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The optimization of circuit parameters of variational quantum algorithms such as the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) or the quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) is a key challenge for the practical deployment of near-term…

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Quantum computation represents a revolutionary approach for solving problems in quantum chemistry. However, due to the limited quantum resources in the current noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices, quantum algorithms for large…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-17 Yi Fan , Changsu Cao , Xusheng Xu , Zhenyu Li , Dingshun Lv , Man-Hong Yung

We present an initialisation method for variational quantum algorithms applicable to intermediate scale quantum computers. The method uses simulated annealing of the efficiently simulable Clifford parameter points as a pre-optimisation to…

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The variational quantum eigensolver is one of the most promising algorithms for near-term quantum computers. It has the potential to solve quantum chemistry problems involving strongly correlated electrons, which are otherwise difficult to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-18 Luogen Xu , James K. Freericks

We introduce a multicomponent unitary coupled cluster framework for quantum simulations of molecular systems that incorporate both electronic and nuclear quantum effects beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. Using the…

Non-unitary theories are commonly seen in the classical simulations of quantum systems. Among these theories, the method of moments of coupled-cluster equations (MMCCs) and the ensuing classes of the renormalized coupled-cluster (CC)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-13 Bo Peng , Karol Kowalski

Hybrid quantum-classical approaches offer potential solutions to quantum chemistry problems, yet they often manifest as constrained optimization problems. Here, we explore the interconnection between constrained optimization and generalized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-27 Muqing Zheng , Bo Peng , Ang Li , Xiu Yang , Karol Kowalski

Unitary Coupled Cluster (UCC) approaches are an appealing route to utilising quantum hardware to perform quantum chemistry calculations, as quantum computers can in principle perform UCC calculations in a polynomially scaling fashion, as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-15 Maria-Andreea Filip , Nathan Fitzpatrick , David Muñoz Ramo , Alex J. W. Thom

The coupled cluster method is considered a gold standard in quantum chemistry, reliably giving energies that are exact within chemical accuracy (1.6 mHartree). However, even in the CCSD approximation, where the cluster operator is truncated…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-03-10 Simon Elias Schrader , Simen Kvaal

Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms such as the quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) are considered one of the most promising approaches for leveraging near-term quantum computers for practical applications. Such algorithms are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-16 Ruslan Shaydulin , Ilya Safro , Jeffrey Larson

The randomized linear combination of unitaries (LCU) method with many applications to early fault-tolerant quantum computing algorithms has been proposed. This quantum algorithm computes the same expectation values as the original, fully…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-16 Kaito Wada , Hiroyuki Harada , Yasunari Suzuki , Yuuki Tokunaga , Naoki Yamamoto , Suguru Endo

Accurate modeling of surface catalytic processes often requires methods capable of describing strong correlation, charge transfer, and multiple closely lying electronic states. While density functional theory remains widely used, its…

We present a meta-learning framework that leverages Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural networks to accelerate parameter initialization in quantum chemical simulations using the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE). By training the LSTM…

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We propose a relativistic unitary coupled cluster (UCC) expectation value approach for computing first-order properties of heavy-element systems. Both perturbative (UCC3) and non-perturbative (qUCC) commutator-based formulations are applied…

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We investigate the optimization of flexible tailored real-space Jastrow factors for use in the transcorrelated (TC) method in combination with highly accurate quantum chemistry methods such as initiator full configuration interaction…

Algorithms based on non-unitary evolution have attracted much interest for ground state preparation on quantum computers. One recently proposed method makes use of ancilla qubits and controlled unitary operators to implement weak…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-25 Tobias Stollenwerk , Stuart Hadfield

We present a perturbative triples correction to the relativistic quadratic unitary coupled cluster singles and doubles (qUCCSD) method, denoted as qUCCSD[T]. The method builds upon the Hermitian structure of the unitary ansatz and employs a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 Kamal Majee , Ján Šimunek , Jozef Noga , Achintya Kumar Dutta

The variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) framework has been instrumental in advancing near-term quantum algorithms. However, parameter optimization remains a significant bottleneck for VQE, requiring a large number of measurements for…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-06-26 Weitang Li , Yufei Ge , Shixin Zhang , Yuqin Chen , Shengyu Zhang

Quantum simulation of chemical systems is one of the most promising near-term applications of quantum computers. The variational quantum eigensolver, a leading algorithm for molecular simulations on quantum hardware, has a serious…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-16 Harper R. Grimsley , Sophia E. Economou , Edwin Barnes , Nicholas J. Mayhall