Quantum computer Definition and 91 Threads

Hi, I'm 20 and I'm courrently persuing a barchelor's degree in Computer Science in Italy and now I'm in the middle of the second year. Thinking about a career path I've always been sure to specialize in Cyber Security but I recently came across Quantum Computing that I find fascinating. After...

I thought this was a fun and quick video of an engineer giving a tour of their quantum computer. Only about 30 seconds, but it looks well, quite beautiful! The engineer mentioned they achieved milestone 2 which has something to do with size. I also haven't heard of the field "Quantum Metrology"...

Alain Aspect, John Clauser & Anton Zeilinger have rightfully received the Nobel prize for their contributions to quantum information, as they were three of the main pioneers of quantum information. However, is it now impossible or very unlikely that other physicists working on this field (e.g...

I have a question regarding the storage capacity of quantum computers. I read that 32 qubits (4 "quantum bytes" if you will - not sure if that's an actual term or not yet) can store the equivalent of 500mb of data. Is this directly proportional? I.e., would 8 qubits store the equivalent of...

A while ago I started writing a quantum computer simulator in order to learn more about quantum computing. It certainly has helped me. The simulator is written in Python and the development was done on a Raspberry Pi 4. It has also been tested on a pc. In order to see it do something useful I...

Consider the following scenario: a space station is put into orbit, which is absurdly well shielded from all sorts of radiation, a.k.a. "a box". You cannot make any effective observation of what the astronaut inside is up to. (This postulate may be implausible, but in the age of "weakly...

So I have heard that IBM and Google have constructed Quantum computers, how does one actually construct a Quantum computer? I would like as much detail as possible on the construction of one of these devices and how it works exactly, I wanted to buy a Spin Q Quantum computer and I understand how...

Existence of an universal problem solver, a polynomial-time NP-complete algorithm is a $1000000 prize question. But suppose that we were able to know something "simple", e.g. an electron state or electron wave function exactly. Would we be able to solve complex mathematical problems (like...

Hi! I am trying to understand how advanced quantum computers have in fact become as well as how advanced they can in principle become. To probe these issues, I am asking the group whether or not quantum computers are restricted to feedforward processing, both currently and in principle? Here is...

Consider the following thought-experiment in the many-worlds interpretation. Suppose that I have a reversible conscious observer AI and a particle with +1/2 spin in the z direction. Next the observer measures the spin in the x-direction and therefore spits into a version that measures +1/2 and...

I understand that based on what I have read online quantum computers are required to be close to absolute zero because it introduces less error. Is it because brownian motion due to thermal agitation of molecules reduces with temperature?

If thermal motion (collision of atoms) changes the direction of an atom, will that change the direction of spin? If so, how much time does it take from the change in the atom orientation to the change in the spin?

What is the principle of operation of a quantum computer on a silicon chip? What are a qubits and how they connected and interacted between themselves? How does CMOS technology work in a quantum computer?

Here is the paper, published today in Nature: Arute et al. 2019, Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor

I've been learning about quantum computing for the last year and I can hardly believe what I read and hear. However, assuming that no big technical hurdles get in the way, I do think that the promises will become reality someday. It is becoming a bit clearer to me, but it's a very difficult...

Hi, there. I'm reading a paper about ion trap. There are several Hamiltonians mentioned in the paper. First, assume ##H_0=H_{\text{internal}} + H_{\text{osc}}##, where ##H_{\text{internal}}## is the Hamiltonian for internal states for a ion, and ##H_{\text{osc}}## is the Hamiltonian describing...

Hi. I'm learning the optical photon quantum computer from Nielsen's QCQI. Since I'm not familiar with quantum optics, I got some questions about it.Q1. In page 288, the book reads: A laser outputs a state known as a coherent state ##\left | \alpha \right > = e^{- \left | \alpha \right | ^2 /2 }...

This is a fascinating discussion. I know some people don't want to debate this or they can't debate it but the truth doesn't care about your feelings. This isn't speculative, it's backed by Scientific research. First paper. Is Spacetime an Error Correcting Code. Published in the Journal of High...

I would like to know what the implications of this paper are https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.10057. They say " Here we show that, while in nature the complex conjugation needed for time reversal is exponentially improbable, one can design a quantum algorithm that includes complex conjugation and...

I was wondering, I recently discovered, but don't have the article, that there is a security technology that involves the superposition of photons across a fiber optic link. I was wondering could a glass register more adequately create a quantum computer for peoples usage than an actual atomic...

Researchers have demonstrated holonomic quantum gates under zero-magnetic field at room temperature, which could enable the realization of fast and fault-tolerant universal quantum computers. A quantum computer is a theoretical machine with the potential to solve complex problems much faster...

I have no idea how a quantum computer works. The quantum computer evidently exploits the laws of MQ, and therefore the post could be interesting. There are 2 difficulties, for my comprehension. The first is that MQ works on a statistical basis, and it is not clear how a quantum system can...

Hello, I am close to finishing my undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering, and I am very interested in pursuing graduate studies. For a long time, I have been passionate about computer science and I've been looking into the research done in various labs in the schools that I'm considering...

Due to required reversibility, classical function (f(a)=y^a \mod N) in Shor's algorithm needs a lot of auxiliary qubits. I was afraid that their later treatment might influence the computation - and just got confirmation from Peter Shor himself: that we need to "uncompute" these auxiliary...

Hey all, I'm a student in university who wants to Double Major in Computer Engineering and Physics or Computer Engineering and Mathematics. Ideally I want to get some time in working on quantum computers and some time in working on advanced AI, so one of the big things I want to do is pick the...

Hello, I have found out that in the future we might have quantum computers, which will be more powerful than today's computers. Instead of trying every option available to the computer, quantum computers will be able to try many different possible solutions at the same time. What would be some...

Hello, I’m currently an Undergraduate Computer Engineer at UIC and minoring in physics. I have become more and more interested in Quantum Computing and its related fields. I plan on continuing my masters in Electrical engineering (Nano - technology). I was wondering if you could help me out in...

How would this operator be implemented physically if we had a quantum computer? In Grover's algorithm this magical operator is often called "phase inversion". Here is the operator from wiki: https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/07fb23bffa787430b084971c6a108a8f6ff6c2b3 It’s...

Just for fun let's imagine a dream PQC (Personal Quantum Computer) from the future: Specifications: - 4MQ Processer (4MQ = 4 Mega Qubits) - 1TB Time Crystal Memory - 2PB Atomic Storage Hard Drive (Peta Byte=1000TB) - 3D Quantum Dot Screen with built in Holographic Display - All in one Quantum...

Hi, I am learning quantum entanglement. I am interested to create an up to date list of all known : - Photon Quantum States - Particle Quantum States - Classically entagled photon states I guess that there is an organization out there that already have this info. If someone can point me into...

Would it be possible to make a quantum computer with fluidic logic (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluidics), using a superfluid, like liquid Helium-4, as the the "current"?

Its very easy to pull a logic gate or transistor circuit of the internet for example and begin to understand how it represents physical bits, by either having 5V across the circuit or below 3.3V. But I was wondering what are some of the methods for representing qubits from a hardware...

I've been doing a course on Quantum Computing and I haven't managed to figure out so far how entanglement would be a useful resource on a general purpose quantum computer. By general purpose quantum computer I mean some theoretical device that could possibly replace current classical computers...

Good day, May anyone help me to confirm the formula use for three tangle using concurrence. From my reading, three tangle, $$\tau=\tau_{A(BC)}-\tau_{AB}-\tau_{AC}$$ and it can be related to concurrence $$\tau=C^2_{A(BC)}-C^2_{AB}-C^2_{AC}$$ and I used formula for C is...

<< Mentor Note -- thread moved from Homework Help forums to General Math >>[/color] Good day, I run coding in Mathematica. But, I get singular matrix A at certain loop. In theory, how can I make matrix A become orthogonal A=\begin{pmatrix} 0& 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\\ 0& 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 &...

Good day, I get confuse about the term used. Can anyone help me to explain: Tripartite system. Three qubit system. Tripartite entanglement. I really need help for me clarify these term. Thank you very much for helping me.

Homework Statement Good day, From my reading, SU(4) have 15 parameter and SU(2) has 3 paramater that range differently with certain parameter(rotation angle). And all the parameter is linearly independent to each other. My question are: 1. What the characteristic of each of the parameter? 2...

Good day, Homework Statement I want to make a measurement on qubit by using formula von Neumann entropy using Mathematica given as below; Homework Equations (ρ)=−Tr(ρlog2ρ) The Attempt at a Solution The ρ={{0.5,0},{0,0.5}}My problem is, when I make the log2{{0.5,0},{0,0.5}} I get the...

Homework Statement Good day, I want to ask the matrix that obtained from below formula and example. $$tr_A(L_{AB})=\sum_i [(\langle i|\otimes id)L_{AB}(|i\rangle\otimes id)]$$ this formula above can be represented as in matrix form below, $$tr_A(L_{AB})=...

I think I understand quantum superposition and entanglement, and a qubit. I just finished reading Scott Aaronson's brilliant blog post "Shor I'll Do It" that allowed me to understand Shor's Algorithm and how it relates to QM. But now I'm missing the next step. How does one "wire up" a number...

You can now register with IBM to use their quantum computer on line. see “IBM Quantum Experience” website. Of course you have to convince them that you are worthy of that experience.

How significant is this development of a 5 qubit computer by IBM? See, "IBM invites users to test its quantum computer" at http://phys.org/news/2016-05-ibm-users-quantum.html "How IBM’s new five-qubit universal quantum computer works" at...

Hello everyone, I'm an undergraduate double majoring in physics and math. I have one year left after this one, then I plan to go to grad school for theoretical physics (not sure what field yet). My professor keeps suggesting the physics side of quantum computing as a good career route and I'm...

Wiki on quantum tomography says: "The number of experimental configurations (state preparations and measurements) required for quantum process tomography grows exponentially with the number of constituent particles of a system. Consequently, in general, QPT is an impossible task for large-scale...

Hello, I am a Physics undergraduate, currently beginning my third (out of four) year of studies. I have already taken courses about Real and Complex Analysis, Linear Algebra, ODEs and PDEs (for Maths), Classical Mechanics (Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism), Electromagnetism, Special...

I'm new to physics and absolutely love it so far. I've always loved theoretical physics and the like, so, I've also heard about a thing called quantum computers. What are these? How do they work? Why are they so special and different from past computing processes? (I've just began learning...

Hello guys, I will be starting my M.S Program in Solid State Electronics and was also curious about looking into quantum computing/superconductors. So can you guys suggest introductory levels books on quantum computing and and superconductors? I have an okay background in Physics (just...

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What is your reason for studying physics and what do you want to do with it. I actually got thrown into my schools physics program by accident. I began at a community college studying nanotechnology and when i transferred schools it was supposed to be a two-plus two program meaning I would get...

Hi I am an undergrad student in an Electrical engineering program and going for my masters and undergrad degree at the same time (special program i am in). I an very interested on the hardware side of quantum computing as to have a future career in this field (eventually will go for a PhD). I...