Analog Quantum Simulators

Analog quantum simulators are experimental platforms engineered to mimic the behavior of interacting quantum many-body systems. Unlike digital quantum computers, they do not use logic gates but instead evolve under a designed Hamiltonian.

At CCQ, we are mostly focusing on two platforms: arrays of Rydberg atoms trapped in optical tweezers and ultra-cold atomic gases in optical lattices. The former offers a challenge to classical simulations of quantum dynamics, state preparation and evolution. Remarkable recent progress in cooling fermionic cold atoms in optical lattices usher a new era of fruitful synergies between quantum and classical simulation.