Psitrum and Universal Simulation of Quantum Computers

Mohammed Alghadeer, Eid Aldawsari, Raja Selvarajan, Khaled Alutaibi, Sabre Kais, Fahhad H. Alharbi

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Abstract

Quantum computation is a radical new candidate for a technology that is capable to make a paradigm shift in information processing. However, current promising devices are limited in performance due to many decoherence mechanisms. Quantum computer simulators are thus important for understanding and solving existing problems of the current noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) processors. In this work, we present Psitrum - a universal gate-model based quantum computer simulator implemented on classical hardware. The simulator allows to emulate and debug quantum algorithms in form of quantum circuits for many applications with the choice of adding quantum noise that limit coherence of quantum circuits. Psitrum allows to keep track of quantum operations and density matrices, and provides variety of unique visualisation tools. The simulator allows to trace out all possible quantum states at each stage M of an N-qubit implemented quantum circuit. The design of Psitrum is flexible and allows users later to add their special quantum gates and variety of noise modules.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, QCE 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages837-838
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781665491136
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event3rd IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, QCE 2022 - Broomfield, United States
Duration: 18 Sep 202223 Sep 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, QCE 2022

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, QCE 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBroomfield
Period18/09/2223/09/22

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Quantum computation, quantum simulation, universal quantum circuit simulators, quantum algorithms

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Control and Optimization
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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