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We present two complementary viewpoints for combining quantum computers and the foundations of quantum mechanics. On one hand, ideal devices can be used as testbeds for experimental tests of the foundations of quantum mechanics: we provide…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-04 Simanraj Sadana , Lorenzo Maccone , Urbasi Sinha

Quantum states are very delicate, so it is likely some sort of quantum error correction will be necessary to build reliable quantum computers. The theory of quantum error-correcting codes has some close ties to and some striking differences…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-04-17 Daniel Gottesman

We work out a quantum-theoretic model in complex Hilbert space of a recently performed test on co-occurrencies of two concepts and their combination in retrieval processes on specific corpuses of documents. The test violated the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Diederik Aerts , Lester Beltran , Suzette Geriente , Sandro Sozzo

Quantum computing provides a powerful framework for tackling computational problems that are classically intractable. The goal of this paper is to explore the use of quantum computers for solving relevant problems in systems and control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Jan Schneider , Julian Berberich

It is often stated that complex numbers are essential in quantum theory. In this article, the need for complex numbers in quantum theory is motivated using the results of tandem Stern-Gerlach experiments

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-16 S. Sivakumar

Quantum computing hardware has grown sufficiently complex that it often can no longer be simulated by classical computers, but its computational power remains limited by errors. These errors corrupt the results of quantum algorithms, and it…

We emphasize the difficulties of an experiment that can definitely discriminate between local realistic hidden variables theories and quantum mechanics using the Bell CHSH inequalities and a real measurement apparatus. In particular we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Feoli , S. Rampone

Quantum tomography is the main method used to assess the quality of quantum information processing devices, but its complexity presents a major obstacle for the characterization of even moderately large systems. The number of experimental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Marcus P. da Silva , Olivier Landon-Cardinal , David Poulin

Two recent papers (Renou et al., arXiv:2101.10873, and Chen et al., arXiv:2103.08123) have indicated that complex numbers are necessary for quantum theory. This short note is a comment on their result.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-25 J. Finkelstein

I assess the potential of quantum computation. Broad and important applications must be found to justify construction of a quantum computer; I review some of the known quantum algorithms and consider the prospects for finding new ones.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 John Preskill

Basic concepts of quantum theory of information, principles of quantum calculations and the possibility of creation on this basis unique on calculation power and functioning principle device, named quantum computer, are briefly reviewed.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-12-10 Steven Duplij , Illia Shapoval

Recent research has demonstrated that quantum computers can solve certain types of problems substantially faster than the known classical algorithms. These problems include factoring integers and certain physics simulations. Practical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Emanuel Knill , Raymond Laflamme , Wojciech H. Zurek

Quantum systems, in general, output data that cannot be simulated efficiently by a classical computer, and hence is useful for solving certain mathematical problems and simulating quantum many-body systems. This also implies, unfortunately,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-04 Keisuke Fujii , Masahito Hayashi

Coherence and entanglement are fundamental properties of quantum systems, promising to power the near future quantum computers, sensors and simulators. Yet, their experimental detection is challenging, usually requiring full reconstruction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-01 Graeme Smith , John A. Smolin , Xiao Yuan , Qi Zhao , Davide Girolami , Xiongfeng Ma

Real numbers provide a sufficient description of classical physics and all measurable phenomena; however, complex numbers are occasionally utilized as a convenient mathematical tool to aid our calculations. On the other hand, the formalism…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-01 Matthew Albert , Xiaoyi Bao , Liang Chen

Quantum correlations are central to the foundations of quantum physics and form the basis of quantum technologies. Here, our goal is to connect quantum correlations and computation: using quantum correlations as a resource for computation -…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-17 Bülent Demirel , Weikai Weng , Christopher Thalacker , Matty Hoban , Stefanie Barz

Current quantum computer technology is sufficient to realize weak measurements and the corresponding concept of weak values. We demonstrate how the weak value anomaly can be tested, along with consistency and simultaneity of weak values,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-02-20 Todd A. Brun , Lajos Diosi , Walter T. Strunz

Quantum computers have the opportunity to be transformative for a variety of computational tasks. Recently, there have been proposals to use the unsimulatably of large quantum devices to perform regression, classification, and other machine…

Numerous reports claim that quantum advantage, which should emerge as a direct consequence of the advent of quantum computers, will herald a new era of chemical research because it will enable scientists to perform the kinds of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-29 V. E. Elfving , B. W. Broer , M. Webber , J. Gavartin , M. D. Halls , K. P. Lorton , A. Bochevarov

Quantum hardware has the potential to efficiently solve computationally difficult problems in physics and chemistry to reap enormous practical rewards. Analogue quantum simulation accomplishes this by using the dynamics of a controlled…