A review on quantum approximate optimization algorithm and its variants

K Blekos, D Brand, A Ceschini, CH Chou, RH Li… - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is a highly promising
variational quantum algorithm that aims to solve combinatorial optimization problems that …

Quantum-centric supercomputing for materials science: A perspective on challenges and future directions

Y Alexeev, M Amsler, MA Barroca, S Bassini… - Future Generation …, 2024 - Elsevier
Computational models are an essential tool for the design, characterization, and discovery
of novel materials. Computationally hard tasks in materials science stretch the limits of …

Scaling of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm on superconducting qubit based hardware

J Weidenfeller, LC Valor, J Gacon, C Tornow… - Quantum, 2022 - quantum-journal.org
Quantum computers may provide good solutions to combinatorial optimization problems by
leveraging the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA). The QAOA is often …

Benchmarking quantum logic operations relative to thresholds for fault tolerance

A Hashim, S Seritan, T Proctor, K Rudinger… - npj Quantum …, 2023 - nature.com
Contemporary methods for benchmarking noisy quantum processors typically measure
average error rates or process infidelities. However, thresholds for fault-tolerant quantum …

Design and execution of quantum circuits using tens of superconducting qubits and thousands of gates for dense Ising optimization problems

FB Maciejewski, S Hadfield, B Hall, M Hodson… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
We develop a hardware-efficient ansatz for variational optimization, derived from existing
ansatzes in the literature, that parametrizes subsets of all interactions in the cost Hamiltonian …

Pauli noise learning for mid-circuit measurements

J Hines, T Proctor - Physical Review Letters, 2025 - APS
Current benchmarks for midcircuit measurements (MCMs) are limited in scalability or the
types of error they can quantify, necessitating new techniques for quantifying MCM …

Solving non-native combinatorial optimization problems using hybrid quantum-classical algorithms

J Wurtz, SH Sack, ST Wang - IEEE Transactions on Quantum …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Combinatorial optimization is a challenging problem applicable in a wide range of fields
from logistics to finance. Recently, quantum computing has been used to attempt to solve …

Superstaq: Deep optimization of quantum programs

C Campbell, FT Chong, D Dahl… - 2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe Superstaq, a quantum software platform that optimizes the execution of
quantum programs by tailoring to underlying hardware primitives. For benchmarks such as …

A practical introduction to benchmarking and characterization of quantum computers

A Hashim, LB Nguyen, N Goss, B Marinelli… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Rapid progress in quantum technology has transformed quantum computing and quantum
information science from theoretical possibilities into tangible engineering challenges …

Efficient generation of multi-partite entanglement between non-local superconducting qubits using classical feedback

A Hashim, M Yuan, P Gokhale, L Chen… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Quantum entanglement is one of the primary features which distinguishes quantum
computers from classical computers. In gate-based quantum computing, the creation of …