Quantum Programming Challenges for Course Practice
๐ง Quantum Programming Challenges for Course Practice
๐งช Beginner Level
๐น Challenge 1: Create a Superposition
Objective: Use a Hadamard gate to place a qubit into superposition and measure the outcome.
✅ Goal: Show approximately 50% probability for both 0 and 1 after multiple runs.
๐น Challenge 2: Build a Bell State
Objective: Create an entangled pair of qubits (|ฮฆ+⟩ = 1/√2 (|00⟩ + |11⟩)).
✅ Tasks:
Use a Hadamard gate on the first qubit.
Use a CNOT gate to entangle.
Measure both qubits and verify correlation.
๐น Challenge 3: Simulate a Quantum Coin Toss
Objective: Simulate tossing a fair coin using quantum gates.
✅ Extension: Add bias using rotation gates (e.g., Ry) to simulate a biased coin.
⚙️ Intermediate Level
๐น Challenge 4: Deutsch's Algorithm
Objective: Implement Deutsch’s algorithm to determine whether a given function is constant or balanced using just one query.
✅ Hint: Use a black-box function (oracle) and analyze the output.
๐น Challenge 5: Quantum Teleportation
Objective: Implement the quantum teleportation protocol to send a quantum state using entanglement and classical communication.
✅ Tasks:
Create an entangled pair.
Apply quantum operations to "send" the state.
Verify successful teleportation.
๐น Challenge 6: Grover's Algorithm for 2-Qubit Search
Objective: Use Grover’s algorithm to search for a target state (e.g., |11⟩) in a 2-qubit space.
✅ Goal: Increase the probability of measuring the target state after applying Grover iterations.
๐ Advanced Level
๐น Challenge 7: Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT)
Objective: Implement the QFT on a 3-qubit system.
✅ Bonus: Apply inverse QFT to verify that you recover the original input state.
๐น Challenge 8: Phase Estimation
Objective: Estimate the phase of a unitary operator applied to an eigenvector.
✅ Tasks:
Use controlled-U gates and QFT.
Extract the estimated phase from the output.
๐น Challenge 9: Implement a Simple Variational Quantum Circuit (VQC)
Objective: Create a parameterized quantum circuit and optimize it using a classical optimizer.
✅ Tools: Use Qiskit’s qiskit.algorithms.optimizers or PennyLane.
๐งฉ Bonus Challenges (Creative/Open-Ended)
๐ฏ Challenge 10: Design a Quantum Game
Example: Build a simple quantum version of Tic-Tac-Toe or Rock-Paper-Scissors where quantum states influence moves or outcomes.
๐ Challenge 11: Analyze Noise Effects
Objective: Use Qiskit’s noise models to simulate how quantum noise affects measurement results.
✅ Goal: Compare ideal vs noisy results and explore basic error mitigation techniques.
๐ Challenge 12: Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) - BB84 Protocol
Objective: Simulate the BB84 protocol for secure key exchange using quantum states.
✅ Tasks:
Prepare and measure qubits in different bases.
Detect eavesdropping by comparing bit strings.
๐ How to Use These Challenges in a Course
Use them as lab assignments or weekly exercises.
Let students submit code, circuit diagrams, and analysis.
Include peer code reviews for collaboration.
Encourage use of IBM Quantum Lab or local Jupyter Notebooks for development.
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