Resource requirements for observable estimation, enabled by QuPython

ORAL

Abstract

I will present an analysis of the resources required to estimate observables in the quantum simulation of a first principles model for a condensed phase system. The complexity of the associated algorithms is severe enough that this is greatly facilitated by a high-level quantum programming language QuPython. This tool allows us to graduate from asymptotic estimates of T-gates and qubit counts to numerically quantitative ones. In addition to informing requirements for application-scale quantum computation like observable estimation, this also showcases several high-level features, and an extensible framework, built on top of the popular Python programming language.

*SNL is managed and operated by NTESS under DOE NNSA contract DE-NA0003525.

Presenters

  • Antonio E Russo

    • Sandia National Laboratories

Authors

  • Antonio E Russo

    • Sandia National Laboratories
  • Nathan Arnold

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Sandia National Laboratories
  • Stefan Seritan

    • Sandia National Laboratories
  • Shivesh Pathak

    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • Sandia National Lab
  • Andrew D Baczewski

    • Sandia National Laboratories