  In recent years, applications of quantum simulation have been developed to
study properties of strongly interacting theories. This has been driven by two
factors: on the one hand, needs from theorists to have access to physical
observables that are prohibitively difficult to study using classical
computing; on the other hand, quantum hardware becoming increasingly reliable
and scalable to larger systems. In this work, we discuss the feasibility of
using quantum optical simulation for studying scattering observables that are
presently inaccessible via lattice QCD and are at the core of the experimental
program at Jefferson Lab, the future Electron-Ion Collider, and other
accelerator facilities. We show that recent progress in measurement-based
photonic quantum computing can be leveraged to provide deterministic generation
of required exotic gates and implementation in a single photonic quantum
processor.
