Strawberry Fields - software for photonic quantum computing
Channel: FOSDEM
Date: 2019-02-12

by Joshua Izaac

At: FOSDEM 2019
https://video.fosdem.org/2019/AW1.121/xanadu_strawberry_fields.webm


n this talk, we introduce Strawberry Fields, an open-source quantum software library for light-based quantum computers. Built in Python, Strawberry Fields is a full-stack library for design, simulation, optimization, and quantum machine learning of photonic quantum circuits. The platform consists of three main components:  (i) an API for quantum programming based on an easy-to-use language named Blackbird; (ii) a suite of three virtual quantum computer backends, built in NumPy and Tensorflow, each targeting specialized uses;  and (iii) an engine which can compile Blackbird programs on various backends, including the three built-in simulators, and – in the near future – photonic quantum information processors. The library also contains built-in examples of several paradigmatic algorithms, including teleportation, (Gaussian) boson sampling, instantaneous quantum polynomial, Hamiltonian simulation, and variational quantum circuit optimization. 

Room: AW1.121
Scheduled start: 2019-02-02 15:15:00+01