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We present an efficient quantum algorithm for preparing a pure state on a quantum computer, where the quantum state corresponds to that of a molecular system with a given number $m$ of electrons occupying a given number $n$ of spin…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-05-01 Hefeng Wang , S. Ashhab , Franco Nori

Solving challenging problems in quantum chemistry is one of the most promising applications of quantum computers. Within the quantum algorithms proposed for problems in excited state quantum chemistry, subspace-based quantum algorithms,…

Ab initio electronic excited state calculations are necessary for the quantitative study of photochemical reactions, but their accurate computation on classical computers is plagued by prohibitive scaling. The Variational Quantum Deflation…

We present a discussion of recent progress in excited-state-specific quantum chemistry and quantum Monte Carlo alongside a demonstration of how a combination of methods from these two fields can offer reliably accurate excited state…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-02-07 Leon Otis , Eric Neuscamman

We report the implementation of electronic excited states for semi-empirical quantum chemical methods at the configuration interaction singles (CIS) and time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) level of theory in the PySEQM software. Built on…

Dissipative quantum algorithms for state preparation in many-body systems are increasingly recognised as promising candidates for achieving large quantum advantages in application-relevant tasks. Recent advances in algorithmic,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Štěpán Šmíd , Richard Meister , Mario Berta , Roberto Bondesan

Dissipation has traditionally been considered a hindrance to quantum information processing, but recent studies have shown that it can be harnessed to generate desired quantum states. To be useful for practical applications, the ability to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-31 Junjie Liu , Hanlin Nie

There has been an extensive development in the use of multi-partite entanglement as a resource for various quantum information processing tasks. In this paper we focus on preparing arbitrary spin eigenstates whose subset contain important…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-18 Amritesh Sharma , Ashwin A. Tulapurkar

Calculations of molecular spectral properties, like photodissociation rates and absorption bands, rely on knowledge of the excited state energies of the molecule of interest. Protocols based on the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-19 Yordan S. Yordanov , Crispin H. W. Barnes , David R. M. Arvidsson-Shukur

Understanding dissipation in 2D quantum many-body systems is a remarkably difficult open challenge. Here we show how numerical simulations for this problem are possible by means of a tensor network algorithm that approximates steady-states…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-11-27 Augustine Kshetrimayum , Hendrik Weimer , Roman Orus

A quantum-feedback-based scheme is proposed for generating multipartite entanglements of Rydberg atoms in a dissipative optical cavity. The Rydberg blockade mechanism efficiently prevents double excitations of the system, which is further…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-15 X. Q. Shao , J. H. WU , X. X. Yi

Production of quantum states exhibiting a high degree of entanglement out of noisy conditions is one of the main goals of quantum information science. Here, we provide a conditional yet efficient entanglement distillation method which…

Quantum computers can efficiently simulate Lindbladian dynamics, enabling powerful applications in open system simulation, thermal and ground-state preparation, autonomous quantum error correction, dissipative engineering, and more. Despite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-20 Wenjun Yu , Xiaogang Li , Qi Zhao , Xiao Yuan

We propose new quantum algorithms for thermal and ground state preparation based on system-bath interactions. These algorithms require only forward evolution under a system-bath Hamiltonian in which the bath is a single reusable ancilla…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-19 Zhiyan Ding , Yongtao Zhan , John Preskill , Lin Lin

We propose a state-specific orbital optimization scheme for improving the accuracy of excited states of the electronic structure Hamiltonian for the use on near-term quantum computers, which can be combined with any overlap-based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-16 Guorui Zhu , Joel Bierman , Jianfeng Lu , Yingzhou Li

We study a class of quantum channels describing a quantum system, split into the direct sum of an excited and a ground sector, undergoing a one-way transfer of population from the former to the latter; this construction, which provides a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-31 Davide Lonigro , Dariusz Chruściński

Preparing the thermal density matrix $\rho_{\beta} \propto e^{-\beta H}$ corresponding to a given Hamiltonian $H$ is a task of central interest across quantum many-body physics, and is particularly salient when attempting to study it with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-14 Dominik Hahn , S. A. Parameswaran , Benedikt Placke

We propose a variational approach for preparing entangled quantum states on quantum computers. The methodology involves training a unitary operation to match with a target unitary using the Fubini-Study distance as a cost function. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-03 Vu Tuan Hai , Nguyen Tan Viet , Le Bin Ho

Most literature in the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) algorithm focuses on finding the ground state of a physical system, by minimizing a quantum-computed cost-function. When excited states are required, the cost-function is usually…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-12 Kyle Sherbert , Marco Buongiorno Nardelli

This chapter gives an introduction to qualitative and quantitative topological analyses of molecular electronic transitions. Among the possibilities for qualitatively describing how the electronic structure of a molecule is reorganized upon…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2018-11-27 Thibaud Etienne