For questions about the practice and current state of standardization of quantum computers and their models. Do be sure these standards would be significantly different due to the nature of quantum computation before asking.
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Representation of real numbers in quantum computers
In classical binary computers, real numbers are often represented using the IEEE 754 standard. With quantum computers you can of course do this as well - and for measurements this (or a similar standard) will probably be necessary since the result…
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Why do we use the standard gate set that we do?
The typically used gate set for quantum computation is composed of the single qubits Cliffords (Paulis, H and S) and the controlled-NOT and/or controlled-Z.
To go beyond Clifford we like to have full single qubit rotations. But if we are being…
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How should different quantum computing devices be compared?
In the last years, there has been a spur of demonstrations of devices able to perform proof of principle, small-scale, non-fault-tolerant quantum computation (or Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum technologies, how they have been referred to).
With…
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Threshold and practical requirements for initial state preparation?
At the beginning of a quantum computational process we generally want to start in a perfectly known initial state, and evolve from there. This cannot be done perfectly, for fundamental reasons, but I strongly suspect there has to be a practical…
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Are there measuring standards (and units) for the identification of qubits?
The representation of bits in different technological areas:
Normal digital bits are mere abstractions of the underlying electric current through wires. Different standards, like CMOS or TTL, assign different thresholds to such signals: "if the…
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Can we calculate the quantum volume of a classical computer?
The quantum volume is typically taken as a popular metric to determine the capability of a quantum computer to solve complex problems. Since the end goal is to develop quantum computers that can solve problems that classical computers cannot, I am…
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