Variational preparation of finite-temperature states on a quantum computer
Abstract The preparation of thermal equilibrium states is important for the simulation of condensed matter and cosmology systems using a quantum computer. We present a method to prepare such mixed states with unitary operators and demonstrate this technique experimentally using a gate-based quantum...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-08-01
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Series: | npj Quantum Information |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-021-00468-1 |