# QAOA in photonic quantum simulator

**URL:** <https://discuss.pennylane.ai/t/qaoa-in-photonic-quantum-simulator/1936>\
**Category:** PennyLane Strawberry Fields\
**Created:** [June 1, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.pennylane.ai/t/qaoa-in-photonic-quantum-simulator/1936 "2022-06-01T10:35:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pranav\_Chandarana](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/discuss.pennylane.ai/pranav_chandarana/32/885_2.png) [@Pranav\_Chandarana](https://discuss.pennylane.ai/u/Pranav_Chandarana)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.pennylane.ai/t/qaoa-in-photonic-quantum-simulator/1936/1 "2022-06-01T10:35:27Z")

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Hello! I was wondering if there are any specific tutorials to implement QAOA on the photonic simulator ( maybe as done in [this paper](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.00409) )?

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**Author:** ![CatalinaAlbornoz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/discuss.pennylane.ai/catalinaalbornoz/32/1196_2.png) [@CatalinaAlbornoz](https://discuss.pennylane.ai/u/CatalinaAlbornoz)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.pennylane.ai/t/qaoa-in-photonic-quantum-simulator/1936/2 "2022-06-01T19:37:12Z")

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Hi @Pranav_Chandarana,

We do not have any specific tutorials by Strawberry Fields but one of our former residents did make a [blog](https://lucaman99.github.io/blog/2019/07/06/Continuous-QAOA.html) about this. It may contain errors so make sure to check it thoroughly but it will probably be helpful for you!

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**Author:** ![Pranav\_Chandarana](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/discuss.pennylane.ai/pranav_chandarana/32/885_2.png) [@Pranav\_Chandarana](https://discuss.pennylane.ai/u/Pranav_Chandarana)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.pennylane.ai/t/qaoa-in-photonic-quantum-simulator/1936/3 "2022-06-02T09:37:04Z")

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Got it! Thanks for the help!