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Quantum computers are expected to scale in size to close the gap that currently exists between quantum algorithms and quantum hardware. To this end, quantum compilation techniques must scale along with the hardware constraints, shifting the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-22 Pau Escofet , Alejandro Gonzalvo , Eduard Alarcón , Carmen G. Almudéver , Sergi Abadal

This article provides an introduction to surface code quantum computing. We first estimate the size and speed of a surface code quantum computer. We then introduce the concept of the stabilizer, using two qubits, and extend this concept to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-30 Austin G. Fowler , Matteo Mariantoni , John M. Martinis , Andrew N. Cleland

Scalable and fault-tolerant quantum computation will require error correction. This will demand constant measurement of many-qubit observables, implemented using a vast number of CNOT gates. Indeed, practically all operations performed by a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-16 Andreas Peter , Daniel Loss , James R. Wootton

Near-term quantum computers are primarily limited by errors in quantum operations (or gates) between two quantum bits (or qubits). A physical machine typically provides a set of basis gates that include primitive 2-qubit (2Q) and 1-qubit…

The quantum circuit model is the most widely used model of quantum computation. It provides both a framework for formulating quantum algorithms and an architecture for the physical construction of quantum computers. However, several other…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-09-16 Stephen P. Jordan

Quantum computers process information with the laws of quantum mechanics. Current quantum hardware is noisy, can only store information for a short time, and is limited to a few quantum bits, i.e., qubits, typically arranged in a planar…

Qudit is a multi-level computational unit alternative to the conventional 2-level qubit. Compared to qubit, qudit provides a larger state space to store and process information, and thus can provide reduction of the circuit complexity,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-12 Yuchen Wang , Zixuan Hu , Barry C. Sanders , Sabre Kais

Recently, the development of quantum chips has made great progress-- the number of qubits is increasing and the fidelity is getting higher. However, qubits of these chips are not always fully connected, which sets additional barriers for…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-07-06 Xin Zhang , Hong Xiang , Tao Xiang , Li Fu , Jun Sang

Circuit cutting allows quantum circuits larger than the available hardware to be executed. Cutting techniques split circuits into smaller subcircuits, run them on the hardware, and recombine results through classical post-processing.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-28 Songqinghao Yang , Prakash Murali

The progress in developing quantum hardware with functional quantum processors integrating tens of noisy qubits, together with the availability of near-term quantum algorithms has led to the release of the first quantum computers. These…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-14 Medina Bandic , Sebastian Feld , Carmen G. Almudever

Quantum computing is an emerging technology in which quantum mechanical properties are suitably utilized to perform certain compute-intensive operations faster than classical computers. Quantum algorithms are designed as a combination of…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Aravind Joshi , Akshara Kairali , Renju Raju , Adithya Athreya , Reena Monica P , Sanjay Vishwakarma , Srinjoy Ganguly

In theory, quantum computers can efficiently simulate quantum physics, factor large numbers and estimate integrals, thus solving otherwise intractable computational problems. In practice, quantum computers must operate with noisy devices…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Knill

Quantum computers promise to outperform their classical counterparts at certain tasks. However, existing quantum devices are error-prone and restricted in size. Thus, effective compilation methods are crucial to exploit limited quantum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-17 Moritz Stargalla , Friedrich Wagner

The rapid progress of physical implementation of quantum computers paved the way for the design of tools to help users write quantum programs for any given quantum device. The physical constraints inherent in current NISQ architectures…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Chi Zhang , Yanhao Chen , Yuwei Jin , Wonsun Ahn , Youtao Zhang , Eddy Z. Zhang

Current and near-future quantum computers face resource limitations due to noise and low qubit counts. Despite this, effective quantum advantage can still be achieved due to the exponential nature of bit-to-qubit conversion. However,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Vlad Stirbu , Arianne Meijer-van de Griend , Jake Muff

Given the limitations on the number of qubits in current noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices, the implementation of large-scale quantum algorithms on such devices is challenging, prompting research into distributed quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-04 Xinyu Chen , Zilu Chen , Pengcheng Zhu , Xueyun Cheng , Zhijin Guan

In our pursuit of quantum supremacy during the NISQ era, this research introduces a novel approach rooted in the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) framework to address the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). By strategically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-29 Mehdi Ramezani , Sadegh Salami , Mehdi Shokhmkar , Morteza Moradi , Alireza Bahrampour

In the near term, programming quantum computers will remain severely limited by low quantum volumes. Therefore, it is desirable to implement quantum circuits with the fewest resources possible. For the common Clifford+T circuits, most…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-11-16 Korbinian Staudacher , Tobias Guggemos , Sophia Grundner-Culemann , Wolfgang Gehrke

This thesis deals with the problematics of the scalability of fault-tolerant quantum computing. This question is studied under the angle of estimating the resources needed to set up such computers. What we call a resource is, in principle,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Marco Fellous-Asiani

Quantum computers have now appeared in our society and are utilized for the investigation of science and engineering. At present, they have been built as intermediate-size computers containing about fifty qubits and are weak against noise…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-07 Yusuke Hama