Peter J. Love

CAFQA: A Classical Simulation Bootstrap for Variational Quantum Algorithms

2022

Classical computing plays a critical role in the advancement of quantum frontiers in the NISQ era. In this spirit, this work uses classical simulation to bootstrap Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs). VQAs rely upon the iterative …

Demonstration of a CAFQA-bootstrapped Variational Quantum Eigensolver on a Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer

2024 · arXiv (Cornell University)

To enhance the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE), the CAFQA method can utilize classical computational capabilities to identify a better initial state than the Hartree-Fock method. Previous research has demonstrated that the initial state provided by …