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We present a hybrid adiabatic algorithm for maximum independent set (MIS) using Rydberg atom arrays. We engineer local controls that preferentially excite atoms with few neighbors, which represent graph nodes with small degrees. Numerical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Guy Karni , Noam Cohen , Adi Pick

Realizing quantum speedup for practically relevant, computationally hard problems is a central challenge in quantum information science. Using Rydberg atom arrays with up to 289 qubits in two spatial dimensions, we experimentally…

Programmable quantum systems based on Rydberg atom arrays have recently been used for hardware-efficient tests of quantum optimization algorithms [Ebadi et al., Science, 376, 1209 (2022)] with hundreds of qubits. In particular, the maximum…

Recent progress in quantum computing and quantum simulation of many-body systems with arrays of neutral atoms using Rydberg excitation has provided unforeseen opportunities towards computational advantage in solving various optimization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-29 Ahmed M. Farouk , I. I. Beterov , Peng Xu , I. I. Ryabtsev

Rydberg atom arrays are among the leading contenders for the demonstration of quantum speedups. Motivated by recent experiments with up to 289 qubits [Ebadi et al., Science 376, 1209 (2022)] we study the maximum independent set problem on…

Adiabatic quantum computation with Rydberg atoms provides a natural route for solving combinatorial optimization problems such as the maximum independent set (MIS). However, its performance is fundamentally limited by the reduction of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-23 Seokho Jeong , Minhyuk Kim

We describe and analyze an architecture for quantum optimization to solve maximum independent set (MIS) problems using neutral atom arrays trapped in optical tweezers. Optimizing independent sets is one of the paradigmatic, NP-hard problems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-03 Hannes Pichler , Sheng-Tao Wang , Leo Zhou , Soonwon Choi , Mikhail D. Lukin

Classical optimization problems can be solved by adiabatically preparing the ground state of a quantum Hamiltonian that encodes the problem. The performance of this approach is determined by the smallest gap encountered during the…

Programmable quantum systems based on Rydberg atom arrays have recently emerged as a promising testbed for combinatorial optimization. Indeed, the Maximum Weighted Independent Set problem on unit-disk graphs can be efficiently mapped to…

With qubits encoded into atomic ground and Rydberg states and situated on the vertexes of a graph, the conditional quantum dynamics of Rydberg blockade, which inhibits simultaneous excitation of nearby atoms, has been employed recently to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Xianjue Zhao , Peiyun Ge , Hongye Yu , Li You , Frank Wilczek , Biao Wu

We present a quantum algorithm for approximating maximum independent sets of a graph based on quantum non-Abelian adiabatic mixing in the sub-Hilbert space of degenerate ground states, which generates quantum annealing in a secondary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-05 Hongye Yu , Frank Wilczek , Biao Wu

Rydberg atom arrays are a powerful platform for solving combinatorial optimization problems, owing to the Rydberg blockade mechanism, which imposes effective constraints on simultaneous atomic excitations. These constraints have enabled the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 Elie Bermot , Lucia Valor , Wesley Coelho , Louis-Paul Henry , Natalie Pearson

Neutral atom arrays have emerged as a versatile platform towards scalable quantum computation and optimization. In this paper we present demonstrations of solving maximum weighted independent set problems on a Rydberg atom array using…

One prominent application of near-term quantum computing devices is to solve combinatorial optimization such as non-deterministic polynomial-time hard (NP-hard) problems. Here we present experiments with Rydberg atoms to solve one of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-11 Minhyuk Kim , Kangheun Kim , Jaeyong Hwang , Eun-Gook Moon , Jaewook Ahn

It is believed that the presence of anticrossings with exponentially small gaps between the lowest two energy levels of the system Hamiltonian, can render adiabatic quantum optimization inefficient. Here, we present a simple adiabatic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Neil G. Dickson , Mohammad H. Amin

Quantum adiabatic optimization seeks to solve combinatorial problems using quantum dynamics, requiring the Hamiltonian of the system to align with the problem of interest. However, these Hamiltonians are often incompatible with the native…

Analog quantum computing with Rydberg atoms is seen as an avenue to solve hard graph optimization problems, because they naturally encode the Maximum Independent Set (MIS) problem on Unit-Disk (UD) graphs, a problem that admits rather…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Christian de Correc , Thomas Ayral , Corentin Bertrand

We present an efficient quantum algorithm for some independent set problems in graph theory, based on non-abelian adiabatic mixing. We illustrate the performance of our algorithm with analysis and numerical calculations for two different…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 Biao Wu , Hongye Yu , Frank Wilczek

We construct a nearest-neighbor Hamiltonian whose ground states encode the solutions to the NP-complete problem INDEPENDENT SET in cubic planar graphs. The Hamiltonian can be easily simulated by Ising interactions between adjacent particles…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Pawel Wocjan , Dominik Janzing , Thomas Beth

There is a growing interest in harnessing the potential of the Rydberg-atom system to address complex combinatorial optimization challenges. Here we present an experimental demonstration of how the quadratic unconstrained binary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-03 Andrew Byun , Junwoo Jung , Kangheun Kim , Minhyuk Kim , Seokho Jeong , Heejeong Jeong , Jaewook Ahn
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