Quantum algorithm to calculate electromagnetic scattering cross sections
B. D. Clader, B. C. Jacobs, Chad R. Sprouse · The Rochester Conferences on Coherence and Quantum Optics and the Quantum Information and Measurement meeting · 2013
We present a quantum algorithm that can solve a linear system exponentially faster than the best classical algorithm. We show how one can use it to compute the electromagnetic scattering cross-section of an arbitrary target.