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Quantum devices use qubits to represent information, which allows them to exploit important properties from quantum physics, specifically superposition and entanglement. As a result, quantum computers have the potential to outperform the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-14 Abhijeet Ghoshal , Yan Li , Syam Menon , Sumit Sarkar

Why are the laws of physics formulated in terms of complex Hilbert spaces? Are there natural and consistent modifications of quantum theory that could be tested experimentally? This book chapter gives a self-contained and accessible summary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-12 Markus P. Mueller , Lluis Masanes

Quantum computation appears to offer significant advantages over classical computation and this has generated a tremendous interest in the field. In this thesis we consider the application of quantum computers to scientific computing and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-10 Stuart Hadfield

The (consistent or decoherent) histories interpretation provides a consistent realistic ontology for quantum mechanics, based on two main ideas. First, a logic (system of reasoning) is employed which is compatible with the Hilbert-space…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-13 Robert B. Griffiths

Due to the exponential growth of the Hilbert space dimension with system size, the simulation of quantum many-body systems has remained a persistent challenge until today. Here, we review a relatively new class of variational states for the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-07-29 Hannah Lange , Anka Van de Walle , Atiye Abedinnia , Annabelle Bohrdt

The completeness of quantum mechanics in predictive power is a central question in its foundational study. While most investigations focus on two-dimensional systems, high-dimensional systems are more general and widely applicable. Building…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-07 Jianqi Sheng , Dongkai Zhang , Lixiang Chen

Binary quantum information can be fault tolerantly encoded in states defined in infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces. Such states define a computational basis, and permit a perfect equivalence between continuous and discrete universal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-13 A. Ketterer , A. Keller , S. P. Walborn , T. Coudreau , P. Milman

In physics, experiments ultimately inform us as to what constitutes a good theoretical model of any physical concept: physical space should be no exception. The best picture of physical space in Newtonian physics is given by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-14 Chuan Sheng Chew , Otto C. W. Kong , Jason Payne

Reservoir computing leverages rich, non-linear dynamics to process temporal data. Quantum variants promise enhanced expressivity from high-dimensional Hilbert spaces, yet their practical applicability is hindered by hardware noise and…

We study the computational complexity of quantum discord (a measure of quantum correlation beyond entanglement), and prove that computing quantum discord is NP-complete. Therefore, quantum discord is computationally intractable: the running…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-31 Yichen Huang

The quantum Cram\'er-Rao bound sets a fundamental limit on the accuracy of unbiased parameter estimation in quantum systems, relating the uncertainty in determining a parameter to the inverse of the quantum Fisher information. We…

Quantum devices should operate in adherence to quantum physics principles. Quantum random access memory (QRAM), a fundamental component of many essential quantum algorithms for tasks such as linear algebra, data search, and machine…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-25 Yunfei Wang , Yuri Alexeev , Liang Jiang , Frederic T. Chong , Junyu Liu

Quantum computing promises the ability to compute properties of quantum systems exponentially faster than classical computers. Quantum advantage is achieved when a practical problem is solved more efficiently on a quantum computer than on a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-03 William A. Simon , Peter J. Love

This paper describes an algorithmic system called SQT for the computer simulation of a wide class of quantum experiments on entangled particles. SQT maintains a hidden internal state for each particle and it provides an initialization…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-11-28 John R Rankin

Quantum information processing is the use of inherently quantum mechanical phenomena to perform information processing tasks that cannot be achieved using conventional classical information technologies. One famous example is quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. A. Jones

QBism regards quantum mechanics as an addition to probability theory. The addition provides an extra normative rule for decision-making agents concerned with gambling across experimental contexts, somewhat in analogy to the double-slit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-25 Christopher A. Fuchs , Maxim Olshanii , Matthew B. Weiss

As of today, no one can tell when a universal quantum computer with thousands of logical quantum bits (qubits) will be built. At present, most quantum computer prototypes involve less than ten individually controllable qubits, and only…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-05 Tao Xin , Shilin Huang , Sirui Lu , Keren Li , Zhihuang Luo , Zhangqi Yin , Jun Li , Dawei Lu , Guilu Long , Bei Zeng

The simulation of complex quantum systems on a quantum computer is studied, taking the kicked Harper model as an example. This well-studied system has a rich variety of dynamical behavior depending on parameters, displays interesting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Benjamin Levi , Bertrand Georgeot

The current proposals for the realization of quantum computer such as NMR, quantum dots and trapped ions are based on the using of an atom or an ion as one qubit. In these proposals a quantum computer consists from several atoms and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 I. V. Volovich

Quantum memory systems are vital in quantum information processing for dependable storage and retrieval of quantum states. Inspired by classical reliability theories that synthesize reliable computing systems from unreliable components, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-10 Anuj K. Nayak , Eric Chitambar , Lav R. Varshney