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quant-ph2021★ 6 cited

Differentiable quantum computational chemistry with PennyLane

Juan Miguel Arrazola, Soran Jahangiri, Alain Delgado +15

This work describes the theoretical foundation for all quantum chemistry functionality in PennyLane, a quantum computing software library specializing in quantum differentiable pro…

quant-ph2021★ 303 cited

General parameter-shift rules for quantum gradients

David Wierichs, Josh Izaac, Cody Wang +1

Variational quantum algorithms are ubiquitous in applications of noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers. Due to the structure of conventional parametrized quantum gates, the ev…

quant-ph2021★ 42 cited

Variational quantum algorithm for molecular geometry optimization

Alain Delgado, Juan Miguel Arrazola, Soran Jahangiri +4

Classical algorithms for predicting the equilibrium geometry of strongly correlated molecules require expensive wave function methods that become impractical already for few-atom s…

quant-ph2021★ 40 cited

Fast simulation of bosonic qubits via Gaussian functions in phase space

J. Eli Bourassa, Nicolás Quesada, Ilan Tzitrin +6

Bosonic qubits are a promising route to building fault-tolerant quantum computers on a variety of physical platforms. Studying the performance of bosonic qubits under realistic gat…

quant-ph2021★ 551 cited

Quantum circuits with many photons on a programmable nanophotonic chip

J. M. Arrazola, V. Bergholm, K. Brádler +36

Growing interest in quantum computing for practical applications has led to a surge in the availability of programmable machines for executing quantum algorithms. Present day photo…