Figure 2

A layer of the unitary ansatz used in our experiments, inspired by QAOA for the 1D Ising model. \(R_Z\) and \(R_X\) are parametrized rotations around the corresponding axis, and \(R_{ZZ}=e^{-i\theta Z_iZ_j}\).
A layer of the unitary ansatz used in our experiments, inspired by QAOA for the 1D Ising model. \(R_Z\) and \(R_X\) are parametrized rotations around the corresponding axis, and \(R_{ZZ}=e^{-i\theta Z_iZ_j}\).