We propose an efficient protocol for digital quantum simulation of quantum chemistry problems and enhanced digital-analog quantum simulation of transport phenomena in biomolecules with superconducting circuits. Along these lines, we optimally digitize fermionic models of molecular structure with single-qubit and two-qubit gates, by means of Trotter-Suzuki decomposition and Jordan-Wigner transformation. Furthermore, we address the modelling of system-environment interactions of biomolecules involving bosonic degrees of freedom with a digital-analog approach. Finally, we consider gate-truncated quantum algorithms to allow the study of environmental effects.
@article{arxiv.1511.09355,
title = {Quantum chemistry and charge transport in biomolecules with superconducting circuits},
author = {L. García-Álvarez and U. Las Heras and A. Mezzacapo and M. Sanz and E. Solano and L. Lamata},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.09355},
year = {2016}
}