Questions tagged [superposition]
Quantum superposition is a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics. It states that, much like waves in classical physics, any two (or more) quantum states can be added together ("superposed") and the result will be another valid quantum state; and conversely, that every quantum state can be represented as a sum of two or more other distinct states. Mathematically, it refers to a property of solutions to the Schrödinger equation. (Wikipedia)
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When writing data into qRAM, can I do it in a superposition state?
In general, quantum algorithms are said to be hybrid algorithms.
Especially when storing data in qRAM, it seems to be done through classical calculations.
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What's an example of a superposition $\sum_i \sqrt{p_i}|i\rangle$ that cannot be prepared efficiently?
As also discussed in (How does the induction step in the Grover-Rudolph scheme to prepare superpositions from probabilities work? and How does the uncomputation step work in the Grover-Rudolph scheme ...
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Given a unitary $U_p:|0\rangle\to\sum_\omega\sqrt{P(\omega)}|\omega\rangle$, what does $|0\rangle$ represent exactly?
Consider a random variable $X$ on a probability space $(\Omega, 2^\Omega, P)$. Let $H_\Omega$ be a Hilbert space with basis states ${| \omega \rangle}_{\omega \in \Omega}$, and fix a unitary $U_P$ ...
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Mark a state if it is part of another register
I am wondering something, especially about Grover algorithm: imagine I have a quantum register $a$ and a quantum register $b$ of equal length.
Then, suppose I apply some algorithms on $a$ s.t. it is ...
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Given a quantum state, can you generate a uniform superposition over its computational basis vectors with nonzero amplitude?
Given an arbitrary $|\psi\rangle=\sum_{i=0}^n\alpha_i|i\rangle$, $K=\{i\mid \alpha_i\not=0\}$, and $k=\vert K\vert$, is it possible to generate the state $\frac{1}{\sqrt k}\sum_{i\in K}|i\rangle$? I ...
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Question on circuit function evaluation
In this question, from what I understand, the circuit on the right hand side can not be evaluated for f(0) so depending on value of y, we will have two different f(0)s so this equality of circuits ...
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Modeling light transfer through every path with superpositioning
So I asked a question about this topic earlier but since then, I did more digging into this problem.
Researchers at Berkeley experimented with a theory of photosynthesis happening using Quantum ...
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Quantum Algorithm to Solve a Maze
I am trying to understand the paper "Quantum Algorithm to Solve a Maze - Converting the Maze Problem into a Search Problem" by Debabrata Goswami and Niraj Kumar (here the reference https://...
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When physically implementing superposition in a Transmon, what is the actual driving amplitude used in the microwave pulses by Qiskit?
I had been playing around with Qiskit Pulse, and I managed to run several single qubit circuits, however throughout these processes, I recurringly came across the driving amplitude and the signal ...
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Calculating variance among the states under superposition
I wonder if it is possible to calculate (or estimates) variance among the quantum states under superposition, with respect to their values in the computational basis.
For example, a simple 2-qubit ...
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Superposition of circuits (d-level case)
In this post: Superposition of quantum circuits, the two states are qubits. Is it possible to generalize this question to two qudit case? ie, given quantum circuits $C_1$ and $C_2$ that generates $\...
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How to "eliminate" some components of the state vector?
I have $n*k$ qubits. At the very beginning the length of the state vector is $2^{nk}$.
After some manipulations (Qiskit circuit) I reduce it to $k^n$ and it looks like
$a|1...\rangle +a|0...\rangle ......
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SX operator and superposition
I am running some tests using the probabilities we get from statevector to assert values in qiskit. For instance, with two qubits and a hadamard gate on the first one we have:
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How does QPE work if target register is in superposition of eigenstates?
In regular Quantum Phase Estimation algorithm the target register shall be in the eigenstate of the investigated operator. If it's the case, then applying controlled operator $U$ we can get its phase ...
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