Quantum computers have the potential to accelerate the accurate simulation of chemistry dramatically. However, near-term quantum computers are limited to only textbook chemistry simulations without leveraging the a priori knowledge about the chemical system to compress the representation of a molecule and mitigate the errors coming from raw observation from the device. In an exciting collaboration with Dow, my team demonstrated how a chemistry-inspired combination of problem decomposition and error mitigation techniques can help solve larger quantum chemistry simulations on smaller NISQ computers.
To learn more, read my team's publication in Nature Communication Physics.