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In theory, quantum computers can efficiently simulate quantum physics, factor large numbers and estimate integrals, thus solving otherwise intractable computational problems. In practice, quantum computers must operate with noisy devices…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Knill

Quantum power flow (QPF) provides inspiring directions for tackling power flow's computational burdens leveraging quantum computing. However, existing QPF methods are mainly based on noise-sensitive quantum algorithms, whose practical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-22 Fei Feng , Yifan Zhou , Peng Zhang

The current stage of quantum computing technology, called noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) technology, is characterized by large errors that prohibit it from being used for real applications. In these devices, decoherence, one of the…

The recent proliferation of NISQ devices has made it imperative to understand their computational power. In this work, we define and study the complexity class $\textsf{NISQ} $, which is intended to encapsulate problems that can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-14 Sitan Chen , Jordan Cotler , Hsin-Yuan Huang , Jerry Li

Fidelity estimation is a critical yet resource-intensive step in testing quantum programs on noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices, where the required number of measurements is difficult to predefine due to hardware noise, device…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-22 Tingting Li , Ziming Zhao , Jianwei Yin

The quantum circuit mapping approach is an indispensable part of the software stack for the noisy intermediatescale quantum (NISQ) device. It has a significant impact on the reliability of computational tasks on NISQ devices. To improve the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-02 Pengcheng Zhu , Weiping Ding , Lihua Wei , Zhijin Guan , Shiguang Feng

In the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era, quantum error mitigation (QEM) is essential for producing reliable outputs from quantum circuits. We present a statistical signal processing approach to QEM that estimates the most likely…

Solving differential equations is one of the most promising applications of quantum computing. Recently we proposed an efficient quantum algorithm for solving one-dimensional Poisson equation avoiding the need to perform quantum arithmetic…

Rapid advancement in the domain of quantum technologies has opened up researchers to the real possibility of experimenting with quantum circuits and simulating small-scale quantum programs. Nevertheless, the quality of currently available…

Distilling precise estimates from noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) data has recently attracted considerable attention. In order to augment digital qubit metrics, such as gate fidelity, we discuss analog error mitigability, i.e. the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-15 J. W. O. Garmon , R. C. Pooser , E. F. Dumitrescu

Recently, there has been an emergence of useful applications for noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices notably, though not exclusively, in the fields of quantum machine learning and variational quantum algorithms. In such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-26 Ellen Derbyshire , Rawad Mezher , Theodoros Kapourniotis , Elham Kashefi

Non-Hermitian quantum dynamics lie in an intermediate regime between unitary Hamiltonian dynamics and trace-preserving non-unitary open quantum system dynamics. Given differences in the noise tolerance of unitary and non-unitary dynamics,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-17 Weihua Xie , Michael Kolodrubetz , Vadim Oganesyan

The rapid progress of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computing underscores the need to test and evaluate new devices and applications. Quantum chemistry is a key application area for these devices, and therefore serves as an…

Universal fault-tolerant quantum computers require millions of qubits with low error rates. Since this technology is years ahead, noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computation is receiving tremendous interest. In this setup, quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-23 L. Domingo , G. Carlo , F. Borondo

Mid-circuit measurements used in quantum error correction are essential in quantum computer architecture, as they read out syndrome data and drive logic gates. Here, we use a heavy-hex code prepared on a superconducting qubit array to…

Noisy, intermediate-scale quantum computers come with intrinsic limitations in terms of the number of qubits (circuit "width") and decoherence time (circuit "depth") they can have. Here, for the first time, we demonstrate a recently…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 Thomas Ayral , François-Marie Le Régent , Zain Saleem , Yuri Alexeev , Martin Suchara

In the race towards quantum computing, the potential benefits of quantum neural networks (QNNs) have become increasingly apparent. However, Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) processors are prone to errors, which poses a significant…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Erik B. Terres Escudero , Danel Arias Alamo , Oier Mentxaka Gómez , Pablo García Bringas

We study the status of fair sampling on Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices, in particular the IBM Q family of backends. Using the recently introduced Grover Mixer-QAOA algorithm for discrete optimization, we generate fair…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-11 John Golden , Andreas Bärtschi , Daniel O'Malley , Stephan Eidenbenz

Quantum computers have rapidly improved in scale and fidelity, yet access to large systems remains limited for most researchers. This makes accurate and scalable noisy quantum simulation essential. While density matrix simulation provides…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Siddharth Dangwal , Tina Oberoi , Ajay Sailopal , Dhirpal Shah , Frederic T. Chong

Estimating the state preparation fidelity of highly entangled states on noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices is important for benchmarking and application considerations. Unfortunately, exact fidelity measurements quickly become…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-29 Shamminuj Aktar , Andreas Bärtschi , Abdel-Hameed A. Badawy , Stephan Eidenbenz