Phasecraft makes quantum computing breakthrough

Published in the Physical Review B journal from the American Physical Society, the study’s method for modelling fermionic particles could hold potential to advance global R&D efforts toward better energy technologies through more efficient and accurate material simulation.

“Many important fields such as chemistry and materials science are concerned with the dynamics of fermion particles in physical systems — in the form of electrons,” said co-leader of the study Charles Derby, a PhD candidate at UCL and Phasecraft team member. 

“Fermions are notoriously difficult to simulate on regular computers so being able to simulate them efficiently on a quantum device would provide a faster path to tackling hard problems in these areas of research, such as understanding high temperature superconductivity or improving chemical reaction efficiency.”

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According to Derby, Phasecraft’s compact representation of fermions outperforms all previous representations improving memory use and algorithm size by at least 25 per cent.