_MEAS, 'gap_us': gap_us, 'gap_dt': gap_dt, 'interval_us': interval_us, 'interval_over_T1': interval_us / (T1 * 1e6), 'total_time_us': total_time_us, 'T1_multiple': total_time_us / (T1 * 1e6)}, )) # Delay-matched (same total time, no measurements) total_delay_dt = int(total_time_us * 1e-6 / dt) all_experiments.append(ExperimentConfig( name=f"delay_gap{gap_us}", circuit=build_delay_total(total_delay_dt), category="delay", params={'gate': 'I', 'theta': 0, 'n_meas': 0, 'gap_us': gap_us, 'total_time_us': total_time_us, 'T1_multiple': total_time_us / (T1 * 1e6)}, )) log(f"Total experiments: {len(all_experiments)}") log("Transpiling...") pm = generate_preset_pass_manager(backend=backend, optimization_level=1) transpiled = [] for exp in all_experiments: try: tc = pm.run(exp.circuit) transpiled.append(tc) except Exception as e: log(f"ERROR transpiling {exp.name}: {e}") transpiled.append(None) valid_indices = [i for i, tc in enumerate(transpiled) if tc is not None] valid_transpiled = [transpiled[i] for i in valid_indices] valid_experiments = [all_experiments[i] for i in valid_indices] log(f"Transpiled: {len(valid_transpiled)}/{len(all_experiments)}") depths = [tc.depth() for tc in valid_transpiled] log(f"Depths: min={min(depths)}, max={max(depths)}") for i, exp in enumerate(valid_experiments): exp.params['transpiled_depth'] = depths[i] log("Submitting batch...") start_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc) with Batch(backend=backend) as batch: sampler = SamplerV2(mode=batch) job = sampler.run(valid_transpiled, shots=shots) log(f"Job ID: {job.job_id()}") log("Waiting...") job.wait_for_final_state() end_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc) wall_time = (end_time - start_time).total_seconds() log(f"Done. Wall time: {wall_time:.1f}s, QPU: {job.usage() or 0}s") result = job.result() metrics = job.metrics() results_data = {} for i, exp in enumerate(valid_experiments): pub_result = result[i] data_bin = pub_result.data if hasattr(data_bin, 'c'): bitstrings = list(data_bin.c.get_bitstrings()) elif hasattr(data_bin, 'meas'): bitstrings = list(data_bin.meas.get_bitstrings()) else: cr_name = list(data_bin.keys())[0] bitstrings = list(getattr(data_bin, cr_name).get_bitstrings()) if 'zeno' in exp.category: analysis = analyze_zeno(bitstrings, exp.params['n_meas'], meas_error) else: analysis = analyze_standard(bitstrings) results_data[exp.name] = { 'category': exp.category, 'params': {k: (float(v) if isinstance(v, (np.floating, float)) else v) for k, v in exp.params.items()}, 'analysis': analysis, 'raw_bitstrings': bitstrings[:500], } # Save output = { 'experiment': 'zeno_interval', 'description': 'Vary inter-measurement gap to map the Zeno protection phase boundary', 'timestamp': start_time.isoformat(), 'backend': backend.name, 'shots': shots, 'n_meas': N_MEAS, 'job_id': job.job_id(), 'usage_seconds': job.usage() or 0, 'wall_time_seconds': wall_time, 'metrics': metrics, 'hardware_timing': { 'dt_ns': dt * 1e9, 'measurement_duration_us': meas_duration_s * 1e6, 'measurement_duration_dt': meas_duration_dt, 'measurement_error': meas_error, 'qubit_0_T1_us': T1 * 1e6, 'qubit_0_T2_us': T2 * 1e6, }, 'results': results_data, } outfile = DATA_DIR / 'results' / 'zeno_interval' / 'zeno_interval.json' outfile.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True) with open(outfile, 'w') as f: json.dump(output, f, indent=2, default=str) log(f"Saved: {outfile}") # ========================================================================= # THE PHASE BOUNDARY # ========================================================================= print("\n" + "=" * 70) print("ZENO PHASE BOUNDARY — INTER-MEASUREMENT INTERVAL") print("=" * 70) print(f"\nN = {N_MEAS}, Qubit 0 T1 = {T1*1e6:.1f} us") print(f"\n{'Gap(us)':>7} | {'Interval':>8} | {'Int/T1':>6} | {'X Zeno':>7} | {'I Zeno':>7} | " f"{'Delay':>7} | {'X-Delay':>7} | {'Total':>7} | {'×T1':>5}") print("-" * 85) for gap_us in gap_us_values: xk = f"x_zeno_gap{gap_us}" ik = f"identity_zeno_gap{gap_us}" dk = f"delay_gap{gap_us}" if not all(k in results_data for k in [xk, ik, dk]): continue xa = results_data[xk]['analysis'] ia = results_data[ik]['analysis'] da = results_data[dk]['analysis'] xp = results_data[xk]['params'] gap_xd = xa['fidelity_excess'] - da['fidelity'] print(f"{gap_us:7.0f} | {xp['interval_us']:6.1f}us | {xp['interval_over_T1']:6.3f} | " f"{xa['fidelity_excess']:7.4f} | {ia['fidelity_excess']:7.4f} | " f"{da['fidelity']:7.4f} | {gap_xd:+7.4f} | {xp['total_time_us']:5.0f}us | {xp['T1_multiple']:4.1f}x") # Find crossover print(f"\n{'=' * 70}") print("ANALYSIS") print(f"{'=' * 70}") prev_gap = None prev_advantage = None for gap_us in gap_us_values: xk = f"x_zeno_gap{gap_us}" dk = f"delay_gap{gap_us}" if xk in results_data and dk in results_data: adv = results_data[xk]['analysis']['fidelity_excess'] - results_data[dk]['analysis']['fidelity'] if prev_advantage is not None and adv <= 0 and prev_advantage > 0: print(f"\n Zeno advantage crosses zero between gap={prev_gap}us and gap={gap_us}us") prev_gap = gap_us prev_advantage = adv # Compare 0 gap vs 100 gap x0 = results_data.get('x_zeno_gap0', {}).get('analysis', {}).get('fidelity_excess', 0) x100 = results_data.get('x_zeno_gap100', {}).get('analysis', {}).get('fidelity_excess', 0) i0 = results_data.get('identity_zeno_gap0', {}).get('analysis', {}).get('fidelity_excess', 0) i100 = results_data.get('identity_zeno_gap100', {}).get('analysis', {}).get('fidelity_excess', 0) print(f"\n X Zeno: gap=0 → {x0:.4f}, gap=100μs → {x100:.4f}, decline: {x0-x100:.4f}") print(f" I Zeno: gap=0 → {i0:.4f}, gap=100μs → {i100:.4f}, decline: {i0-i100:.4f}") usage_after = check_usage(service) log(f"\nUsage: {usage_after['total']}s / 600s ({usage_after['percentage']:.1f}%)") log(f"This job: {job.usage() or 0}s") if __name__ == '__main__': try: main() except KeyboardInterrupt: log("Interrupted.") sys.exit(1) except Exception as e: log(f"FATAL: {e}") import traceback traceback.print_exc() sys.exit(1)