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In the field of quantum information, classical optimizers play an important role. From experimentalists optimizing their physical devices to theorists exploring variational quantum algorithms, many aspects of quantum information require the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-17 Lucas Tecot , Cho-Jui Hsieh

We provide several quantum algorithms for continuous optimization that do not require gradient estimation. Instead, we encode the optimization problem into the dynamics of a physical system and coherently simulate the time evolution. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-18 Ahmet Burak Catli , Sophia Simon , Nathan Wiebe

Simulating the time evolution of a physical system at quantum mechanical levels of detail -- known as Hamiltonian Simulation (HS) -- is an important and interesting problem across physics and chemistry. For this task, algorithms that run on…

We develop and implement automated methods for optimizing quantum circuits of the size and type expected in quantum computations that outperform classical computers. We show how to handle continuous gate parameters and report a collection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-04 Yunseong Nam , Neil J. Ross , Yuan Su , Andrew M. Childs , Dmitri Maslov

We propose a Global-Local optimization algorithm for quantum control that combines standard local search methodologies with evolutionary algorithms. This allows us to find faster solutions to a set of problems relating to ultracold control…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-22 Jens Jakob Sørensen , Mikel Aranburu , Till Heinzel , Jacob Sherson

Quantum Variational Circuits (QVCs) are often claimed as one of the most potent uses of both near term and long term quantum hardware. The standard approaches to optimizing these circuits rely on a classical system to compute the new…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-11 Owen Lockwood

There is no unique way to encode a quantum algorithm into a quantum circuit. With limited qubit counts, connectivity, and coherence times, a quantum circuit optimization is essential to make the best use of near-term quantum devices. We…

Optimizing the architecture of variational quantum circuits (VQCs) is crucial for advancing quantum computing (QC) towards practical applications. Current methods range from static ansatz design and evolutionary methods to machine learned…

Quantum computers are currently noisy, particularly without error correction and fault tolerance. Methods like error suppression and mitigation are widely used to improve performance. Circuit cutting, which partitions a circuit into smaller…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-03 Debasmita Bhoumik , Ritajit Majumdar , Amit Saha , Susmita Sur-Kolay

A limited number of qubits, high error rates, and limited qubit connectivity are major challenges for effective near-term quantum computations. Quantum circuit partitioning divides a quantum computation into a set of computations that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-21 Sebastian Brandhofer , Ilia Polian , Kevin Krsulich

Quantum computers do not run in isolation; rather, they are embedded in quantum-classical hybrid architectures. In these setups, a quantum processing unit communicates with a classical device in near-real time. To enable efficient hybrid…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Lian Remme , Alexander Weinert , Andre Waschk

The current noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era is characterized by substantial errors and noise, which limit the practical feasibility of deep, many-qubit circuits. To address these constraints, quantum circuit cutting has emerged…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Yuval Idan , Eitan Zahavi , Elad Mentovich , Eliahu Cohen , Shmuel Zaks

Universal fault-tolerant quantum computers will require error-free execution of long sequences of quantum gate operations, which is expected to involve millions of physical qubits. Before the full power of such machines will be available,…

Whether QML can offer a transformative advantage remains an open question. The severe constraints of NISQ hardware, particularly in circuit depth and connectivity, hinder both the validation of quantum advantage and the empirical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-19 Maniraman Periyasamy , Christian Ufrecht , Daniel D. Scherer , Wolfgang Mauerer

Compilation and optimization of quantum circuits are critical components in the execution of algorithms on quantum computers. These components must successfully balance two competing priorities: minimizing the number of expensive resources,…

Efficient quantum circuit optimization schemes are central to quantum simulation of strongly interacting quantum many body systems. Here, we present an optimization algorithm which combines machine learning techniques and tensor network…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-23 David Rogerson , Ananda Roy

While the capabilities of quantum hardware have significantly advanced in recent years, executing quantum algorithms as quantum circuits at the lowest possible cost remains crucial, regardless of the hardware progress. We are developing a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-25 Toshiaki Kaji , Koji Terashi , Ryu Sawada

Quantum computers promise to perform certain computations exponentially faster than any classical device. Precise control over their physical implementation and proper shielding from unwanted interactions with the environment become more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-19 Thomas Häner , Torsten Hoefler , Matthias Troyer

Simulating molecular systems on quantum processors has the potential to surpass classical methods in computational resource efficiency. The limited qubit connectivity, small processor size, and short coherence times of near-term quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-08 Abhishek Sadhu , Aritra Sarkar , Akash Kundu

Quantum algorithms have the potential to provide exponential speedups over some of the best known classical algorithms. These speedups may enable quantum devices to solve currently intractable problems such as those in the fields of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-13 Ciarán Ryan-Anderson