About this Research Topic
Two key quantum phenomena need to be well understood in the research of quantum computation: superposition and entanglement. The superposition of quantum states accomplishes parallel information processing accessibility and this underpins the enhanced abilities of quantum computation and simulation. Entanglement provides stronger correlations than classical counterparts among multiple measurement outcomes. Thus, these two phenomena bring a true "parallel" computational power to overcome the conventional computation power.
Recent progress in quantum computation and simulation has demonstrated a rapid expansion with noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices. With current technology, it is already feasible to show the prototype demonstrations of quantum algorithms in some dozen physical qubits towards practical quantum advantages. We aim to address this research area's latest research ideas and state-of-the-art developments in this Research Topic.
The scope of this Research Topic covers new developments in theoretical and experimental quantum information processing in the field of quantum computation and simulation. There are a lot of opportunities to examine these ideas in not only actual NISQ processors but also error-mimicking quantum emulators as shown by the below research areas. Therefore, these research efforts will guide us to bring a quantum breakthrough to simulate the dynamics of larger quantum systems and to utilize quantum advantages with fully fault-tolerant quantum computers in the future.
We welcome submissions of research on Quantum Computation and Simulation in the form of original research papers. Areas of this Research Topic include but are not limited to:
· Quantum computation in NISQ systems
· Error-correctable quantum computation
· Variational quantum algorithms on quantum computers
· Demonstration of superconducting, photonic, and ion-trap quantum computing
· Analog quantum simulation in noisy models
· Error-mitigated quantum simulation on NISQ computers
· Quantum simulation for many-body and/or high-energy physics
· NISQ simulation of chemical and biological structures
Recent progress in quantum computation and simulation has demonstrated a rapid expansion with noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices. With current technology, it is already feasible to show the prototype demonstrations of quantum algorithms in some dozen physical qubits towards practical quantum advantages. We aim to address this research area's latest research ideas and state-of-the-art developments in this Research Topic.
The scope of this Research Topic covers new developments in theoretical and experimental quantum information processing in the field of quantum computation and simulation. There are a lot of opportunities to examine these ideas in not only actual NISQ processors but also error-mimicking quantum emulators as shown by the below research areas. Therefore, these research efforts will guide us to bring a quantum breakthrough to simulate the dynamics of larger quantum systems and to utilize quantum advantages with fully fault-tolerant quantum computers in the future.
We welcome submissions of research on Quantum Computation and Simulation in the form of original research papers. Areas of this Research Topic include but are not limited to:
· Quantum computation in NISQ systems
· Error-correctable quantum computation
· Variational quantum algorithms on quantum computers
· Demonstration of superconducting, photonic, and ion-trap quantum computing
· Analog quantum simulation in noisy models
· Error-mitigated quantum simulation on NISQ computers
· Quantum simulation for many-body and/or high-energy physics
· NISQ simulation of chemical and biological structures
Keywords: Quantum Computation, Quantum Simulation, Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ), Quantum Algorithm, Quantum Information Theory
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