Informatique quantiqueL'informatique quantique est le sous-domaine de l'informatique qui traite des calculateurs quantiques et des associés. La notion s'oppose à celle d'informatique dite « classique » n'utilisant que des phénomènes de physique classique, notamment de l'électricité (exemple du transistor) ou de mécanique classique (exemple historique de la machine analytique). En effet, l'informatique quantique utilise également des phénomènes de la mécanique quantique, à savoir l'intrication quantique et la superposition.
Information quantiqueLa théorie de l'information quantique, parfois abrégée simplement en information quantique, est un développement de la théorie de l'information de Claude Shannon exploitant les propriétés de la mécanique quantique, notamment le principe de superposition ou encore l'intrication. L'unité qui est utilisée pour quantifier l'information quantique est le qubit, par analogie avec le bit d'information classique.
Quantum programmingQuantum programming is the process of designing or assembling sequences of instructions, called quantum circuits, using gates, switches, and operators to manipulate a quantum system for a desired outcome or results of a given experiment. Quantum circuit algorithms can be implemented on integrated circuits, conducted with instrumentation, or written in a programming language for use with a quantum computer or a quantum processor. With quantum processor based systems, quantum programming languages help express quantum algorithms using high-level constructs.
Simulateur quantiquevignette|Sur cette photo d'un simulateur quantique, les ions sont fluorescents, ce qui indique que les qubits sont tous dans le même état ("1" ou "0"). Dans de bonnes conditions expérimentales, les ions du cristal prennent spontanément une structure triangulaire. Crédit: Britton/NIST vignette|Illustration de ions piégés : Le cœur du simulateur est un cristal de deux dimensions de ions de béryllium (sphères bleues); l'électron ultrapériphériques de chaque ion est un bits quantiques (flèches rouges).
Code quantiqueLes codes quantiques sont l'équivalent quantique des codes correcteurs. La théorie des codes quantiques est donc une branche de l'information quantique qui s'applique à protéger l'information quantique des effets de la décohérence. La correction d'erreur quantique est un élément essentiel du calcul tolérant aux fautes qui doit gérer non seulement les erreurs dans l'information stockée, mais aussi dans l'application des portes quantiques, la préparation de nouveaux états ainsi que dans les opérations de mesure.
Suprématie quantiqueLa suprématie quantique, aussi appelée avantage quantique, désigne le nombre de qubits au-delà duquel plus aucun superordinateur classique n'est capable de gérer la croissance exponentielle de la mémoire et la bande passante de communication nécessaire pour simuler son équivalent quantique. Les superordinateurs de 2017 peuvent reproduire les résultats d'un ordinateur quantique de , mais à partir de cela devient physiquement impossible. Le seuil d'environ 50 qubits correspond à la limite théorique de la suprématie quantique.
Nuclear magnetic resonance quantum computerNuclear magnetic resonance quantum computing (NMRQC) is one of the several proposed approaches for constructing a quantum computer, that uses the spin states of nuclei within molecules as qubits. The quantum states are probed through the nuclear magnetic resonances, allowing the system to be implemented as a variation of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. NMR differs from other implementations of quantum computers in that it uses an ensemble of systems, in this case molecules, rather than a single pure state.
Trapped ion quantum computerA trapped ion quantum computer is one proposed approach to a large-scale quantum computer. Ions, or charged atomic particles, can be confined and suspended in free space using electromagnetic fields. Qubits are stored in stable electronic states of each ion, and quantum information can be transferred through the collective quantized motion of the ions in a shared trap (interacting through the Coulomb force).
Quantum networkQuantum networks form an important element of quantum computing and quantum communication systems. Quantum networks facilitate the transmission of information in the form of quantum bits, also called qubits, between physically separated quantum processors. A quantum processor is a small quantum computer being able to perform quantum logic gates on a certain number of qubits. Quantum networks work in a similar way to classical networks. The main difference is that quantum networking, like quantum computing, is better at solving certain problems, such as modeling quantum systems.
Topological quantum computerA topological quantum computer is a theoretical quantum computer proposed by Russian-American physicist Alexei Kitaev in 1997. It employs quasiparticles in two-dimensional systems, called anyons, whose world lines pass around one another to form braids in a three-dimensional spacetime (i.e., one temporal plus two spatial dimensions). These braids form the logic gates that make up the computer. The advantage of a quantum computer based on quantum braids over using trapped quantum particles is that the former is much more stable.
Mécanique quantiqueLa mécanique quantique est la branche de la physique théorique qui a succédé à la théorie des quanta et à la mécanique ondulatoire pour étudier et décrire les phénomènes fondamentaux à l'œuvre dans les systèmes physiques, plus particulièrement à l'échelle atomique et subatomique. Elle fut développée dans les années 1920 par une dizaine de physiciens européens, pour résoudre des problèmes que la physique classique échouait à expliquer, comme le rayonnement du corps noir, l'effet photo-électrique, ou l'existence des raies spectrales.
One-way quantum computerThe one-way or measurement-based quantum computer (MBQC) is a method of quantum computing that first prepares an entangled resource state, usually a cluster state or graph state, then performs single qubit measurements on it. It is "one-way" because the resource state is destroyed by the measurements. The outcome of each individual measurement is random, but they are related in such a way that the computation always succeeds.
QubitEn informatique quantique, un qubit ou qu-bit (quantum + bit ; prononcé ), parfois écrit qbit, est un système quantique à deux niveaux, qui représente la plus petite unité de stockage d'information quantique. Ces deux niveaux, notés et selon le formalisme de Dirac, représentent chacun un état de base du qubit et en font donc l'analogue quantique du bit. Grâce à la propriété de superposition quantique, un qubit stocke une information qualitativement différente de celle d'un bit.
Porte quantiqueEn informatique quantique, et plus précisément dans le modèle de de calcul, une porte quantique (ou porte logique quantique) est un circuit quantique élémentaire opérant sur un petit nombre de qubits. Les portes quantiques sont les briques de base des circuits quantiques, comme le sont les portes logiques classiques pour des circuits numériques classiques. Contrairement à de nombreuses portes logiques classiques, les portes logiques quantique sont « réversibles ».
Error correction codeIn computing, telecommunication, information theory, and coding theory, forward error correction (FEC) or channel coding is a technique used for controlling errors in data transmission over unreliable or noisy communication channels. The central idea is that the sender encodes the message in a redundant way, most often by using an error correction code or error correcting code (ECC). The redundancy allows the receiver not only to detect errors that may occur anywhere in the message, but often to correct a limited number of errors.
Linear optical quantum computingLinear optical quantum computing or linear optics quantum computation (LOQC) is a paradigm of quantum computation, allowing (under certain conditions, described below) universal quantum computation. LOQC uses photons as information carriers, mainly uses linear optical elements, or optical instruments (including reciprocal mirrors and waveplates) to process quantum information, and uses photon detectors and quantum memories to detect and store quantum information.
Open quantum systemIn physics, an open quantum system is a quantum-mechanical system that interacts with an external quantum system, which is known as the environment or a bath. In general, these interactions significantly change the dynamics of the system and result in quantum dissipation, such that the information contained in the system is lost to its environment. Because no quantum system is completely isolated from its surroundings, it is important to develop a theoretical framework for treating these interactions in order to obtain an accurate understanding of quantum systems.
Environmental noiseEnvironmental noise is an accumulation of noise pollution that occurs outside. This noise can be caused by transport, industrial, and recreational activities. Noise is frequently described as 'unwanted sound'. Within this context, environmental noise is generally present in some form in all areas of human, animal, or environmental activity. The effects in humans of exposure to environmental noise may vary from emotional to physiological and psychological. Noise at low levels is not necessarily harmful.
Quantum annealingQuantum annealing (QA) is an optimization process for finding the global minimum of a given objective function over a given set of candidate solutions (candidate states), by a process using quantum fluctuations. Quantum annealing is used mainly for problems where the search space is discrete (combinatorial optimization problems) with many local minima; such as finding the ground state of a spin glass or the traveling salesman problem. The term "quantum annealing" was first proposed in 1988 by B. Apolloni, N.
Quantum tomographyQuantum tomography or quantum state tomography is the process by which a quantum state is reconstructed using measurements on an ensemble of identical quantum states. The source of these states may be any device or system which prepares quantum states either consistently into quantum pure states or otherwise into general mixed states. To be able to uniquely identify the state, the measurements must be tomographically complete. That is, the measured operators must form an operator basis on the Hilbert space of the system, providing all the information about the state.
