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Gerinski
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Hi all,
In this paper they mention that the "experiments" were done using "quantum simulation". Expressions like the following are used:
"Here we experimentally simulate the nonlinear behaviour of a qubit..."
"Modern experimental quantum simulation allows one to ask meaningful questions that provide insights into the behaviour of complex quantum systems"
"Our experimental simulation of a qubit in the pure state..."
"Quantum simulation is a versatile and powerful tool for investigating quantum systems that are hard or even impossible to access in practice"
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncom...&tracking_referrer=www.scientificamerican.com
What is such a "quantum simulation experiment"? Is it a real physical experiment? Or a computer simulated one? How can be quantum behaviour simulated not using a quantum computer or quantum process? Is it about modelling, or mapping, a complex quantum process into some simpler physical quantum system such as studying photons polarization behaviour? If so, how confident can we be that such simple models provide a reliable mapping for the way more complex systems behave?
TX
In this paper they mention that the "experiments" were done using "quantum simulation". Expressions like the following are used:
"Here we experimentally simulate the nonlinear behaviour of a qubit..."
"Modern experimental quantum simulation allows one to ask meaningful questions that provide insights into the behaviour of complex quantum systems"
"Our experimental simulation of a qubit in the pure state..."
"Quantum simulation is a versatile and powerful tool for investigating quantum systems that are hard or even impossible to access in practice"
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncom...&tracking_referrer=www.scientificamerican.com
What is such a "quantum simulation experiment"? Is it a real physical experiment? Or a computer simulated one? How can be quantum behaviour simulated not using a quantum computer or quantum process? Is it about modelling, or mapping, a complex quantum process into some simpler physical quantum system such as studying photons polarization behaviour? If so, how confident can we be that such simple models provide a reliable mapping for the way more complex systems behave?
TX