Table 2 Triplet TDDFT excitation energies (eV).

From: Computing molecular excited states on a D-Wave quantum annealer

Molecule

Mat. size

\(\hbox {Reference}^*\)

QAE (D-Wave)\(^\dagger \)

\(\hbox {Error}^\ddag \)

\(\hbox {T}_1\)

\(\hbox {T}_2\)

\(\hbox {T}_3\)

\(\hbox {T}_1\)

\(\hbox {T}_2\)

\(\hbox {T}_3\)

\(\hbox {T}_1\)

\(\hbox {T}_2\)

\(\hbox {T}_3\)

\(\hbox {H}_2\)

3

10.978

23.129

36.199

10.978

23.129

36.131

0.000

0.000

− 0.068

\(\hbox {H}_3^+\)

5

15.532

15.532

28.900

15.532

15.532

28.900

0.000

0.000

0.000

HF

30

9.104

9.104

12.250

9.106

9.110

12.255

0.001

0.005

0.006

\(\hbox {BeH}_2\)

30

5.872

5.872

6.566

5.872

5.873

6.566

0.000

0.001

0.000

\(\hbox {H}_2\)O

40

7.101

8.555

9.510

7.101

8.565

9.510

0.000

0.010

0.000

\(\hbox {NH}_3\)

50

6.278

8.600

8.600

6.280

8.601

8.602

0.002

0.001

0.003

\(\hbox {H}_2\)S

72

6.058

6.312

8.047

6.058

6.312

8.078

0.000

0.000

0.030

HOCl

143

2.356

3.516

5.358

2.372

3.546

5.469

0.016

0.030

0.111

\(\hbox {C}_2\hbox {H}_6\)

189

10.350

10.350

10.844

10.388

10.491

10.911

0.038

0.141

0.068

\(\hbox {CH}_2\hbox {Cl}_2\)

378

5.840

5.853

6.174

5.860

6.098

6.329

0.020

0.245

0.155

  1. \(^*\)Reference calculation on CPU using unmodified PySCF.
  2. \(^\dagger \)PySCF was modified to use the QAE and D-Wave 2000Q.
  3. \(^\ddag \)Difference between the two types of calculation.