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most citedSuperfluid turbulence from quantum Kelvin wave to classical Kolmogorov cascades

92 citations

10 papers

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

A time-marching quantum algorithm for simulation of the nonlinear Lorenz dynamics

Efstratios Koukoutsis, George Vahala, Min Soe +3

Simulating nonlinear classical dynamics on a quantum computer is an inherently challenging task due to the linear operator formulation of quantum mechanics. In this work, we provid…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 14 cited

Quantum Computing Perspective for Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Cold Magnetized Plasmas

Efstratios Koukoutsis, Kyriakos Hizanidis, George Vahala +3

Electromagnetic waves are an inherent part of all plasmas -- laboratory fusion plasmas or astrophysical plasmas. The conventional methods for studying properties of electromagnetic…

quant-ph2022

Some Comments on Unitary Qubit Lattice Algorithms for Classical Problems

Paul Anderson, Lillian Finegold-Sachs, George Vahala +5

: A qubit lattice algorithm (QLA), which consists of a set of interleaved unitary collision-streaming operators, is developed for electromagnetic wave propagation in…

physics.plasm-ph2022

The effect of the width of the incident pulse to the dielectric transition layer in the scattering of an electromagnetic pulse -- a quantum lattice algorithm simulation

G. Vahala, L. Vahala, A. K. Ram +1

The effect of the thickness of the dielectric boundary layer that connects a material of refractive index to another of index is considered for the propagation of an el…

physics.plasm-ph2021★ 11 cited

Quantum Lattice Representation for the Curl Equations of Maxwell Equations

George Vahala, John Hawthorne, Linda Vahala +2

A quantum lattice representation (QLA) is devised for the initial value problem of one-dimensional (1D) propagation of an electromagnetic disturbance in a scalar dielectric medium…

physics.plasm-ph2021★ 13 cited

Reflection and transmission of electromagnetic pulses at a planar dielectric interface -- theory and quantum lattice simulations

Abhay K. Ram, George Vahala, Linda Vahala +1

There is considerable interest in the application of quantum information science to advance computations in plasma physics. Many of the topics in fusion plasma physics are classica…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 27 cited

Unitary Quantum Lattice Simulations for Maxwell Equations in Vacuum and in Dielectric Media

George Vahala, Linda Vahala, Min Soe +1

Utilizing the similarity between the spinor representation of the Dirac equation and the Maxwell equations that has been recognized since the early days of relativistic quantum mec…

quant-ph2011★ 3 cited

A unitary quantum lattice gas algorithm for two dimensional quantum turbulence

Bo Zhang, George Vahala, Linda Vahala +1

Quantum vortex structures and energy cascades are examined for two dimensional quantum turbulence (2D QT) at zero temperature. A special unitary evolution algorithm, the quantum la…

quant-ph2010★ 11 cited

Poincare recurrence and intermittent loss of quantum Kelvin wave cascades in quantum turbulence

George Vahala, Jeffrey Yepez, Linda Vahala +3

The evolution of the ground state wave function of a zero-temperature Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) is well described by the Hamiltonian Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation. Using a se…

quant-ph2009★ 92 cited

Superfluid turbulence from quantum Kelvin wave to classical Kolmogorov cascades

Jeffrey Yepez

A novel unitary quantum lattice gas algorithm is used to simulate quantum turbulence of a BEC described by the Gross-Pitaevskii equation on grids up to 5760^3. For the first time,…