From Qubit to Computer
Koen Bertels and Carmen G. Almudever
TU Delft, NL
ABSTRACT
This talk will present the basics of quantum computing using superposition and entanglement between quantum bits, called qubits and also what programming a quantum computer actually involves. It will also highlight the quantum programming language, OpenQL, that has been developed in Delft and demonstrate how one can execute and simulate a quantum algorithm on the QX simulation platform that was developed for that purpose. The talk will also cover the core challenges of this field which have to do with the error rates and loss of a coherent state of the qubits. Enough attention will be given to the definition and development of a quantum computer architecture of which already two experimental versions have been implemented. Finally, the speaker will highlight ways to make the architecture sufficiently generic to control two quite different quantum technologies namely with superconducting and semiconducting qubits and explain the tight collaboration with Intel in this research.
