QuESTlink -- Mathematica embiggened by a hardware-optimised quantum emulator

 

QuESTlink -- Mathematica embiggened by a hardware-optimised quantum emulator

A new paper introducing the Hub's QuESTlinkMathematica-based quantum computer emulator has been published in the IOP Quantum Science and Technology journal.

Abstract: We introduce QuESTlink,pronounced 'quest link', an open-source Mathematicapackage which efficiently emulates quantum computers. By integratingwith the Quantum Exact Simulation Toolkit (QuEST), QuESTlink offers ahigh-level, expressive and usable interface to a high-performance, hardware-accelerated emulator. Requiring no installation, QuESTlink streamlines the powerful analysis capabilities of Mathematica into the study of quantum systems, even utilising remote multi-core and GPU hardware. We demonstrate the use of QuESTlink to concisely and efficiently simulate several quantum algorithms, and present some comparative benchmarking against core QuEST.

The paper's authors are Tyson Jones and Simon Benjamin and you can read the paper on the journal website.