Quantum Fourier Transformation in Industrial Applications

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, in cooperation with IBM, has established a national competence network in the research field of quantum computing as described in [L1]. The aim is to develop quantum-based computing strategies for the next generation of quantum computers. A competence centre on quantum computing has been established at Fraunhofer ITWM [L2] which aims to develop and optimise quantum algorithms for realistic industrial challenges. In this article, we describe our work on testing, evaluating, and optimising the quantum Fourier transform (QFT) in three industrial application scenarios.