Quantum computers Definition and 59 Threads

In recent years, there have been a lot of reports and discussions about the manufacture of quantum computers at many academic conferences around the world, in various languages, and on the Internet. From these articles and reports, it seems that the quantum computers should come out soon...

According to an article in Science News, Canadian Phycisist Michele Mosca has estimated that encrypted information sent over the internet today will be crackable in about 15 years from now. So, if you send valuable information today using the normal encryption methods used today, and someone...

I believe at the current time quantum computers can't get as much done as fast as normal computers, but do quantum computers have access to information by its own nature that allows it to run special calculations that normal computers can't? In particular physics or biology simulations using...

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...

This New Atlas article on Quantum Brilliance describes the development status of a new quantum data processor that can operate at room temperature. They are predicting a useful commercial device in about 5 years. The device is based on nuclear spin in a diamond substrate. The device is very...

Hi, I will be starting my research in topological QC (based on non abelian anyons following the work of A. Yu. Kitaev). To begin understanding this theory, I need to develop a background in the braiding group used to describe anyons, fault tolerance in quantum computers and probably condensed...

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...

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?

I just want to know if Black Holes would be quantumly coherent.

Are annular Josephson junctions qubits in some quantum computer right now? https://www.nature.com/articles/425133aI found this article from 2003. What is the progress right now? Also are vortices and fluxons same thing?

Hi folks, This time is not a book, I would like to know if exists a journal explaining how a qubit is actually built, I mean the hardware not the theory. Indeed I am interested in any hardware related with these technologies. I know this field is still in an early stage and they are still...

Apologies in advance if this is a stupid question, I'm not the brightest. I recently listened to Scott Aaronson's conversation with Lex Fridman, and an interview he did for Scientific American, regarding quantum computing (QC from now on) and have a question regarding how a QC finds a solution...

OReilly published a new book, Programming Quantum Computers. From my brief scan of it, the book looks pretty comprehensive. They use circle notation for the Qubit states and have a simulator (QCengine) to go along with the examples on github. The programming language for their algorithm...

Hello. Could you please explain to me what the difference is between quantum computers and quantum accelerators?

Can the low temperatures in Space be employed to cool a Quantum computer installed on an operational Space vessel doing away with the need of a super fridge or whatever they use here on Earth? Thank you.

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...

Hey everyone, I've started to do research for my undergraduate thesis topic and I would like to use FEA with an application to quantum computers. I'm thinking of something in regards to mechanical vibrations, however I'm open to consider anything given it's possible at the undergraduate level...

I was reading about quantum computers and the article was saying about how cold everything has to be for qubits to exist in a superposition state. Why do things like the double slit experiment with single photons work at room temperature? Because when you get the interference pattern with single...

Hello! I am wondering if it is theoretically possible to allow a means of data transfer (or internet, etc.) by the idea of quantum entanglement. Correct me if I make any errors in understanding. But, by what I understand, in essence you could for instance run a computation on a quantum computer...

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...

This week, in Sydney, there was the announcement of not one but TWO Quantum Computing centres opening at two rival universities (UNSW and USYD). There was a feature on one of the current affairs shows here with the very charismatic guitar-playing professor of one of the centres, which has had a...

Hello! I was watching a video () about how extreme low temperatures are achieved in a D-Wave computer. As they explain, they have this series of cooling stages, each of which providing a temperature drop over the previous. I was wondering however, how could they avoid thermal propagation through...

Hi everyone. I'm just looking for schematics of cnot quantum gate, but on the Internet it only talks about it from a mathematical point of view. I want to ask you if you have some drawing, or schematics of it, from a "Physical" implementation, in the sense, how are the spins prepared, how we...

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...

I was recently reading about quantum computers because I once asked a teacher with more experience in the field "What was the origin of the quantum speedup" with his answer being quantum parallelism, which I kinda understood at that time, but I forgot about it. So, the other day I was thinking...

Just as an introduction, I'm attempting to bootstrap myself up in the language of quantum computers. I've got a ways to go, but I am making some headway. If y'all don't mind, I'd like to use these forums to ask what I hope are some relatively simple questions. I'm pretty good to go on the...

Greetings, I am looking for a Introduction on quantum computers and algorithms such as shores algorithm(spelling may be wrong).The level of mathematics and QM is irelavent, thus integral calculation and nth degree differentail equation of any form are no problem. Any recommendations are apreciated.

Hello. Our current computers use bits, so they use the binary numeral system. But I heard that the future quantum computers will use qubits instead of simple bits. Since in the word "qubit" there is the word "bi" I first thought that this meant that quantum computers would use binary (base...

I've been reading about quantum entanglement, and I read in many websites that it plays a very important role on quantum computers. I tried to find why, but the only information I got was that quantum entanglement allowed us to see the value of a qubit without interacting directly with it (and...

I understood many maths of QM and even QFT.. but I can't totally understand how a quantum computer can factorize millions of times faster. In normal turing machine, there is 0 and 1. But in quantum computers, there is 0 and 1 and superpositions of it.. meaning it can be 0.0001 or 0.5253 or 0.874...

I've heard it claimed before that brains could be quantum computers (I think it was on Through the Wormhole). Is there any evidence of this? I'm thinking about reading up on quantum computation, but don't know anything about quantum mechanics yet. I'm mostly interested in machine learning...

Hi, Not sure if this is the right place to post this but... I understand that D-Wave has a developed an adiabetic quantum computer. Google and Lockheed Martin have both purchased these computers from D-Wave recently. Could such a quantum computer (or perhaps future versions of it with...

I was thinking whether I should put this threat under general physics or engineering... but anyway, here's the problem: how long do we need to wait until quantum computing is put to use? Also, can programmes that run on classical computers run on quantum computers, or do they need an entirely...

Hello, I am an undergraduate junior majoring in ECE. Right now I am still taking my core major classes but soon I need to specialize. I am very interested in computer hardware and software and would not mind at all graduating with Computer Engineering. But in the future, maybe after grad school...

Can someone explain to me what sort of things quantum computers can/could do, based on their differences in their design, that are harder for conventional computers? So far I have a list that consists of 1) integer factorisation. I was hoping someone could extend that for me! :-) After all...

Lately I've been hearing about latest advancements in quantum computers, such as the chinese group breaks distance record for teleporting qubits (As seen on phys.org, Unfortunately i cannot post that link because i am new). I was just wondering if anybody could clear up what a quantum computer...

Any boolean formula can be represented efficiently as a reversible circuit (i.e. with at most a polynomial increase in the number of gates), with n input bits and n output bits. If it is an n-input, 1-output formula, the corresponding reversible circuit will have 1 'main' output bit and a series...

Although I've read many times that quantum computers are reversible, I am unable to find a understandable explanation as to why (this may be because I study Computer Science). From what I've read, I assume that the answer is linked to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, but I don't know how...

Hello Everyone I was hoping someone can answer how quantum computers work. I understand how digital logic works such as in AND gates and OR gates, but I am not sure how quantum physics wave functions can make this any faster. I was thinking maybe because whenever a piece of matter has the...

First of all, I haven't the slightest idea how a quantum computer actually works but I understand that it is theoretically possible to make them and they could, in theory, be used to compute things that a classical computer would take too long to compute. (i.e. large combinatorial problems like...

When do you think Quantum Computers will be out? Most scientists think 20-30 years but we have them in the lab already, they're just 1.5mill and only about 6 qubits.

This question has been bugging me. I have a math degree, and my computer knowledge is limited to VERY BASIC programming and being able to build my own PC, so I thought this would be a good place to ask. Note: This question has no "clean cut" forum to fit into. I read ALL the forum...

Hello there forum! I would like to present a paper on quantum computers. Idk where to start from. I have high school level knowledge on quantum mechanics, semester on quantum physics and also the knowledge the feynman lecture vol 3 would give its readers.

Hi All, we hear about this term quantum computers and electronics which is currently under research. Will there be any major shift in our computer industry from semiconductor to quantum in next 5 years? Is there any significant advancement in this field? Just curious to know:)

Can anyone help me...from Nielsen-Chuang "quantum computation and quantum information":how might we recognize that a process in nature computes a function not computable by a turing machine?

How hard is it to get into the quantum computer/information theory programs at the top universities? Are they easier to get into than theoretical particle physics or pure math? I would guess it would be just as difficult, but I hardly ever meet or read about people that are interested in that field.

I only recently 'discovered' this quantum computer business and quantum information. As I see it, this seems like a drastic departure from regular 'classical' computers. So if we ever get to the point of using these computers, won´t they have to rediscover the entire field of...

I want to be a physics major and I am very interested Astrophysics as a final career path. However recently, after reading a few books about it I have become interested in Information Theory and the prospect of Quantum Computers. I have a very strong Math, Physics, and Computer Science...

Hi I've been hearing for years now that quantum computers have the potential to render encryption obsolete. My layman's understanding is that it would do this by taking advantage of the fact that qbits can exist in multiple states not just zero and one. I imagine there must be some limit to...

Hi, This is probably a very basic question but it's just something I don't seem to understand... I'm just reading up about quantum computers and how they are supposed to work. I don't know all that much about quantum physics so my ideas might be off, but I might know enough to understand...