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We present a hybrid classical-quantum algorithm to solve optimization problems in current quantum computers, whose basic idea is to assist variational quantum eigensolvers (VQE) with adiabatic change of the Hamiltonian. The rational for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-07 A. Garcia-Saez , J. I. Latorre

The advent of quantum computing processors with possibility to scale beyond experimental capacities magnifies the importance of studying their applications. Combinatorial optimization problems can be one of the promising applications of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-18 Ehsan Zahedinejad , Arman Zaribafiyan

Current quantum computers are limited in the number of qubits and coherence time, constraining the algorithms executable with sufficient fidelity. The variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) is an algorithm to find an approximate ground state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-24 Luca Erhart , Kosuke Mitarai , Wataru Mizukami , Keisuke Fujii

Given their potential to demonstrate near-term quantum advantage, variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) have been extensively studied. Although numerous techniques have been developed for VQA parameter optimization, it remains a significant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-05 Zichang He , Bo Peng , Yuri Alexeev , Zheng Zhang

Quantum error mitigation (QEM) is crucial for obtaining reliable results on quantum computers by suppressing quantum noise with moderate resources. It is a key factor for successful and practical quantum algorithm implementations in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-28 Shi-Xin Zhang , Zhou-Quan Wan , Chang-Yu Hsieh , Hong Yao , Shengyu Zhang

Implementing variational quantum algorithms with noisy intermediate-scale quantum machines of up to a hundred qubits is nowadays considered as one of the most promising routes towards achieving a quantum practical advantage. In multiqubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 Andrey Kardashin , Anastasiia Pervishko , Jacob Biamonte , Dmitry Yudin

Quantum computing is an emerging field on the multidisciplinary interface between physics, engineering, and computer science with the potential to make a large impact on computational intelligence (CI). The aim of this paper is to introduce…

The variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) is an algorithm for finding the ground states of a given Hamiltonian. Its application to binary-formulated combinatorial optimization (CO) has been widely studied in recent years. However, typical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-08 Ningyi Xie , Xinwei Lee , Tiejin Chen , Yoshiyuki Saito , Nobuyoshi Asai , Dongsheng Cai

Variational quantum eigensolvers (VQE) are among the most promising approaches for solving electronic structure problems on near-term quantum computers. A critical challenge for VQE in practice is that one needs to strike a balance between…

Quantum computing holds promise across various fields, particularly with the advent of Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices, which can outperform classical supercomputers in specific tasks. However, challenges such as noise and…

Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs), such as the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) and the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA), are widely studied as candidates for near-term quantum advantage. Recent work has shown that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Georgios Korpas , Vyacheslav Kungurtsev , Jakub Mareček

Designing compact and accurate circuits for the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) is a central challenge in near-term quantum chemistry. Existing adaptive methods such as ADAPT-VQE design circuits by iteratively selecting operators from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Jianpeng Chen , Zirui Sheng , Cunxi Gong , Weitang Li

The electronic structure problem is one of the main problems in modern theoretical chemistry. While there are many already-established methods both for the problem itself and its applications like semi-classical or quantum dynamics, it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-25 Martin Beseda , Silvie Illésová , Saad Yalouz , Bruno Senjean

We compare the performance of different methodologies for finding the ground state of the molecule BeH2. We implement adaptive, tetris-adaptive variational quantum eigensolver (VQE), and entanglement forging to reduce computational resource…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-24 Tushar Pandey , Jason Saroni , Abdullah Kazi , Kartik Sharma

Designing molecules with optimized properties remains a fundamental challenge due to the intricate relationship between molecular structure and properties. Traditional computational approaches that address the combinatorial number of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-25 Francesco Calcagno , Delmar G. A. Cabral , Ivan Rivalta , Victor S. Batista

There has been much recent interest in near-term applications of quantum computers, i.e., using quantum circuits that have short decoherence times due to hardware limitations. Variational quantum algorithms (VQA), wherein an optimization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-16 Vyacheslav Kungurtsev , Georgios Korpas , Jakub Marecek , Elton Yechao Zhu

The study of spontaneous supersymmetry breaking (SSB) on the lattice is obstructed by a severe sign problem. Quantum computing provides a promising alternative approach. In particular, properties of supersymmetry relate SSB to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 John Kerfoot , David Schaich , Emanuele Mendicelli

Quantum chemistry and materials is one of the most promising applications of quantum computing. Yet much work is still to be done in matching industry-relevant problems in these areas with quantum algorithms that can solve them. Most…

The Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz (QAOA+) is one of the Variational Quantum Algorithm (VQA) specifically developed to tackle combinatorial optimization problems by exploring the feasible space in search of a target solution. For…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-12 Sha-Sha Wang , Hai-Ling Liu , Yong-Mei Li , Fei Gao , Su-Juan Qin , Qiao-Yan Wen

The rapid development of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices has raised the question of whether or not these devices will find commercial use. Unfortunately, a major shortcoming of many proposed NISQ-amenable algorithms, such as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-22 Amara Katabarwa , Alex Kunitsa , Borja Peropadre , Peter Johnson