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We show that the Variational Quantum-Classical Simulation algorithm admits a finite circuit depth scaling collapse when targeting the critical point of the transverse field Ising chain. The order parameter only collapses on one side of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-05 Henrik Dreyer , Mircea Bejan , Etienne Granet

The variational quantum-classical algorithms are the most promising approach for achieving quantum advantage on near-term quantum simulators. Among these methods, the variational quantum eigensolver has attracted a lot of attention in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-24 Chufan Lyu , Xusheng Xu , Man-Hong Yung , Abolfazl Bayat

Quantum chemistry applications on quantum computers currently rely heavily on the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) algorithm. This hybrid quantum-classical algorithm aims at finding ground state solutions of molecular systems based on…

Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) incorporate hybrid quantum-classical computation aimed at harnessing the power of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers to solve challenging computational problems. In this thesis, three…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-18 Mirko Consiglio

We introduce a variational quantum computing approach for quantum state reconstruction within a discretized logical framework, using experimental measurement data as input. By mapping the reconstruction cost function onto an Ising model,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Mwezi Koni , Shawal Kassim , Paola C. Obando , Neelan Gounden , Isaac Nape

Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) have established themselves as a central computational paradigm in the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) era. By coupling parameterized quantum circuits (PQCs) with classical optimization, they…

We propose an iterative variational quantum algorithm to simulate the time evolution of arbitrary initial states within a given subspace. The algorithm compresses the Trotter circuit into a shorter-depth parameterized circuit, which is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Seung Park , Dongkeun Lee , Jeongho Bang , Hoon Ryu , Kyunghyun Baek

Variational quantum algorithms have been proposed to solve static and dynamic problems of closed many-body quantum systems. Here we investigate variational quantum simulation of three general types of tasks---generalised time evolution with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Suguru Endo , Jinzhao Sun , Ying Li , Simon Benjamin , Xiao Yuan

Scalable quantum algorithms for the simulation of quantum many-body systems in thermal equilibrium are important for predicting properties of quantum matter at finite temperatures. Here we describe and benchmark a quantum computing version…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-20 João C. Getelina , Niladri Gomes , Thomas Iadecola , Peter P. Orth , Yong-Xin Yao

We propose a quantum-classical hybrid algorithm to simulate the non-equilibrium steady state of an open quantum many-body system, named the dissipative-system Variational Quantum Eigensolver (dVQE). To employ the variational optimization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-07 Nobuyuki Yoshioka , Yuya O. Nakagawa , Kosuke Mitarai , Keisuke Fujii

Machine learning is seen as a promising application of quantum computation. For near-term noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices, parametrized quantum circuits (PQCs) have been proposed as machine learning models due to their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-13 Shuxiang Cao , Leonard Wossnig , Brian Vlastakis , Peter Leek , Edward Grant

Many quantum algorithms have daunting resource requirements when compared to what is available today. To address this discrepancy, a quantum-classical hybrid optimization scheme known as "the quantum variational eigensolver" was developed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-05 Jarrod R. McClean , Jonathan Romero , Ryan Babbush , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

The imaginary-time evolution of quantum states is integral to various fields, ranging from natural sciences to classical optimization or machine learning. Since simulating quantum imaginary-time evolution generally requires storing an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 Julien Gacon , Christa Zoufal , Giuseppe Carleo , Stefan Woerner

One of the key applications for quantum computers will be the simulation of other quantum systems that arise in chemistry, materials science, etc, in order to accelerate the process of discovery. It is important to ask: Can this be achieved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-05 Ying Li , Simon C. Benjamin

In the era of noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers, variational quantum algorithms are promising approaches for solving optimization tasks by training parameterized quantum circuits with the aid of classical routines informed by…

This article proposes a Variational Quantum Algorithm to solve linear and nonlinear thermofluid dynamic transport equations. The hybrid classical-quantum framework is applied to problems governed by the heat, wave, and Burgers' equation in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-06 Sergio Bengoechea , Paul Over , Dieter Jaksch , Thomas Rung

The execution of quantum algorithms on modern hardware is often constrained by noise and qubit decoherence, limiting the circuit depth and the number of gates that can be executed. Circuit optimization techniques help mitigate these…

Variational quantum circuits characterise the state of a quantum system through the use of parameters that are optimised using classical optimisation procedures that typically rely on gradient information. The circuit-execution complexity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-28 Sayantan Pramanik , Chaitanya Murti , M Girish Chandra

Can near-term gate model based quantum processors offer quantum advantage for practical applications in the pre-fault tolerance noise regime? A class of algorithms which have shown some promise in this regard are the so-called…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-13 Guillaume Verdon , Michael Broughton , Jacob Biamonte

This work presents a comprehensive overview of variational quantum computing and their key role in advancing quantum simulation. This work explores the simulation of quantum systems and sets itself apart from approaches centered on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Lucas Q. Galvão , Anna Beatriz M. de Souza , Marcelo A. Moret , Clebson Cruz