Applications of Near-Term Photonic Quantum Computers: Software and Algorithms

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Gaussian Boson Sampling (GBS) is a near-term platform for photonic quantum computing.

• Recent efforts have led to the discovery of GBS algorithms with applications to graph-based problems, point processes, and molecular vibronic spectra in chemistry.
• The development of dedicated quantum software is a key enabler in permitting users to program devices and implement algorithms.
• In this work, we introduce a new applications layer for the Strawberry Fields photonic quantum computing library.