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We explore quantum search from the geometric viewpoint of a complex projective space $CP$, a space of rays. First, we show that the optimal quantum search can be geometrically identified with the shortest path along the geodesic joining a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Akimasa Miyake , Miki Wadati

Geometric effects make evolution time vary for different evolution curves that connect the same two quantum states. Thus, it is important to be able to control along which path a quantum state evolve to achieve maximal speed in quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-01 Ole Andersson , Hoshang Heydari

We analyze the possibility of modifying the original Farhi-Gutmann Hamiltonian algorithm in order to speed up the procedure for producing a suitably distributed unknown normalized quantum mechanical state. Such a modification is feasible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Carlo Cafaro , Paul M. Alsing

We present a simple proof of the minimum time for the quantum evolution between two arbitrary states. This proof is performed in the absence of any geometrical arguments. Then, being in the geometric framework of quantum evolutions based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-17 Carlo Cafaro , Paul M. Alsing

We examine the pertinent geometric characteristics of entanglement that arise from stationary Hamiltonian evolutions transitioning from separable to maximally entangled two-qubit quantum states. From a geometric perspective, each evolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Carlo Cafaro , James Schneeloch

It is known that the continuous-time variant of Grover's search algorithm is characterized by quantum search frameworks that are governed by stationary Hamiltonians, which result in search trajectories confined to the two-dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Carlo Cafaro , James Schneeloch

In the geometry of quantum evolutions, a geodesic path is viewed as a path of minimal statistical length connecting two pure quantum states along which the maximal number of statistically distinguishable states is minimum. In this paper, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Carlo Cafaro , Paul M. Alsing

Determining the quantum circuit complexity of a unitary operation is closely related to the problem of finding minimal length paths in a particular curved geometry [Nielsen et al, Science 311, 1133-1135 (2006)]. This paper investigates many…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mark R. Dowling , Michael A. Nielsen

In optimal quantum-mechanical evolutions, motion can occur along non-predetermined paths of shortest length in an optimal time. Alternatively, optimal evolutions can happen along predefined paths with no waste of energy resources and 100%…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-27 Leonardo Rossetti , Carlo Cafaro , Paul M. Alsing

We investigate the optimization of quantum control from a differential geometric perspective. In our approach, optimal control minimizes the cost associated with evolving a quantum state, with the cost quantified by the length of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-27 Chengming Tan , Yuhao Cai , Jinyi Zhang , Shengli Ma , Chenwei Lv , Ren Zhang

We introduce an iterative method to search for time-optimal Hamiltonians that drive a quantum system between two arbitrary, and in general mixed, quantum states. The method is based on the idea of progressively improving the efficiency of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-25 Francesco Campaioli , William Sloan , Kavan Modi , Felix Alexander Pollock

In optimal quantum-mechanical evolutions, motion can take place along paths of minimal length within an optimal time frame. Alternatively, optimal evolutions may occur along established paths without any waste of energy resources and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Carlo Cafaro , James Schneeloch

We present an information geometric analysis of entropic speeds and entropy production rates in geodesic evolution on manifolds of parametrized quantum states. These pure states emerge as outputs of suitable su(2; C) time-dependent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-26 Carlo Cafaro , Paul M. Alsing

A unitary evolution in time may be treated as a curve in the manifold of the special unitary group. The length of such a curve can be related to the energetic cost of the associated computation, meaning a geodesic curve identifies an…

It is recognized that Grover arrived at his original quantum search algorithm inspired by his comprehension of the interference of classical waves originating from an array of antennas. It is also known that quantum-mechanical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-01 Carlo Cafaro , Shannon Ray , Paul M. Alsing

We present an information geometric analysis of both entropic speeds and entropy production rates arising from geodesic evolution on manifolds parametrized by pure quantum states. In particular, we employ pure states that emerge as outputs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Steven Gassner , Carlo Cafaro , Sean A. Ali , Paul M. Alsing

We present a novel methodological framework for quantum spatial search, generalising the Childs & Goldstone ($\mathcal{CG}$) algorithm via alternating applications of marked-vertex phase shifts and continuous-time quantum walks. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-30 S. Marsh , J. B. Wang

The geometric formulation of quantum mechanics is a very interesting field of research which has many applications in the emerging field of quantum computation and quantum information, such as schemes for optimal quantum computers. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-24 Ole Andersson , Hoshang Heydari

In this paper we establish important relations between Hamiltonian dynamics and Riemannian structures on phase spaces for unitarily evolving finite level quantum systems in mixed states. We show that the energy dispersion (i.e. $1/\hbar$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-08 Ole Andersson , Hoshang Heydari

It is remarkable that Heisenberg's position-momentum uncertainty relation leads to the existence of a maximal acceleration for a physical particle in the context of a geometric reformulation of quantum mechanics. It is also known that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 Paul M. Alsing , Carlo Cafaro
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