Figure 9

The topology of the NISQ computer used for the experiments. We made use of the seven qubit device ibm perth for both cases M + M = nM and nM + nM = M. The circles represent the qubits, and the lines represent the connectivity between the qubits. For example, qubits three and five are connected, meaning one can perform a CNOT between them directly. The qubits that are coloured in red are used for the experiments, while the blue qubits are not. For the case M + M = nM, we use qubits one to three; for the case nM + nM = M, we use qubits zero to three