An Application of Quantum Annealing Computing to Seismic Inversion

Quantum computing, along with quantum metrology and quantum communication, are disruptive technologies that promise, in the near future, to impact different sectors of academic research and industry. Among the computational challenges with great interest in science and industry are the inversion pro...

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Published in:Frontiers in physics 2022-01, Vol.9
Main Authors: Souza, Alexandre M., Martins, Eldues O., Roditi, Itzhak, Sá, Nahum, Sarthour, Roberto S., Oliveira, Ivan S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
binary optimization
linear equations
quantum annealing
quantum computing
seismic inversion
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Summary:Quantum computing, along with quantum metrology and quantum communication, are disruptive technologies that promise, in the near future, to impact different sectors of academic research and industry. Among the computational challenges with great interest in science and industry are the inversion problems. These kinds of numerical procedures can be described as the process of determining the cause of an event from measurements of its effects. In this paper, we apply a recursive quantum algorithm to a D-Wave quantum annealer to solve a small scale seismic inversions problem. We compare the obtained results from the quantum computer to those derived from a classical algorithm. The accuracy achieved by the quantum computer is at least as good as that of the classical computer.
ISSN:2296-424X
2296-424X
DOI:10.3389/fphy.2021.748285