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Now at #JapanEUWorkshop , Anthony Laing on Photonic simulations of molecular quantum dynamics #LTQI

Anthony Laing essentially looks a photnic simulation of vibrational modes of molecules

Anthony Lang looks at selective dissociation with a single quantum of vibration NH₃→NH₂+H. These molecular transition can be manipulated through control of the wavepacket. #LTQI

Anthony Laing: the coupling of local two vibration modes can be modelled by single photons interfering on a beamsplitter. With n modes, the probabilities correspond to a the permanent of a matrix. For 10 photons, it’s the sum of >10 M terms #LTQI #JapanEUWorkshop

Anthony Laing: The complexity of computing molecular dynamics is siilar to the complexity of #BosonSampling. #LTQI #JapanEUWorkshop

Anthony Laing’s programmable boson sampling chip is made at NTT (sorry, I didn’t catch the researcher’s name). He translate the H₂CS molecule to the chip. #LTQI #JapanEUWorkshop