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A quantum memory is a system that enables transfer, storage, and retrieval of optical quantum states by ON/OFF switching of the control signal in each stages of the memory. In particular, it is known that, for perfect transfer of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-21 Hideaki Nakao , Naoki Yamamoto

Quantum control refers to our ability to manipulate quantum systems. This tutorial-style chapter focuses on the use of classical electromagnetic fields to steer the system dynamics. In this approach, the quantum nature of the control stems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-05 Christiane P. Koch

Quantum optimal control is a set of methods for designing time-varying electromagnetic fields to perform operations in quantum technologies. This tutorial paper introduces the basic elements of this theory based on the Pontryagin maximum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-17 Q. Ansel , E. Dionis , F. Arrouas , B. Peaudecerf , S. Guérin , D. Guéry-Odelin , D. Sugny

As quantum computing evolves from theoretical promise to practical deployment, the demand for robust, portable, and scalable tools for quantum software experimentation is growing. This paper introduces Quantum Executor, a backend-agnostic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-11 Giuseppe Bisicchia , Alessandro Bocci , Antonio Brogi

The performance of current quantum hardware is severely limited. While expanding the quantum ISA with high-fidelity, expressive basis gates is a key path forward, it imposes significant gate calibration overhead and complicates compiler…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Zhaohui Yang , Dawei Ding , Qi Ye , Cupjin Huang , Jianxin Chen , Yuan Xie

Quantum computers have demonstrated utility in simulating quantum systems beyond brute-force classical approaches. As the community builds on these demonstrations to explore using quantum computing for applied research, algorithms and…

A central challenge in quantum computing is to identify more computational problems for which utilization of quantum resources can offer significant speedup. Here, we propose a hybrid quantum-classical scheme to tackle the quantum optimal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-19 Jun Li , Xiaodong Yang , Xinhua Peng , Chang-Pu Sun

Quantum computers have the potential to simulate chemical systems beyond the capability of classical computers. Recent developments in hybrid quantum-classical approaches enable the determinations of the ground or low energy states of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-06 Chee-Kong Lee , Jonathan Wei Zhong Lau , Liang Shi , Leong Chuan Kwek

Quantum computing has shown tremendous promise in addressing complex computational problems, yet its practical realization is hindered by the limited availability of qubits for computation. Recent advancements in quantum hardware have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-22 Kun Fang , Munan Zhang , Ruqi Shi , Yinan Li

Quantum computers promise exponential speed ups over classical computers for various tasks. This emerging technology is expected to have its first huge impact in High Performance Computing (HPC), as it can solve problems beyond the reach of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-29 Arnaud Gazda , Oceane Koska

Quantum optimal control theory is becoming increasingly crucial as quantum devices become more precise, but the need to quickly optimize these systems classically remains a significant bottleneck in their operation. Here we present a new…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-11 Mogens Dalgaard , Felix Motzoi

Structured decompositions of a desired unitary operator are employed to derive control schemes that achieve certain control objectives for finite-level quantum systems using only sequences of simple control pulses such as square waves with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. G. Schirmer , A. D. Greentree , V. Ramakrishna , H. Rabitz

We demonstrate, numerically, the possibility of manipulating the spin states of molecular nanomagnets with shaped microwave pulses designed with quantum optimal control theory techniques. The state-to-state or full gate transformations can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-01 Alberto Castro , Adrian Garcia Carrizo , David Zueco , Fernando Luis

Quantum Optimal Control (QOC) is the field devoted to the production of external control protocols that actively guide quantum dynamics. Solutions to QOC problems were shown to constitute continuous submanifolds of control space. A solution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Martin Larocca , Esteban A. Calzetta , Diego A. Wisniacki

Quantum computers (QCs) have the potential to solve critical problems significantly faster than today's most advanced supercomputers. One major challenge in realizing this technology is designing robust electrostatic pulses to realize…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Dhilan Nag , Suhun Kim , Cole Johnson , Collin Sumrell

Optimal control theory provides a framework for numerical discovery of device controls that implement quantum logic gates, but common objective functions used for optimization often assign arbitrarily high costs to otherwise useful…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-07 Paul Kairys , Travis S. Humble

Quantum processors are being integrated into HPC ecosystems as co-processors, where compilation of quantum circuits into hardware-executable form determines both output fidelity and runtime. Current compilers use a fixed pass sequence and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Mohammad Abrarul Hasanat , Jason Ludmir , Tirthak Patel , Rohan Basu Roy

Quantum computing leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to perform computations far beyond the capabilities of classical systems, particularly in fields such as cryptography and optimization. However, current quantum programming…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Simone Faro , Francesco Pio Marino , Gabriele Messina

Scalable coherent control hardware for quantum information platforms is rapidly growing in priority as their number of available qubits continues to increase. As these systems scale, more calibration steps are needed, leading to challenges…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-01 Daniel Lobser , Jay Van Der Wall , Joshua Goldberg

Developing scalable, fault-tolerant atomic quantum processors requires precise control over large arrays of optical beams. This remains a major challenge due to inherent imperfections in classical control hardware, such as inter-channel…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Qian Ding , Dirk Englund