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One of the most promising suggested applications of quantum computing is solving classically intractable chemistry problems. This may help to answer unresolved questions about phenomena like: high temperature superconductivity, solid-state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-08 Sam McArdle , Suguru Endo , Alan Aspuru-Guzik , Simon Benjamin , Xiao Yuan

Superconducting quantum circuit is a promising system for building quantum computer. With this system we demonstrate the universal quantum computations, including the preparing of initial states, the single-qubit operations, the two-qubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-06 Nian-Quan Jiang , Yao Chen , Chuanbing Cai , Ming-FengWang , Junwang Tang

Quantum mechanics---the theory describing the fundamental workings of nature---is famously counterintuitive: it predicts that a particle can be in two places at the same time, and that two remote particles can be inextricably and…

Quantum computers can in principle solve certain problems exponentially more quickly than their classical counterparts. We have not yet reached the advent of useful quantum computation, but when we do, it will affect nearly all scientific…

It has been 5 years since the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Workshop on Next Steps in Quantum Computing, and significant progress has been made in closing the gap between useful quantum algorithms and quantum hardware. Yet much…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-03-15 Kenneth Brown , Fred Chong , Kaitlin N. Smith , Tom Conte , Austin Adams , Aniket Dalvi , Christopher Kang , Josh Viszlai

The inaugural edition of the MIT Quantum Index Report (QIR). Quantum technologies are evolving from theoretical concepts into tangible technologies with commercial promise. Their rapid progress is capturing global attention and suggests we…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-06-06 Jonathan Ruane , Elif Kiesow , Johannes Galatsanos , Carl Dukatz , Edward Blomquist , Prashant Shukla

Uniquely among the sciences, quantum cryptography has driven both foundational research as well as practical real-life applications. We review the progress of quantum cryptography in the last decade, covering quantum key distribution and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-10 Akshata Shenoy H. , Anirban Pathak , R. Srikanth

We discuss a model for quantum computing with initially mixed states. Although such a computer is known to be less powerful than a quantum computer operating with pure (entangled) states, it may efficiently solve some problems for which no…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Michael Siomau , Stephan Fritzsche

Quantum computing, leveraging quantum phenomena like superposition and entanglement, is emerging as a transformative force in computing technology, promising unparalleled computational speed and efficiency crucial for engineering…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-30 Osama Muhammad Raisuddin , Suvranu De

An universal quantum network which can implement a general quantum computing is proposed. In this sense, it can be called the quantum central processing unit (QCPU). For a given quantum computing, its realization of QCPU is just its quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 An Min Wang

The integration of Quantum Computers (QC) within High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments holds significant promise for solving real-world problems by leveraging the strengths of both computational paradigms. However, the integration…

A solid-state implementation of a quantum computer composed entirely of silicon is proposed. Qubits are Si-29 nuclear spins arranged as chains in a Si-28 (spin-0) matrix with Larmor frequencies separated by a large magnetic field gradient.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. D. Ladd , J. R. Goldman , F. Yamaguchi , Y. Yamamoto , E. Abe , K. M. Itoh

There is one, and only one way, consistent with fundamental physics, that the efficiency of general digital computation can continue increasing indefinitely, and that is to apply the principles of reversible computing. We need to begin…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-03-09 Michael P. Frank

The nature of quantum computation is discussed. It is argued that, in terms of the amount of information manipulated in a given time, quantum and classical computation are equally efficient. Quantum superposition does not permit quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-10 A. M. Steane

We review the field of Optical Quantum Computation, considering the various implementations that have been proposed and the experimental progress that has been made toward realizing them. We examine both linear and nonlinear approaches and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-07 T. C. Ralph , G. J. Pryde

Quantum computing is presently undergoing rapid development to achieve a significant speedup promised in certain applications. Nonetheless, scaling quantum computers remains a formidable engineering challenge, prompting exploration of…

Quantum computers offer a new paradigm of computing with the potential to vastly outperform any imagineable classical computer. This has caused a gold rush towards new quantum algorithms and hardware. In light of the growing expectations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-04 Torsten Hoefler , Thomas Haener , Matthias Troyer

This article is an attempt to generalize the classical theory of reversible computing, principally developed by Bennet [IBM J. Res. Develop., 17(1973)] and by Fredkin and Toffoli [Internat. J. Theoret. Phys., 21(1982)], to the quantum case.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Massimo Pica Ciamarra

Quantum computers take advantage of interfering quantum alternatives in order to handle problems that might be too time consuming with algorithms based on classical logic. Developing quantum computers requires new ways of thinking beyond…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-09-10 W. C. Parke

Quantum computing, a field utilizing the principles of quantum mechanics, promises great advancements across various industries. This survey paper is focused on the burgeoning intersection of quantum computing and intelligent transportation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-05 Yifan Zhuang , Talha Azfar , Yinhai Wang , Wei Sun , Xiaokun Cara Wang , Qianwen Vivian Guo , Ruimin Ke