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We propose a variational quantum algorithm to prepare ground states of 1D lattice quantum Hamiltonians specifically tailored for programmable quantum devices where interactions among qubits are mediated by Quantum Data Buses (QDB). For…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-07 Viacheslav V. Kuzmin , Pietro Silvi

Quantum state preparation by adiabatic evolution is currently rendered ineffective by the long implementation times of the underlying quantum circuits, comparable to the decoherence time of present and near-term quantum devices. These…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 E. A. Coello Perez , J. Bonitati , D. Lee , S. Quaglioni , K. A. Wendt

We introduce a variational approach for preparing low energy states of arbitrary target Hamiltonians. The protocol is defined in terms of a repeated cycle consisting of p layers of unitary gates applied to the system and ancilla "bath"…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Jeffrey Z. Song , Gilad Kishony , Erez Berg , Mark S. Rudner

This work presents a novel realization approach to Quantum Boltzmann Machines (QBMs). The preparation of the required Gibbs states, as well as the evaluation of the loss function's analytic gradient is based on Variational Quantum Imaginary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-01 Christa Zoufal , Aurélien Lucchi , Stefan Woerner

In recent years, variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) have gained significant attention due to their adaptability and efficiency on near-term quantum hardware. They have shown potential in a variety of tasks, including linear algebra,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-06 Yigal Ilin , Itai Arad

Preparing thermal states on a quantum computer can have a variety of applications, from simulating many-body quantum systems to training machine learning models. Variational circuits have been proposed for this task on near-term quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-09 Jonathan Foldager , Arthur Pesah , Lars Kai Hansen

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

We consider the problem of preparing thermal equilibrium states at finite temperature on quantum computers. Assuming thermalization, we show that states that are locally at thermal equilibrium can be prepared by evolving adiabatically an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Etienne Granet , Henrik Dreyer

We present an algorithm that prepares thermal Gibbs states of one dimensional quantum systems on a quantum computer without any memory overhead, and in a time significantly shorter than other known alternatives. Specifically, the time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-29 Ersen Bilgin , Sergio Boixo

Efficient simulation of a quantum system generally relies on structural properties of the quantum state. Motivated by the recent results by Bakshi et al. on the sudden death of entanglement in high-temperature Gibbs states of quantum spin…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Akshar Ramkumar , Yiyi Cai , Yu Tong , Jiaqing Jiang

Passive error correction protects logical information forever in the thermodynamic limit by updating the system based only on local information and few-body interactions. A paradigmatic example is the classical two-dimensional Ising model:…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 Yifan Hong , Jinkang Guo , Andrew Lucas

Scalable quantum algorithms for the simulation of quantum many-body systems in thermal equilibrium are important for predicting properties of quantum matter at finite temperatures. Here we describe and benchmark a quantum computing version…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-20 João C. Getelina , Niladri Gomes , Thomas Iadecola , Peter P. Orth , Yong-Xin Yao

We investigate a probe state preparation protocol based on two non-selective generalized quantum measurements to enhance parameter estimation in single-qubit systems. By fine-tuning the measurement strengths, we demonstrate the ability to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Jonas F. G. Santos , Shanhe Su , Moises Rojas

We propose an iterative variational quantum algorithm to simulate the time evolution of arbitrary initial states within a given subspace. The algorithm compresses the Trotter circuit into a shorter-depth parameterized circuit, which is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Seung Park , Dongkeun Lee , Jeongho Bang , Hoon Ryu , Kyunghyun Baek

Measuring quantum observables by grouping terms that can be rotated to sums of only products of Pauli $\hat z$ operators (Ising form) is proven to be efficient in near term quantum computing algorithms. This approach requires extra unitary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-17 Zachary Pierce Bansingh , Tzu-Ching Yen , Peter D. Johnson , Artur F. Izmaylov

A computational scheme is developed to determine the response of a quantum field theory (QFT) with a factorized scattering operator under a variation of the Unruh temperature. To this end a new family of integrable systems is introduced,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 M. R. Niedermaier

A promising avenue for the preparation of Gibbs states on a quantum computer is to simulate the physical thermalization process. The Davies generator describes the dynamics of an open quantum system that is in contact with a heat bath.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-11 Patrick Rall , Chunhao Wang , Pawel Wocjan

Despite its simplicity and strong theoretical guarantees, adiabatic state preparation has received considerably less interest than variational approaches for the preparation of low-energy electronic structure states. Two major reasons for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-19 Etienne Granet , Khaldoon Ghanem , Henrik Dreyer

While recent advances have established efficient quantum algorithms for preparing Gibbs states of finite-dimensional systems, comparable complexity results for bosonic and other infinite-dimensional models remain unexplored. We introduce…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Simon Becker , Cambyse Rouzé , Robert Salzmann

Preparing ground states and thermal states is essential for simulating quantum systems on quantum computers. Despite the hope for practical quantum advantage in quantum simulation, popular state preparation approaches have been challenged.…