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We propose a variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) algorithm that uses a fault-tolerant gate-set, and is hence suitable for implementation on a future error-corrected quantum computer. VQE quantum circuits are typically designed for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-09 Hasan Sayginel , Francois Jamet , Abhishek Agarwal , Dan E. Browne , Ivan Rungger

Quantum computers have an exponential speed-up advantage over classical computers. One of the most prominent utilities of quantum computers is their ability to study complex quantum systems in various fields using quantum computational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-03 Ritu Dhaulakhandi , Bikash K. Behera

The variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) is currently the flagship algorithm for solving electronic structure problems on near-term quantum computers. This hybrid quantum/classical algorithm involves implementing a sequence of…

The Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) is a Variational Quantum Algorithm (VQA) to determine the ground state of quantum-mechanical systems. As a VQA, it makes use of a classical computer to optimize parameter values for its quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Felix Truger , Johanna Barzen , Frank Leymann , Julian Obst

Variational quantum algorithms have shown promise in numerous fields due to their versatility in solving problems of scientific and commercial interest. However, leading algorithms for Hamiltonian simulation, such as the Variational Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-27 Arthur G. Rattew , Shaohan Hu , Marco Pistoia , Richard Chen , Steve Wood

Accurate determination of ground-state energies for molecules remains a challenge in quantum chemistry and a cornerstone for progress in fields such as drug discovery and materials design. The Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE)…

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 Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) is widely regarded as a promising algorithm for calculating ground states of quantum systems that are intractable for classical computers. This promise is typically motivated by the hope of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Manuel Hagelueken , David A. Kreplin , Florian Wieland , Marco F. Huber , Marco Roth

The variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) is an algorithm to compute ground and excited state energy of quantum many-body systems. A key component of the algorithm and an active research area is the construction of a parametrized trial…

As quantum computing processors increase in size, there is growing interest in developing cryogenic electronics to overcome significant challenges to system scaling. Single flux-quantum (SFQ) circuits offer a promising alternative to…

We present and benchmark a type of variational quantum eigensolver (VQE), which we denote $\sigma$-VQE. It is designed to target mid-spectrum eigenstates and prepare quantum many-body scar states. The approach leverages the fact that noisy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Eoin Carolan , Nathan Keenan , Gabriele Cenedese , Giuliano Benenti

The number of measurements demanded by hybrid quantum-classical algorithms such as the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) is prohibitively high for many problems of practical value. For such problems, realizing quantum advantage will…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Guoming Wang , Dax Enshan Koh , Peter D. Johnson , Yudong Cao

The ability to simulate a fermionic system on a quantum computer is expected to revolutionize chemical engineering, materials design, nuclear physics, to name a few. Thus, optimizing the simulation circuits is of significance in harnessing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-28 Qingfeng Wang , Ming Li , Christopher Monroe , Yunseong Nam

The Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) algorithm is gaining interest for its potential use in near-term quantum devices. In the VQE algorithm, parameterized quantum circuits (PQCs) are employed to prepare quantum states, which are then…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-29 Atsushi Matsuo , Yudai Suzuki , Ikko Hamamura , Shigeru Yamashita

Quantum Computing is believed to be the ultimate solution for quantum chemistry problems. Before the advent of large-scale, fully fault-tolerant quantum computers, the variational quantum eigensolver~(VQE) is a promising heuristic quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-06 Chu Guo , Yi Fan , Zhiqian Xu , Honghui Shang

The Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) is a promising algorithm for future Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices to simulate chemical systems. In this paper, we consider the classical simulation of the iterative Qubit Coupled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-27 Damian S. Steiger , Thomas Häner , Scott N. Genin , Helmut G. Katzgraber

We present a distributed algorithm and implementation of the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE), termed distributed VQE (DVQE). DVQE, provided as an open-source Python package, enables the execution of parameterized quantum circuits…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Milad Hasanzadeh , Amin Kargarian

The variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) has emerged as one of the leading quantum algorithms for solving electronic structure problems on near-term noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices. However, its practical application to quantum…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-03-24 Yanxian Tao , Lingyun Wan , Jie Liu

We present a new optimization method for small-to-intermediate scale variational algorithms on noisy near-term quantum processors which uses a Gaussian process surrogate model equipped with a classically-evaluated quantum kernel.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-16 Alistair W. R. Smith , A. J. Paige , M. S. Kim

Near-term quantum computers will be limited in the number of qubits on which they can process information as well as the depth of the circuits that they can coherently carry out. To-date, experimental demonstrations of algorithms such as…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-10-18 Joel Bierman , Yingzhou Li , Jianfeng Lu