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Quantum process tomography (QPT) is crucial for advancing quantum technologies, including quantum computers, quantum networks and quantum sensors. Shadow process tomography (SPT) utilizes the Choi isomorphism to map QPT to shadow state…

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This paper considers the problem of decentralized optimization on compact submanifolds, where a finite sum of smooth (possibly non-convex) local functions is minimized by $n$ agents forming an undirected and connected graph. However, the…

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Quantum machine learning implemented by variational quantum circuits (VQCs) is considered a promising concept for the noisy intermediate-scale quantum computing era. Focusing on applications in quantum reinforcement learning, we propose a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-12 Nico Meyer , Daniel D. Scherer , Axel Plinge , Christopher Mutschler , Michael J. Hartmann

The development of large-scale platforms for quantum information requires new methods for verification and validation of quantum behavior. Quantum tomography (QT) is the standard tool for diagnosing quantum states, process, and readout…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-10 Charles H. Baldwin

We present a scalable method for the tomography of large multiqubit quantum registers. It acquires information about the permutationally invariant part of the density operator, which is a good approximation to the true state in many,…

To mitigate dissipative effects from environmental interactions and efficiently stabilize quantum states, time-optimal control has emerged as an effective strategy for open quantum systems. This paper extends the framework by incorporating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-25 Yunyan Lee , Ian R. Petersen , Daoyi Dong

We propose a hetero-homodyne receiver for quantum illumination (QI) target detection. Unlike prior QI receivers, it uses a cascaded positive operator-valued measurement (POVM) that does not require a quantum interaction between QI's…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-18 Maximilian Reichert , Quntao Zhuang , Jeffrey H. Shapiro , Roberto Di Candia

We use quantum detector tomography to characterize the qubit readout in terms of measurement POVMs on IBM Quantum Computers IBM Q 5 Tenerife and IBM Q 5 Yorktown. Our results suggest that the characterized detector model deviates from the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-20 Yanzhu Chen , Maziar Farahzad , Shinjae Yoo , Tzu-Chieh Wei

At large scales, quantum systems may become advantageous over their classical counterparts at performing certain tasks. Developing tools to analyse these systems at the relevant scales, in a manner consistent with quantum mechanics, is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-12 Timon Schapeler , Robert Schade , Michael Lass , Christian Plessl , Tim J. Bartley

Passive millimeter-wave (PMMW) is a significant potential technique for human security screening. Several popular object detection networks have been used for PMMW images. However, restricted by the low resolution and high noise of PMMW…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Cheng Guo , Fei Hu , Yan Hu

Precise reconstruction of unknown quantum states from measurement data, a process commonly called quantum state tomography, is a crucial component in the development of quantum information processing technologies. Many different tomography…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-28 Ingrid Strandberg

We propose a distributed Quantum State Tomography (QST) protocol, named Local Stochastic Factored Gradient Descent (Local SFGD), to learn the low-rank factor of a density matrix over a set of local machines. QST is the canonical procedure…

In recent years, variational quantum algorithms have garnered significant attention as a candidate approach for near-term quantum advantage using noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices. In this article we introduce kernel descent,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Lars Simon , Holger Eble , Manuel Radons

Quantum machine learning and optimization are exciting new areas that have been brought forward by the breakthrough quantum algorithm of Harrow, Hassidim and Lloyd for solving systems of linear equations. The utility of {classical} linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-02 Iordanis Kerenidis , Anupam Prakash

Recent reports of large photonic nonlinearities in integrated photonic devices, using the strong excitonic light-matter coupling in semiconductors, necessitate a tailored design framework for quantum processing in the limit of low photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Mathias Van Regemortel , Thomas Van Vaerenbergh

In this paper we present a protocol for the implementation of a positive-operator-valued measure (POVM) on massive fermionic qubits. We present methods for implementing non-dispersive qubit transport, spin rotations and spin polarizing…

The logarithm-determinant is an widely-present operation in many areas of physics and computer science. Derivatives of the logarithm-determinant compute physically relevant quantities in statistical physics models, quantum field theories,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-23 Thomas E. Baker , Jaimie A. Greasley

In this paper, we propose a Riemannian steepest descent method for solving a blind deconvolution problem. We prove that the proposed algorithm with an appropriate initialization will recover the exact solution with high probability when the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-17 Wen Huang , Paul Hand

This paper deals with the quantum optimal discrimination among mixed quantum states enjoying geometrical uniform symmetry with respect to a reference density operator $\rho_0$. It is well-known that the minimal error probability is given by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Antonio Assalini , Gianfranco Cariolaro , Gianfranco Pierobon

The process of cavity mode quantum state photodetection subject to a nonideal measurement device is under consideration. A set of nonorthogonal probabilistic operator valued measures (POVMs) describing the photodetection process is…

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