World-unique method enables simulation of error-correctable quantum computers (IMAGE)
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Quantum computers can perform complex computations thanks to their ability to represent an enormous number of different states at the same time in a so-called quantum superposition. Representing these superpositions of states is incredibly difficult to describe. Now, a research team has found a relatively simple method to simulate some relevant quantum superpositions of states. The illustration shows one of these superpositions, which can be created inside what’s known as a continuous-variable quantum computer. The team was able to observe how these states change when they interact with each other, and they were also able to simulate those changes using wave-like patterns - like the ones you see in the image.
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Chalmers University of Technology I Cameron Calcluth
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