I am Raneem MADANI, a PhD researcher at Université Paris-Saclay, currently working on photonic quantum computing and Continuous-Variable Quantum Algorithms.
I would like to request your guidance on creating an account for the Xanadu Cloud Client in order to obtain an API key for running simulation experiments on photonic quantum systems. I have conducted my simulations classically, but to fully explore their potential, I would like to run them on the X8 device, requiring approximately 5–8 qumodes using the Gaussian backend.
If you require any additional information or documentation regarding my research, I will be happy to provide it.
Thank you for your time and assistance, and I look forward to your response.
Kind regards,
Raneem MADANI
Hi @Raneem_Madani , welcome to the Forum!
I’m assuming you have checked our demo on Executing programs on X8 devices. If you haven’t already I encourage you to take a look since X8 has limitations in the kinds of graphs that can be embedded (e.g. only bipartite graphs).
I will send you a direct message here with next steps.
Thank you very much for your response.
I am particularly interested in solving optimization problems using quantum algorithms, and I would like to explore the use of non-Gaussian gates, such as the Kerr gate, in this context. Could you please advise whether you have any suggestions for suitable non-Gaussian gates to consider, and whether there is any existing hardware platform available on which they can be tested?
Kind regards,
Raneem
Hi @Raneem_Madani ,
Unfortunately X8 is too small to really be useful for solving optimization problems. It also doesn’t include any non-gaussian gates. The only non-gaussian element that we have in X8 is the measurement, which is performed by Photon Number Resolving detectors (PNRs). I unfortunately don’t know of any existing hardware platform that includes non-gaussian gates.
I know this is not the answer you expected but I hope it helps.
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