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Variational Quantum Algorithms for Quantum Chemistry
Variational Quantum Algorithms for Quantum Chemistry

User Guide

  • Overview
  • Usage
    • Inputs, Installation, and Conventions
    • VQE Workflows
    • Excited-State Workflows
    • QPE Workflows
    • QITE and QRTE Workflows
    • Reproducibility and Testing
  • Theory Overview
    • Chemistry and Background
    • VQE, Ansatzes, and ADAPT
    • Excited-State Methods
    • Quantum Phase Estimation
    • QITE and QRTE
    • Noise Models
    • References
  • Notebooks
  • Research Use

Architecture

  • Architecture

Benchmarks

  • Benchmark Summary
  • Benchmark Results

Common

  • Molecule Registry
  • Expert Mode
  • Problem Resolution
  • Caching And Artifacts

VQE

  • Defaults
  • Ansatzes
  • Optimizers
  • Mappings
  • Noise
  • Excited States

QPE

  • Phase Estimation
  • Time Evolution

QITE

  • VarQITE
  • VarQRTE

Reference

  • API Reference
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Notebook Gallery¶

The notebooks are organized by workflow role: quick introductions, method demonstrations, benchmark evidence, calibration, and model-Hamiltonian studies. They are package-client examples unless noted otherwise.

Start Here¶

VQE vs QPE from scratch

Conceptual H2 comparison before moving into package APIs.

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Getting started with VQE

Basic package-client VQE run for H2.

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Getting started with QITE

Projected imaginary-time relaxation for H2.

Open notebook

Getting started with QRTE

Prepared-state real-time dynamics on H2.

Open notebook

Getting-Started Sequence¶

Notebook

Focus

01_vqe_vs_qpe_from_scratch_h2.ipynb

conceptual VQE/QPE comparison

02_getting_started_vqe_h2.ipynb

basic VQE API

03_ansatz_comparison_h2.ipynb

ansatz comparison

04_optimizer_comparison_h2.ipynb

optimizer comparison

05_excited_states_h2.ipynb

excited-state overview

06_getting_started_qpe_h2.ipynb

QPE API

07_getting_started_qite_h2.ipynb

VarQITE API

08_geometry_override_h2.ipynb

explicit geometry inputs

09_bond_scan_h2.ipynb

bond scan workflow

10_adapt_vqe_h3plus.ipynb

ADAPT-VQE on H3+

11_getting_started_qrte_h2.ipynb

VarQRTE API

Method Demonstrations¶

Group

Notebooks

VQE excited states on H2

QSE, EOM_QSE, LR_VQE, EOM_VQE, SSVQE, VQD

Geometry

H2O bond angle

Projected dynamics

H2 real time

Benchmark Families¶

Family

Primary notebooks

VQE H2 benchmarks

ansatz, mapping, noise, optimizer, SSVQE, and VQD comparisons under notebooks/benchmarks/vqe/H2/

H3+ VQE benchmarks

noiseless and noisy UCC ansatz comparisons under notebooks/benchmarks/vqe/H3plus/

QPE calibration

noisy QPE, calibration sweep, and decision map under notebooks/benchmarks/qpe/H2/

Cross-method comparisons

H2, LiH, scaling, low-qubit VQE, registry coverage, and ionization-energy studies under notebooks/benchmarks/comparisons/

Non-molecule Hamiltonians

TFIM, Heisenberg, and SSH expert-mode benchmarks under notebooks/benchmarks/non_molecule/

Default calibration

VQE, VarQITE, and QPE default-calibration notebooks under notebooks/benchmarks/defaults/

QRTE validation

exact-vs-VarQRTE H2 benchmark under notebooks/benchmarks/qite/H2/

Recommended Reading Order¶

  1. getting_started/01_vqe_vs_qpe_from_scratch_h2.ipynb

  2. getting_started/02_getting_started_vqe_h2.ipynb

  3. getting_started/07_getting_started_qite_h2.ipynb

  4. getting_started/11_getting_started_qrte_h2.ipynb

  5. notebooks/vqe/H2/ excited-state notebooks

  6. notebooks/benchmarks/defaults/ calibration notebooks

  7. notebooks/benchmarks/comparisons/ cross-method notebooks

The full source tree is available in the notebooks/ directory.

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    • Method Demonstrations
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    • Recommended Reading Order