A blueprint for demonstrating quantum supremacy with superconducting qubits.
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| Title: | A blueprint for demonstrating quantum supremacy with superconducting qubits. |
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| Authors: | Neill, C. (AUTHOR), Roushan, P. (AUTHOR), Kechedzhi, K. (AUTHOR), Boixo, S. (AUTHOR), Isakov, S. V. (AUTHOR), Smelyanskiy, V. (AUTHOR), Megrant, A. (AUTHOR), Chiaro, B. (AUTHOR), Dunsworth, A. (AUTHOR), Arya, K. (AUTHOR), Barends, R. (AUTHOR), Burkett, B. (AUTHOR), Chen, Y. (AUTHOR), Chen, Z. (AUTHOR), Fowler, A. (AUTHOR), Foxen, B. (AUTHOR), Giustina, M. (AUTHOR), Graff, R. (AUTHOR), Jeffrey, E. (AUTHOR), Huang, T. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Science (pre-March 2025). 4/13/2018, Vol. 360 Issue 6385, p195-199. 5p. 3 Black and White Photographs, 4 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Qubits, Quantum computing, Quantum computers, Quantum states, Superconductors |
| Abstract: | A key step toward demonstrating a quantum system that can address difficult problems in physics and chemistry will be performing a computation beyond the capabilities of any classical computer, thus achieving so-called quantum supremacy. In this study, we used nine superconducting qubits to demonstrate a promising path toward quantum supremacy. By individually tuning the qubit parameters, we were able to generate thousands of distinct Hamiltonian evolutions and probe the output probabilities. The measured probabilities obey a universal distribution, consistent with uniformly sampling the full Hilbert space. As the number of qubits increases, the system continues to explore the exponentially growing number of states. Extending these results to a system of 50 qubits has the potential to address scientific questions that are beyond the capabilities of any classical computer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | A key step toward demonstrating a quantum system that can address difficult problems in physics and chemistry will be performing a computation beyond the capabilities of any classical computer, thus achieving so-called quantum supremacy. In this study, we used nine superconducting qubits to demonstrate a promising path toward quantum supremacy. By individually tuning the qubit parameters, we were able to generate thousands of distinct Hamiltonian evolutions and probe the output probabilities. The measured probabilities obey a universal distribution, consistent with uniformly sampling the full Hilbert space. As the number of qubits increases, the system continues to explore the exponentially growing number of states. Extending these results to a system of 50 qubits has the potential to address scientific questions that are beyond the capabilities of any classical computer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00368075 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.aao4309 |
