Systematic evaluation of whether the exponential-speedup quantum algorithm for coupled classical oscillators can be applied to real material systems: graphene, silicon, diamond, and hexagonal BN.
Coupling matrix has O(1) non-zeros per row. Max degree: 17 (Si, diamond), 13 (graphene), 7 (hBN). Density: 0.0037 to 0.0866.
Single-site excitation uses <1% of DOF. Gaussian wavepackets also satisfy the polylog bound for all materials.
Degree variance (1.34-7.60) indicates boundary effects. Structured bulk lattices could enable efficient oracles with specialized construction.
83.33% of observables extractable in polylog time. Only phonon DOS requires O(N) measurements.
| Material | N atoms | Density | Max Degree | Mean Degree | Bandwidth | Condition No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphene | 128 | 0.0865 | 13 | 11.0781 | 17 | 58.3561 |
| Silicon | 4096 | 0.0037 | 17 | 15.1836 | 574 | 134.0418 |
| Diamond | 4096 | 0.0037 | 17 | 15.1836 | 574 | 134.0418 |
| Hexagonal BN | 512 | 0.0118 | 7 | 6.0312 | 64 | 54.8958 |
| Material | Init Type | Energy Drift | Max RMS Disp. | Final KE | Final PE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphene | Single Site | 0.0089 | 0.0884 | 74.5657 | 76.1015 |
| Graphene | Gaussian | 0.0114 | 0.2977 | 664.9828 | 474.2255 |
| Graphene | Edge | 0.0086 | 0.3062 | 488.2461 | 416.0864 |
| Silicon | Single Site | 0.0012 | 0.0241 | 23.8114 | 23.9692 |
| Silicon | Gaussian | 0.0020 | 0.2977 | 3022.5700 | 2408.2690 |
| Silicon | Edge | 0.0020 | 0.3155 | 2242.6773 | 1728.3370 |