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We propose a method for Hamiltonian engineering in quantum information processing architectures that requires no local control, but only relies on collective qubit rotations and field gradients. The technique achieves a spatial modulation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-12 Ashok Ajoy , Paola Cappellaro

Quantum coherence profoundly alters classical thermodynamic expectations by modifying the structure and accessibility of probability distributions. Classically, transitions to lower-entropy states (local second-law violations) are…

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Maximum entropy inference and learning of graphical models are pivotal tasks in learning theory and optimization. This work extends algorithms for these problems, including generalized iterative scaling (GIS) and gradient descent (GD), to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Minbo Gao , Zhengfeng Ji , Fuchao Wei

We formulate a minimal model of a quantum particle detector as an autonomous quantum thermal machine. Our goal is to establish how entropy production, which is needed to maintain the detector out of equilibrium, is linked to the quality of…

We formulate the problem of efficient transport of a quantum particle trapped in a harmonic potential which can move with a bounded velocity, as a minimum-time problem on a linear system with bounded input. We completely solve the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-04-21 Dionisis Stefanatos , Jr-Shin Li

In this paper, we reveal the relationship between entropy rate and the congestion in complex network and solve it analytically for special cases. Finding maximizing entropy rate will lead to an improvement of traffic efficiency, we propose…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-09-15 Yuhang Fan , Hanyuan Liu , Shibo He

Consider a path of non-degenerate eigenstates of unitary operators or Hamiltonians with minimum eigenvalue gap G. The eigenpath traversal problem is to transform one or more copies of the initial to the final eigenstate. Solutions to this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 S. Boixo , E. Knill , R. D. Somma

This work develops a symplectic framework for quantum computing to be applied to classical Hamiltonian systems, exploiting the intrinsic geometric compatibility between unitary quantum evolution and symplectic phase-space dynamics in a…

Nonadiabatic geometric quantum computation is dedicated to the realization of high-fidelity and robust quantum gates, which are necessary for fault-tolerant quantum computation. However, it is limited by cyclic and mutative evolution path,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-14 Li-Na Ji , Cheng-Yun Ding , Tao Chen , Zheng-Yuan Xue

Following [21, 23], the present work investigates a new relative entropy-regularized algorithm for solving the optimal transport on a graph problem within the randomized shortest paths formalism. More precisely, a unit flow is injected into…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Sylvain Courtain , Guillaume Guex , Ilkka Kivimaki , Marco Saerens

By exploiting the complexity intrinsic to quantum dynamics, quantum technologies promise a whole host of computational advantages. One such advantage lies in the field of stochastic modelling, where it has been shown that quantum stochastic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-28 Thomas J. Elliott , Mile Gu

In this paper, we demonstrate that optimal control algorithms can be used to speed up the implementation of modules of quantum algorithms or quantum simulations in networks of coupled qubits. The gain is most prominent in realistic cases,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-20 T. Schulte-Herbrueggen , A. K. Spoerl , N. Khaneja , S. J. Glaser

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

Planning energy production is a challenging task due to its cost-sensitivity, fast-moving energy markets, uncertainties in demand, and technical constraints of power plants. Thus, more complex models of this so-called \emph{unit commitment…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-07 Pascal Halffmann , Patrick Holzer , Kai Plociennik , Michael Trebing

The control of quantum systems has been proven to possess trap-free optimization landscapes under the satisfaction of proper assumptions. However, many details of the landscape geometry and their influence on search efficiency still need to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-27 Yidian Fan , Re-Bing Wu , Tak-San Ho , Gaurav V. Bhole , Herschel Rabitz

Optimal processes in stochastic thermodynamics are a frontier for understanding the control and design of non-equilibrium systems, with broad practical applications in biology, chemistry, and nanoscale/mesoscale systems. Optimal mass…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-15 Atul Tanaji Mohite , Heiko Rieger

Recent advancements have revealed new links between information geometry and classical stochastic thermodynamics, particularly through the Fisher information (FI) with respect to time. Recognizing the non-uniqueness of the quantum Fisher…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Laetitia P. Bettmann , John Goold

Characterizing the efficiency of movements is important for a better management of the cities. More specifically, the connection between the efficiency and uncertainty (entropy) production of a transport process is not established yet. In…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-05-13 Indaco Biazzo , Mohsen Ghasemi Nezhadhaghighi , Abolfazl Ramezanpour

The relationship between efficient quantum gate synthesis and control theory has been a topic of interest in the quantum control literature. Motivated by this work, we describe in the present article how the dynamic programming technique…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-30 Srinivas Sridharan , Mile Gu , Matthew R. James

Differential geometry offers a powerful framework for optimising and characterising finite-time thermodynamic processes, both classical and quantum. Here, we start by a pedagogical introduction to the notion of thermodynamic length. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-31 Paolo Abiuso , Harry J. D. Miller , Martí Perarnau-Llobet , Matteo Scandi