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US 2019/0318259 A1Published application
Constructing and programming quantum hardware for robust quantum annealing processes
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsMasoud Mohseni, Hartmut Neven
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Abstract
Among other things, an apparatus comprises quantum units; and couplers among the quantum units. Each coupler is configured to couple a pair of quantum units according to a quantum Hamiltonian characterization of the quantum by the coupler.
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An apparatus comprising:
- quantum units;
- and
- couplers among the quantum units, each coupler being configured to couple a pair of quantum units,
- wherein the quantum units and the couplers are configured to be characterized by a quantum annealer and a quantum governor, and
- wherein the quantum units and the couplers are configured such that the quantum governor suppresses excitations of the quantum annealer from an instantaneous ground state to a higher energy state during a first period of time in a quantum annealing process, and facilitates relaxation of the quantum annealer from higher energy states to lower energy states or the ground state during a second period of time in the quantum annealing process.
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