Quantum Simulation of 2p-π Electronic Hamiltonian in Molecular Ethylene by Using an NMR Quantum Computer

Deniz Türkpençe, Azmi Gençten

Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ondokuz May?s University, Samsun, Turkey.

DOI: 10.4236/jqis.2013.32012                

Abstract

Classical simulation of a quantum system is a hard problem. It’s known that these problems can be solved efficiently by using quantum computers. This study demonstrates the simulation of the molecular Hamiltonian of 2p-π electrons of ethylene in order to calculate the ground state energy. The ground state energy is estimated by an iterative phase estimation algorithm. The ground state is prepared by the adiabatic state preparation and the implementation of the procedure is carried out by numerical simulation of two-qubit NMR quantum simulator. The readout scheme of the simulator is performed by extracting binary bits via NMR interferometer.

Keywords

NMR Quantum Computer; Quantum Simulation; Molecular Ethylene; ASP; IPEA

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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