Patent attributes
According to an embodiment, a quantum annealing apparatus includes: an output unit acquiring and outputting components in a Z axis from a plurality of quantum bits in a quantum calculation; and an operation unit executes: a selecting process of selecting a first quantum bit, a second quantum bit and a third quantum bit, the second quantum bit and the third quantum bit being coupled in the quantum calculation unit; a first rotating operation of rotating each of the second quantum bit and the third quantum bit by 90° around a first axis perpendicular to the Z axis; an interaction operation of causing the first quantum bit and the second quantum bit to interact with each other; and a second rotating operation of rotating each of the second quantum bit and the third quantum bit by 90° around a second axis perpendicular to the Z axis and the first axis.
