29–31 Oct 2024
Padova
Europe/Rome timezone

How to Measure Reflection and Transmission Amplitudes in a Digital Quantum Simulation

31 Oct 2024, 11:20
20m
Sala Elettra (Palazzo della Salute)

Sala Elettra

Palazzo della Salute

Via San Francesco, 90 - Padova

Speaker

Mr Andrea Stampiggi (SISSA, INFN Sezione Trieste)

Description

In recent years, much research has investigated the potentialities of quantum computers, ranging from physical implementations to comparisons with well-known algorithms of classical computation.
I would like to present a quantum algorithm to measure quantities related to scattering theory: reflection and transmission amplitudes of a quantum particle interacting with a short-ranged potential.
The main feature of the protocol is the coupling between the particle and an ancillary spin-1/2 degree of freedom. This allows us to reconstruct tomographically the scattering amplitudes, which are in general complex numbers, from the readout of one qubit.
The presentation is based on a recent paper [arXiv:2407.01669].

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Primary author

Mr Andrea Stampiggi (SISSA, INFN Sezione Trieste)

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