Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing
We introduce Strawberry Fields, an open-source quantum programming architecture for light-based quantum computers, and detail its key features. Built in Python, Strawberry Fields is a full-stack library for design, simulation, optimization, and quantum machine learning of continuous-variable circuit...
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Verein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften
2019-03-01
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| Online Access: | https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2019-03-11-129/pdf/ |
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| author | Nathan Killoran Josh Izaac Nicolás Quesada Ville Bergholm Matthew Amy Christian Weedbrook |
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| description | We introduce Strawberry Fields, an open-source quantum programming architecture for light-based quantum computers, and detail its key features. Built in Python, Strawberry Fields is a full-stack library for design, simulation, optimization, and quantum machine learning of continuous-variable circuits. The platform consists of three main components: (i) an API for quantum programming based on an easy-to-use language named Blackbird; (ii) a suite of three virtual quantum computer backends, built in NumPy and TensorFlow, each targeting specialized uses; and (iii) an engine which can compile Blackbird programs on various backends, including the three built-in simulators, and - in the near future - photonic quantum information processors. The library also contains examples of several paradigmatic algorithms, including teleportation, (Gaussian) boson sampling, instantaneous quantum polynomial, Hamiltonian simulation, and variational quantum circuit optimization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a11b248476084d50a3f6ea24fba540af2022-12-21T19:27:14ZengVerein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den QuantenwissenschaftenQuantum2521-327X2019-03-01312910.22331/q-2019-03-11-12910.22331/q-2019-03-11-129Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum ComputingNathan KilloranJosh IzaacNicolás QuesadaVille BergholmMatthew AmyChristian WeedbrookWe introduce Strawberry Fields, an open-source quantum programming architecture for light-based quantum computers, and detail its key features. Built in Python, Strawberry Fields is a full-stack library for design, simulation, optimization, and quantum machine learning of continuous-variable circuits. The platform consists of three main components: (i) an API for quantum programming based on an easy-to-use language named Blackbird; (ii) a suite of three virtual quantum computer backends, built in NumPy and TensorFlow, each targeting specialized uses; and (iii) an engine which can compile Blackbird programs on various backends, including the three built-in simulators, and - in the near future - photonic quantum information processors. The library also contains examples of several paradigmatic algorithms, including teleportation, (Gaussian) boson sampling, instantaneous quantum polynomial, Hamiltonian simulation, and variational quantum circuit optimization.https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2019-03-11-129/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Nathan Killoran Josh Izaac Nicolás Quesada Ville Bergholm Matthew Amy Christian Weedbrook Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing Quantum |
| title | Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing |
| title_full | Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing |
| title_fullStr | Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing |
| title_short | Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing |
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| url | https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2019-03-11-129/pdf/ |
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