Simulation of Chemical Isomerization Reaction Dynamics on a NMR
Quantum Simulator
http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v107/i2/e020501
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 020501 (2011)
Quantum simulation can beat current classical computers with minimally
a few tens of qubits. Here we report an experimental demonstration
that a small nuclear-magnetic-resonance quantum simulator is already
able to simulate the dynamics of a prototype laser-driven
isomerization reaction using engineered quantum control pulses. The
experimental results agree well with classical simulations. We
conclude that the quantum simulation of chemical reaction dynamics not
computable on current classical computers is feasible in the near
future.
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Sarah Mostame, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
12 Oxford Street, Room M104
Cambridge, MA 02138
email: mostame(a)fas.harvard.edu
http://aspuru.unix.fas.harvard.edu/People/Sarah_Mostame/