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Using Quantum Computers for Quantum Simulation

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Numerical simulation of quantum systems is crucial to further our understanding of natural phenomena. Many systems of key interest and importance, in areas such as superconducting materials and quantum chemistry, are thought to be described by models which we cannot solve with sufficient accuracy, neither analytically nor numerically with classical computers. Using a quantum computer to simulate such quantum systems has been viewed as a key application of quantum computation from the very beginning of the field in the 1980s. Moreover, useful results beyond the reach of classical computation are expected to be accessible with fewer than a hundred qubits, making quantum simulation potentially one of the earliest practical applications of quantum computers. In this paper we survey the theoretical and experimental development of quantum simulation using quantum computers, from the first ideas to the intense research efforts currently underway.

Source: Entropy

DOI: 10.3390/e12112268

Authors: Katherine L. Brown, William J. Munro, Vivien M. Kendon

Institutions: University of Leeds, National Institute of Informatics, NTT (Japan), NTT Basic Research Laboratories

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,137

Funders: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council