Physicists led by Chao-Yang Lu and Jian-Wei Pan of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Shanghai performed a technique called Gaussian boson sampling with their quantum computer, named Jiŭzhāng.
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The Jiuzhang quantum computer has achieved quantum supremacy (quantum advantage), according to the study “Quantum computational advantage using photons”, published in Science on 3 December 2020. Pan Jian-Wei, professor, University of Science and Technology of China, explains how the Jiuzhang quantum computer was used.
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Quantum computational advantage using photons
Han-Sen Zhong, Hui Wang, Yu-Hao Deng, Ming-Cheng Chen, Li-Chao Peng, Yi-Han Luo, Jian Qin, Dian Wu, Xing Ding, Yi Hu, Peng Hu, Xiao-Yan Yang, Wei-Jun Zhang, Hao Li, Yuxuan Li, Xiao Jiang, Lin Gan, Guangwen Yang, Lixing You, Zhen Wang, Li Li, Nai-Le Liu, Chao-Yang Lu, Jian-Wei Pan
Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.abe8770
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