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Efficient Preparation of Molecular Ground States on Quantum Computers with Givens Rotations

M R Nirmal, Ankit Khandelwal, Manoj Karunakaran Nambiar

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We propose a method to build efficient quantum circuits for molecular electronic structure calculations. The approach uses quantum gates based on Givens rotations, achieving more than 60% reduction in circuit-depth while retaining highly accurate energies.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2025.qtu3a.8

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