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In this paper, we present efficient quantum algorithms that are exponentially faster than classical algorithms for solving the quantum optimal control problem. This problem involves finding the control variable that maximizes a physical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-02 Xiantao Li , Chunhao Wang

In recent years, control methods based on different optimization techniques have shed light on the possibilities of processing information in many quantum systems. When exploring the transmission of quantum states, faster transmission times…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Sofía Perón Santana , Ariel Fiuri , Martín Domínguez , Omar Osenda

The success probability of a quantum algorithm constructed from noisy quantum gates cannot be accurately predicted from single parameter metrics that compare noisy and ideal gates. We illustrate this concept by examining a system with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Daniel C. Murphy , Kenneth R. Brown

We describe algorithms, and experimental strategies, for the Pareto optimal control problem of simultaneously driving an arbitrary number of quantum observable expectation values to their respective extrema. Conventional quantum optimal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Raj Chakrabarti , Rebing Wu , Herschel Rabitz

We introduce a novel algorithm for the task of coherently controlling a quantum mechanical system to implement any chosen unitary dynamics. It performs faster than existing state of the art methods by one to three orders of magnitude…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Pierre de Fouquieres

The ability to engineer high-fidelity gates on quantum processors in the presence of systematic errors remains the primary barrier to achieving quantum advantage. Quantum optimal control methods have proven effective in experimentally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-30 Thomas Propson , Brian E. Jackson , Jens Koch , Zachary Manchester , David I. Schuster

In this paper, we demonstrate that optimal control algorithms can be used to speed up the implementation of modules of quantum algorithms or quantum simulations in networks of coupled qubits. The gain is most prominent in realistic cases,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-20 T. Schulte-Herbrueggen , A. K. Spoerl , N. Khaneja , S. J. Glaser

We employ a machine learning-enabled approach to quantum state engineering based on evolutionary algorithms. In particular, we focus on superconducting platforms and consider a network of qubits -- encoded in the states of artificial atoms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-26 Jonathon Brown , Mauro Paternostro , Alessandro Ferraro

In recent years, the emergence of the first quantum computers at a time when AI is undergoing a fruitful era has led many AI researchers to be tempted into adapting their algorithms to run on a quantum computer. However, in many cases the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Rafael Lahoz-Beltra

The performance of a quantum information processor depends on the precise control of phases introduced into the system during quantum gate operations. As the number of operations increases with the complexity of a computation, the phases of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-06 I. V. Inlek , G. Vittorini , D. Hucul , C. Crocker , C. Monroe

Given a quantum Hamiltonian and its evolution time, the corresponding unitary evolution operator can be constructed in many different ways, corresponding to different trajectories between the desired end-points. A choice among these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-05 Apoorva Patel

Genetic algorithms are heuristic optimization techniques inspired by Darwinian evolution. Quantum computation is a new computational paradigm which exploits quantum resources to speed up information processing tasks. Therefore, it is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-20 Rubén Ibarrondo , Giancarlo Gatti , Mikel Sanz

We consider parametrized linear-quadratic optimal control problems and provide their online-efficient solutions by combining greedy reduced basis methods and machine learning algorithms. To this end, we first extend the greedy control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-31 Hendrik Kleikamp , Martin Lazar , Cesare Molinari

In the present work the extrema of the objective functional for the problem of generation of quantum gates (logical elements for quantum computations) for two--level systems are investigated for short duration of the control. The problem of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-01 Alexander Pechen , Nikolay Il'in

Variational quantum circuits build the foundation for various classes of quantum algorithms. In a nutshell, the weights of a parametrized quantum circuit are varied until the empirical sampling distribution of the circuit is sufficiently…

The lack of diversity in a genetic algorithm's population may lead to a bad performance of the genetic operators since there is not an equilibrium between exploration and exploitation. In those cases, genetic algorithms present a fast and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-02-14 Andrés Herrera-Poyatos , Francisco Herrera

We theoretically study specific schemes for performing a fundamental two-qubit quantum gate via controlled atomic collisions by switching microscopic potentials. In particular we calculate the fidelity of a gate operation for a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Calarco , E. A. Hinds , D. Jaksch , J. Schmiedmayer , J. I. Cirac , P. Zoller

We propose a gate-based Quantum Genetic Algorithm (QGA) for real-valued global optimization. In this model, individuals are represented by quantum circuits whose measurement outcomes are decoded into real-valued vectors through binary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-10 Leandro C. Souza , Laurent E. Dardenne , Renato Portugal

Optical focusing through scattering media has important implications for optical applications in medicine, communications, and detection. In recent years, many wavefront shaping methods have been successfully applied to the field, among…

Quantum simulation is a promising application for quantum computing. Quantum simulation algorithms may require the ability to control the time evolution unitary. Naive techniques to control a unitary can substantially increase the required…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-19 William A. Simon , Peter J. Love