We give a quantum algorithm for the binary NAND tree problem in the Hamiltonian oracle model. The algorithm uses a continuous time quantum walk with a run time proportional to sqrt N. We also show a lower bound of sqrt N for the NAND tree problem in the Hamiltonian oracle model.
Recently, Farhi, Goldstone, and Gutmann gave a quantum algorithm for evaluating NAND trees that runs in time O(sqrt(N log N)) in the Hamiltonian query model. In this note, we point out that their algorithm can be converted into an algorithm using O(N^{1/2 + epsilon}) queries in the conventional quantum query model, for any fixed epsilon > 0.
The negative-AND (NAND) gate is universal for classical computation making it an important target for development. A seminal quantum computing algorithm by Farhi, Goldstone and Gutmann has demonstrated its realization by means of quantum scattering yielding a quantum algorithm that evaluates the output faster than any classical algorithm. Here, we derive the NAND outputs analytically from scattering theory using a tight-binding (TB) model and show the restrictions on the TB parameters in order to still maintain the NAND gate function. We map the quantum NAND tree onto a conjugated molecular sy…
In the age of post-Moore era, the next-generation computing model would be a hybrid architecture consisting of different physical components such as photonic chips. In 2008, it has been proposed that the solving of NAND-tree problem can be sped up by quantum walk. Such scheme is groundbreaking due to the universality of NAND gate. However, experimental demonstration has never been achieved so far, mostly due to the challenge in preparing the propagating initial state. Here we propose an alternative solution by including a structure called "quantum slide", where a propagating Gaussian wave-pack…
IRT Saint Exupery(圣埃克苏佩里技术研究所);Université Paul Sabatier(保罗·萨巴捷大学);IRIT(图卢兹信息学研究所)
Quantum walks on binary trees are used in many quantum algorithms to achieve important speedup over classical algorithms. The formulation of this kind of algorithms as quantum circuit presents the advantage of being easily readable, executable on circuit based quantum computers and simulators and optimal on the usage of resources. We propose a strategy to compose quantum circuit that performs quantum walk on binary trees following universal gate model quantum computation principles. We give a particular attention to NAND formula evaluation algorithm as it could have many applications in game t…
In this paper, we study the stationary orbits of quantum Lindblad systems. We show that they can be characterized in terms of trees and forests on a directed graph with edge weights that depend on the Lindblad operators and the eigenbasis of the density operator. For a certain class of typical Lindblad systems, this characterization can be used to find the asymptotic end-states. There is a unique end-state for each basin of the graph (the strongly connected components with no outgoing edges). In most cases, every asymptotic end-state must be a linear combination thereof, but we prove necessary…
We prove that the ground states of a local Hamiltonian satisfy an area law and can be computed in polynomial time when the interaction graph is a tree with discrete fractal dimension $β<2$. This condition is met for generic trees in the plane and for established models of hyperbranched polymers in 3D. This work is the first to prove an area law and exhibit a provably polynomial-time classical algorithm for local Hamiltonian ground states beyond the case of spin chains. Our algorithm outputs the ground state encoded as a multi-scale tensor network on the META-tree, which we introduce as an anal…
Significant efforts are being directed towards developing a quantum annealer capable of solving combinatorial optimization problems. The challenges are Hamiltonian programming and large-scale implementations. Here we report quantum annealing demonstration of Ising Hamiltonians programmed with up to $N=22$ spins mapped on various Cayley tree graphs. Experiments are performed with a Rydberg-atom quantum simulator, in which rubidium single atoms are arranged in three dimensional space in such a way that their Rydberg atoms and blockaded strong couplings respectively represent the nodes and edges …
Imaginary Hamiltonian variational ansatz for combinatorial optimization problems
Peking University(北京大学);Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter(量子物质协同创新中心);Center for High Energy Physics, Peking University(北京大学高能物理中心);Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS), RIKEN(理化学研究所跨学科理论与数学科学项目(iTHEMS));Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY(德国电子同步加速器);Computation-Based Science and Technology Research Center, The Cyprus Institute(塞浦路斯研究所计算科学与技术研究中心);Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin(柏林洪堡大学物理研究所)
Quantum annealing is a practical approach to approximately implement the adiabatic quantum computational model under a real-world setting. The goal of an adiabatic algorithm is to prepare the ground state of a problem-encoded Hamiltonian at the end of an annealing path. This is typically achieved by driving the dynamical evolution of a quantum system slowly to enforce adiabaticity. Properly optimized annealing schedules often significantly accelerate the computational process. Inspired by the recent success of deep reinforcement learning such as DeepMind's AlphaZero, we propose a Monte Carlo T…
The simplest Tree-Tensor-States (TTS) respecting the Parity and the Time-Reversal symmetries are studied in order to describe the ground states of Long-Ranged Quantum Spin Chains with or without disorder. Explicit formulas are given for the one-point and two-point reduced density matrices that allow to compute any one-spin and two-spin observable. For Hamiltonians containing only one-body and two-body contributions, the energy of the TTS can be then evaluated and minimized in order to obtain the optimal parameters of the TTS. This variational optimization of the TTS parameters is compared with…
We provide a characterization of perfect state transfer in a quantum walk whose Hamiltonian is given by the normalized Laplacian. We discuss a connection between classical random walks and quantum walks only present in this model, and we also rule out several trees as candidates to host perfect state transfer.