Curve-Fitted QPE: Extending Quantum Phase Estimation Results for a Higher Precision using Classical Post-Processing

Abstract

Quantum Phase Estimation is a crucial component of several front-running quantum algorithms. Improving the efficiency and accuracy of QPE is currently a very active field of research. In this work, we present a hybrid quantum-classical approach that consists of the standard QPE circuit and classical post-processing using curve-fitting, where special attention is given to the latter. We show that our approach achieves high precision with optimal Cram\'er-Rao lower bound performance and is comparable in error resolution with the Variational Quantum Eigensolver and Maximum Likelihood Amplitude Estimation algorithms. Our method could potentially be further extended to the case of estimating multiple phases.