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This article defines and proves basic properties of the standard quantum circuit model of computation. The model is developed abstractly in close analogy with (classical) deterministic and probabilistic circuits, without recourse to any…

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Quantum computation is a promising emerging technology which, compared to conventional computation, allows for substantial speed-ups e.g. for integer factorization or database search. However, since physical realizations of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-07 Alwin Zulehner , Robert Wille

Quantum computing has the potential to deliver large advantages on computational tasks, but advantages for practical tasks are not yet achievable with current hardware. Quantum sensing is an entirely separate quantum technology that can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-24 Saeed A. Khan , Sridhar Prabhu , Logan G. Wright , Peter L. McMahon

Quantum error correction is an essential tool for reliably performing tasks for processing quantum information on a large scale. However, integration into quantum circuits to achieve these tasks is problematic when one realizes that…

In this work we build a theoretical framework for the transport of information in quantum systems. This is a framework aimed at describing how out of equilibrium open quantum systems move information around their state space, using an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-23 F. Anza

We introduce a set of open-source packages that form a highly extensible framework for quantum optimization. One design goal of the system is the inclusion of a command line based configuration system for setting up experiments. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-17 Dávid Sipos , András Czégel , Boglárka G. -Tóth

A globally controlled scheme for quantum transport is proposed. The scheme works on a 1D chain of nearest neighbor coupled systems of qudits (finite dimension), or qunats (continuous variable), taking any arbitrary initial quantum state of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gerardo A. Paz-Silva , Stojan Rebic , Jason Twamley , Tim Duty

Quantum computing is a highly abstract scientific discipline, which, however, is expected to have great practical relevance in future information technology. This forces educators to seek new methods to teach quantum computing for students…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Juha Reinikainen , Vlad Stirbu , Teiko Heinosaari , Vesa Lappalainen , Tommi Mikkonen

The Hiperwalk package is designed to facilitate the simulation of quantum walks using heterogeneous high-performance computing, taking advantage of the parallel processing power of diverse processors such as CPUs, GPUs, and acceleration…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-13 Paulo Motta , Gustavo A. Bezerra , Anderson F. P. Santos , Renato Portugal

Quantum Information Networks (QINs) attract increasing interest, as they enable connecting quantum devices over long distances, thus greatly enhancing their intrinsic computing, sensing, and security capabilities. The core mechanism of a…

Quantum teleportation is one of the most important protocols in quantum information. By exploiting the physical resource of entanglement, quantum teleportation serves as a key primitive in a variety of quantum information tasks and…

We present a method to create a variety of interesting gates by teleporting quantum bits through special entangled states. This allows, for instance, the construction of a quantum computer based on just single qubit operations, Bell…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Daniel Gottesman , Isaac L. Chuang

Simulating charge and energy transfer in extended molecular networks requires an effective model to include the environment because it significantly affects the quantum dynamics. A prototypical effect known as Environment-Assisted Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-04 Federico Gallina , Matteo Bruschi , Barbara Fresch

A quantum computer is a machine that can perform certain calculations much faster than a classical computer by using the laws of quantum mechanics. Quantum computers do not exist yet, because it is extremely difficult to control quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-30 Pieter Kok

Optimal transport (OT) is a popular tool in machine learning to compare probability measures geometrically, but it comes with substantial computational burden. Linear programming algorithms for computing OT distances scale cubically in the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-24 Gaspard Beugnot , Aude Genevay , Kristjan Greenewald , Justin Solomon

We describe how one may go about performing quantum computation with arbitrary "quantum stuff", as long as it has some basic physical properties. Imagine a long strip of stuff, equipped with regularly spaced wires to provide input settings…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-03 Lucien Hardy , Adam G. M. Lewis

Quantum telepathy is the concept of using quantum entanglement to solve real-world problems involving decision coordination between parties with restricted communication. One possible reason for this restriction is a latency constraint:…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-12 Dawei Ding , Xinyu Xu

We introduce the framework of quadratic-form optimal transport (QOT), whose transport cost has the form $\iint c\,\mathrm{d}\pi \otimes\mathrm{d}\pi$ for some coupling $\pi$ between two marginals. Interesting examples of quadratic-form…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Ruodu Wang , Zhenyuan Zhang

Quantum software tools for a wide variety of design tasks on and across different levels of abstraction are crucial in order to eventually realize useful quantum applications. This requires practical and relevant benchmarks for new software…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-26 Nils Quetschlich , Lukas Burgholzer , Robert Wille

Quantum Teleportation is the key communication functionality of the Quantum Internet, allowing the "transmission' of qubits without either the physical transfer of the particle storing the qubit or the violation of the quantum mechanical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-12 Angela Sara Cacciapuoti , Marcello Caleffi , Rodney Van Meter , Lajos Hanzo