In situ upgrade of quantum simulators to universal computers

Benjamin Dive; Alexander Pitchford; Florian Mintert; Daniel Burgarth

doi:10.22331/q-2018-08-08-80

In situ upgrade of quantum simulators to universal computers

Benjamin Dive¹, Alexander Pitchford², Florian Mintert¹, and Daniel Burgarth²

¹Department of Physics, Imperial College, SW7 2AZ London, UK
²Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, SY23 3FL Aberystwyth, UK

Published:	2018-08-08, volume 2, page 80
Eprint:	arXiv:1701.01723v4
Doi:	https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-08-08-80
Citation:	Quantum 2, 80 (2018).

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Abstract

Quantum simulators, machines that can replicate the dynamics of quantum systems, are being built as useful devices and are seen as a stepping stone to universal quantum computers. A key difference between the two is that computers have the ability to perform the logic gates that make up algorithms. We propose a method for learning how to construct these gates efficiently by using the simulator to perform optimal control on itself. This bypasses two major problems of purely classical approaches to the control problem: the need to have an accurate model of the system, and a classical computer more powerful than the quantum one to carry out the required simulations. Strong evidence that the scheme scales polynomially in the number of qubits, for systems of up to 9 qubits with Ising interactions, is presented from numerical simulations carried out in different topologies. This suggests that this in situ approach is a practical way of upgrading quantum simulators to computers.

Featured image: A classical computer finds a control pulse which enables a quantum simulator to perform logic
gates. It does this in an iterative process by applying a control pulse to the simulator and then improving it based on the result of measurements.

► BibTeX data

@article{Dive2018insituupgradeof,
  doi = {10.22331/q-2018-08-08-80},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-08-08-80},
  title = {In situ upgrade of quantum simulators to universal computers},
  author = {Dive, Benjamin and Pitchford, Alexander and Mintert, Florian and Burgarth, Daniel},
  journal = {{Quantum}},
  issn = {2521-327X},
  publisher = {{Verein zur F{\"{o}}rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften}},
  volume = {2},
  pages = {80},
  month = aug,
  year = {2018}
}

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