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Quantum simulation is a potentially powerful application of quantum computing, holding the promise to be able to emulate interesting quantum systems beyond the reach of classical computing methods. Despite such promising applications, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-07 Kaelyn J. Ferris , A. J. Rasmusson , Nicholas T. Bronn , Olivia Lanes

Current approaches to fault-tolerant quantum computation will not enable useful quantum computation on near-term devices of 50 to 100 qubits. Leading proposals, such as the color code and surface code schemes, must devote a large fraction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-08 Peter D. Johnson , Jonathan Romero , Jonathan Olson , Yudong Cao , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Hamiltonian simulation is one of the most important problems in quantum computation, and quantum singular value transformation (QSVT) is an efficient way to simulate a general class of Hamiltonians. However, the QSVT circuit typically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-15 Yulong Dong , K. Birgitta Whaley , Lin Lin

Electron transport in realistic physical and chemical systems often involves the non-trivial exchange of energy with a large environment, requiring the definition and treatment of open quantum systems. Because the time evolution of an open…

Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) constitute a prominent framework for exploring the capabilities of near-term quantum computers. As the effectiveness of VQAs depends heavily on the design of variational quantum circuits, Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-30 Haozhen Situ , Zhimin He , Lvzhou Li

We propose incorporating multi-qubit nonunitary operations in Variational Quantum Thermalizers (VQTs). VQTs are hybrid quantum-classical algorithms that generate the thermal (Gibbs) state of a given Hamiltonian, with applications in quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-28 Elias Zapusek , Kristina Kirova , Walter Hahn , Michael Marthaler , Florentin Reiter

We describe an improved version of the quantum simulation method based on the implementation of a truncated Taylor series of the evolution operator. The idea is to add an extra step to the previously known algorithm which implements an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-05 Leonardo Novo , Dominic W. Berry

Quantum Phase Estimation (QPE) stands as a pivotal quantum computing subroutine that necessitates an inverse Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT). However, it is imperative to recognize that enhancing the precision of the estimation inevitably…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-09 Chen-Yu Liu , Chu-Hsuan Abraham Lin , Kuan-Cheng Chen

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

Classical simulators play a major role in the development and benchmark of quantum algorithms and practically any software framework for quantum computation provides the option of running the algorithms on simulators. However, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-04 Gian Giacomo Guerreschi

Realizing non-unitary transformations on unitary-gate based quantum devices is critically important for simulating a variety of physical problems including open quantum systems and subnormalized quantum states. We present a dilation based…

By exploiting the invariance of the molecular Hamiltonian by a unitary transformation of the orbitals it is possible to significantly shorter the depth of the variational circuit in the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) algorithm by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Leonardo Ratini , Chiara Capecci , Leonardo Guidoni

We study the behavior of errors in the quantum simulation of spin systems with long-range multi-body interactions resulting from the Trotter-Suzuki decomposition of the time-evolution operator. We identify a regime where the Floquet…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-13 Karthik Chinni , Manuel H. Muñoz-Arias , Ivan H. Deutsch , Pablo M. Poggi

A general scheme is presented for simulating gauge theories, with matter fields, on a digital quantum computer. A Trotterized time-evolution operator that respects gauge symmetry is constructed, and a procedure for obtaining time-separated,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2019-09-04 Henry Lamm , Scott Lawrence , Yukari Yamauchi

Quantum computing has shown promise in solving complex problems by leveraging the principles of superposition and entanglement. Variational quantum algorithms (VQA) are a class of algorithms suited for near term quantum computers due to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-07 Yuwei Jin , Zirui Li , Fei Hua , Tianyi Hao , Huiyang Zhou , Yipeng Huang , Eddy Z. Zhang

We delve into the use of photonic quantum computing to simulate quantum mechanics and extend its application towards quantum field theory. We develop and prove a method that leverages this form of Continuous-Variable Quantum Computing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-11 Steven Abel , Michael Spannowsky , Simon Williams

Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) are leading strategies for using near-term quantum devices, with a well-studied bottleneck being their trainability. Standard expectation-value objectives with expressive circuits frequently encounter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Yixian Qiu , Josep Lumbreras , Xiufan Li , Patrick Rebentrost

This work presents a comprehensive overview of variational quantum computing and their key role in advancing quantum simulation. This work explores the simulation of quantum systems and sets itself apart from approaches centered on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Lucas Q. Galvão , Anna Beatriz M. de Souza , Marcelo A. Moret , Clebson Cruz

Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs), as one of the most promising routes in the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era, offer various potential applications while also confront severe challenges due to near-term quantum hardware…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-12 Shi-Xin Zhang , Jiaqi Miao , Chang-Yu Hsieh

When simulating the dynamics of open quantum systems with quantum computers, it is essential to accurately approximate the system's behaviour while preserving the physicality of its evolution. Traditionally, for Markovian open quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-18 I. J. David , I. Sinayskiy , F. Petruccione