Constructing and programming quantum hardware for robust quantum annealing processes
US10614372B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 24, 2019 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10N60/805
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Among other things, an apparatus comprises quantum units; and couplers among the quantum units. Each coupler is configured to couple a pair of quantum units according to a quantum Hamiltonian characterization of the quantum by the coupler characterizing the quantum units and the couplers. The quantum Hamiltonian includes quantum annealer Hamiltonian and a quantum governor Hamiltonian. The quantum annealer Hamiltonian includes information bearing degrees of freedom. The quantum governor Hamiltonian includes non-information bearing degrees of freedom that are engineered to steer the dissipative dynamics of information bearing degrees of freedom.
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