Questions tagged [boson-sampling]
Boson sampling constitutes a restricted model of non-universal quantum computation introduced by S. Aaronson and A. Arkhipov. It consists of sampling from the probability distribution of identical bosons scattered by a linear interferometer. (Wikipedia)
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CS conjecture that Quantum Computer cannot solve NP-complete problems, but Boson Samplers do a #P-hard problem. How is it?
There is something very strange and absurd for me about the power of a quantum computer. Let me briefly states the following facts:
Fact 1: theoretical computer scientists believe (very likely to ...
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Is Gaussian boson sampling (used for showing quantum advantage) a subcategory of the continuous variable approach?
I read about the photonic QC Jiŭzhāng that showed quantum advantage by Gaussian boson sampling. I read that boson sampling itself is a sub-universal technique of QC (where they use single-photon ...
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What are known applications of quantum sampling?
I'm inspired by [1] which clearly lays out near term applications of quantum computing: optimization, simulation and sampling. They claim that quantum sampling is likely to be the first application ...
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Commutation of bosonic operators on finite Hilbert space
I'm checking this article of R. Somma about quantum simulations
https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0512209
I understand the common commutation relations for creationd and annihilation operators, given ...
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Boson Sampling with a single beamsplitter
In Boson Sampling as first proposed by Aaronson and Arkhipov in arxiv.org/abs/1011.3245, the interferometer is made up of phase shifters and beamsplitters. As these gates are universal, drawing the ...
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What is the HOG test and how would it help proving quantum supremacy?
Proposed experiments in achieving quantum supremacy, such as with BosonSampling or using random circuits, have been described as using a (not necessarily Turing complete) quantum computer to perform ...
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What about BosonSampling can be publicly verified?
Boson Sampling, sometimes stylized as BosonSampling, is an attractive candidate problem to establish quantum supremacy; the engineering problems appear more surmountable than those associated with a ...
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Is it possible to “calculate” the absolute value of a permanent using Boson Sampling?
In boson sampling, if we start with 1 photon in each of the first $M$ modes of an interferometer, the probability of detecting 1 photon in each output mode is: $|\textrm{Perm}(A)|^2$, where the ...
