Quantum simulation of molecular vibronic spectra on a superconducting bosonic processor: Part I

ORAL

Abstract

A promising and practical application of quantum machines is the simulation of quantum chemistry. Recent proposals have introduced problems naturally suited for bosonic platforms, such as the simulation of Franck-Condon factors [Huh et. al, Nature Photonics 9 (2015)]. These simulations require a wide range of Gaussian operations and non-Gaussian resources, such as arbitrary state preparation and photon-number measurement. Here, we a present a blueprint for realizing these capabilities in a superconducting architecture consisting of long-lifetime cavity modes coupled to transmon ancillae. Driven four-wave mixing processes implement bilinear interactions such as single-mode squeezing and beamsplitters, which, when combined with resonant displacements, generate a complete set of Gaussian operations. Furthermore, we present a novel single-shot measurement scheme that extracts the binary decomposition of the photon number in each cavity mode.

*US ARO Grants (W911NF-18-1-0212, W911NF-16-1-0349)
NSF Grants CHE-1900160 (VSB), CHE-1464957 (PHV), and DMR-1609326 (SMG)
NSF Center for Ultracold Atoms (ILC)
Packard Foundation (LJ)

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Presenters

  • Jacob Curtis

    • Yale University

Authors

  • Jacob Curtis

    • Yale University

  • Christopher Wang

    • Yale University

  • Brian Lester

    • Yale University
    • Atom Computing, Inc

  • Yaxing Zhang

    • Yale University

  • Yvonne Gao

    • Natl Univ of Singapore
    • Yale University

  • Jessica Freeze

    • Yale University

  • Victor Batista

    • Yale University

  • Patrick Henry Vaccaro

    • Yale University

  • Isaac Chuang

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Luigi Frunzio

    • Yale University
    • Department of Applied Physics, Yale University
    • Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Yale University

  • Liang Jiang

    • Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
    • Yale University
    • Department of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

  • Steven Girvin

    • Yale University
    • Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Yale University
    • Department of Physics, Yale University
    • Yale Quantum Institute, Yale University

  • Robert Schoelkopf

    • Yale University
    • Department of Applied Physics, Yale University
    • Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Yale University