%0 Journal Article %D 2019 %T Verified Optimization in a Quantum Intermediate Representation %A Kesha Hietala %A Robert Rand %A Shih-Han Hung %A Xiaodi Wu %A Michael Hicks %X

We present sqire, a low-level language for quantum computing and verification. sqire uses a global register of quantum bits, allowing easy compilation to and from existing `quantum assembly' languages and simplifying the verification process. We demonstrate the power of sqire as an intermediate representation of quantum programs by verifying a number of useful optimizations, and we demonstrate sqire's use as a tool for general verification by proving several quantum programs correct.

%8 04/12/2019 %G eng %U https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.06319