Tensorcircuit: a quantum software framework for the nisq era

SX Zhang, J Allcock, ZQ Wan, S Liu, J Sun, H Yu… - Quantum, 2023 - quantum-journal.org
TensorCircuit is an open source quantum circuit simulator based on tensor network
contraction, designed for speed, flexibility and code efficiency. Written purely in Python, and …

MQT Bench: Benchmarking software and design automation tools for quantum computing

N Quetschlich, L Burgholzer, R Wille - Quantum, 2023 - quantum-journal.org
Quantum software tools for a wide variety of design tasks on and across different levels of
abstraction are crucial in order to eventually realize useful quantum applications. This …

Simulating the quantum Fourier transform, Grover's algorithm, and the quantum counting algorithm with limited entanglement using tensor networks

M Niedermeier, JL Lado, C Flindt - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
Quantum algorithms reformulate computational problems as quantum evolutions in a large
Hilbert space. Most quantum algorithms assume that the time evolution is perfectly unitary …

Towards a SAT encoding for quantum circuits: A journey from classical circuits to Clifford circuits and beyond

L Berent, L Burgholzer, R Wille - arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.00698, 2022 - arxiv.org
Satisfiability Testing (SAT) techniques are well-established in classical computing where
they are used to solve a broad variety of problems, eg, in the design of classical circuits and …

The MQT Handbook: A Summary of Design Automation Tools and Software for Quantum Computing

R Wille, L Berent, T Forster, J Kunasaikaran… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Quantum computers are becoming a reality and numerous quantum computing applications
with a near-term perspective (eg, for finance, chemistry, machine learning, and optimization) …

Verification of Quantum Circuits

R Wille, L Burgholzer - Handbook of Computer Architecture, 2022 - Springer
We are at the dawn of a new “computing age” in which quantum computers will find their
way into practical applications. Although quantum computers work differently than classical …

Tensor networks or decision diagrams? Guidelines for classical quantum circuit simulation

L Burgholzer, A Ploier, R Wille - arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.06616, 2023 - arxiv.org
Classically simulating quantum circuits is crucial when developing or testing quantum
algorithms. Due to the underlying exponential complexity, efficient data structures are key for …

Smarter k-Partitioning of ZX-Diagrams for Improved Quantum Circuit Simulation

M Sutcliffe - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.00828, 2024 - arxiv.org
We introduce a novel method for strong classical simulation of quantum circuits based on
optimally k-partitioning ZX-diagrams, reducing each part individually, and then efficiently …

[PDF][PDF] Design Automation Tools and Software for Quantum Computing

L Burgholzer - Diss. Johannes Kepler University Linz, 2023 - epub.jku.at
Quantum computing, which was first proposed by Richard P. Feynman in 1982, promises to
solve problems beyond the reach of today's machines and has the potential to revolutionize …

Efficient quantum circuit contraction using tensor decision diagrams

V Lopez-Oliva, JM Badia, M Castillo - The Journal of Supercomputing, 2025 - Springer
Simulating quantum circuits efficiently on classical computers is crucial given the limitations
of current noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices. This paper adapts and extends two …