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Quantum-classical transition in analog quantum supremacy subject to Markovian decoherence

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Abstract

Instantaneous Quantum Polynomial time circuits are a promising way to demonstrate quantum supremacy. We study the robustness of quantum supremacy in an analog Hamiltonian version of such circuits in the presence of a Markovian environment whose noise operators commute with the system Hamiltonian. We find a transition from a regime of quantum supremacy to classical simulability that occurs at a finite critical decoherence rate, that depends on the system size.

Presenters

  • Razieh Mohseninia

    Univ of Southern California

Authors

  • Razieh Mohseninia

    Univ of Southern California

  • Milad Marvian

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Daniel A Lidar

    University of Southern California, Univ of Southern California, 5. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA