Any type of spectroscopy can be efficiently simulated on a quantum computer

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02784v1
• Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:39:31 GMT
• Title: Any type of spectroscopy can be efficiently simulated on a quantum computer
• Authors: Liam P. Flew, Ivan Kassal,
• Abstract summary: We show that any type of spectroscopy can be efficiently simulated on a quantum computer.<n>Our method works by computing any spectroscopic correlation function.<n>The approach can be used to simulate spectroscopy of both closed and open molecular systems.
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• Abstract: Spectroscopy is the most important method for probing the structure of molecules. However, predicting molecular spectra on classical computers is computationally expensive, with the most accurate methods having a cost that grows exponentially with molecule size. Quantum computers have been shown to simulate simple types of optical spectroscopy efficiently -- with a cost polynomial in molecule size -- using methods such as time-dependent simulations of photoinduced wavepackets. Here, we show that any type of spectroscopy can be efficiently simulated on a quantum computer using a time-domain approach, including spectroscopies of any order, any frequency range, and involving both electric and magnetic transitions. Our method works by computing any spectroscopic correlation function based on the corresponding double-sided Feynman diagram, the canonical description of spectroscopic interactions. The approach can be used to simulate spectroscopy of both closed and open molecular systems using both digital and analog quantum computers.

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