3.3. Computation-driven interference

In this section, we introduce the process of a generic quantum computation in Section 3.3.1, Quantum computation process. Then we give an example of a simulation inspired by a chemical experiment in Section 3.3.2, Simulating interferometric sensing of a quantum superposition of left- and right-handed enantiomer states. In chemistry, molecules or ions that are mirror images of each other are called enantiomers or optical isomers. If these images are non-superimposable, they are called chiral molecules [ChemChiral] and they differ in their ability to rotate plane polarized light either to the left or to the right [Wonders]. Researchers have proposed an experiment to prepare a quantum superposition of left- and right-handed states of enantiomers and to perform interferometric sensing of chirality-dependent forces [Stickler].

3.3.1. Quantum computation process

Quantum computing uses interference and the quantum physical phenomena of superposition...