Challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization

A Abbas, A Ambainis, B Augustino, A Bärtschi… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Quantum computers have demonstrable ability to solve problems at a scale beyond brute-
force classical simulation. Interest in quantum algorithms has developed in many areas …

Quantum computing for high-energy physics: State of the art and challenges

A Di Meglio, K Jansen, I Tavernelli, C Alexandrou… - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
Quantum computers offer an intriguing path for a paradigmatic change of computing in the
natural sciences and beyond, with the potential for achieving a so-called quantum …

Large-scale quantum approximate optimization on nonplanar graphs with machine learning noise mitigation

SH Sack, DJ Egger - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
Quantum computers are increasing in size and quality but are still very noisy. Error
mitigation extends the size of the quantum circuits that noisy devices can meaningfully …

Implementation of Conditional Phase Gates Based on Tunable Interactions

MC Collodo, J Herrmann, N Lacroix, CK Andersen… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
High fidelity two-qubit gates exhibiting low cross talk are essential building blocks for gate-
based quantum information processing. In superconducting circuits, two-qubit gates are …

Building blocks of a flip-chip integrated superconducting quantum processor

S Kosen, HX Li, M Rommel, D Shiri… - Quantum Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We have integrated single and coupled superconducting transmon qubits into flip-chip
modules. Each module consists of two chips—one quantum chip and one control chip—that …

Quantum optimization: Potential, challenges, and the path forward

A Abbas, A Ambainis, B Augustino, A Bärtschi… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Recent advances in quantum computers are demonstrating the ability to solve problems at a
scale beyond brute force classical simulation. As such, a widespread interest in quantum …

Simulating lattice gauge theory on a quantum computer

C Charles, EJ Gustafson, E Hardt, F Herren, N Hogan… - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
The utility of quantum computers for simulating lattice gauge theories is currently limited by
the noisiness of the physical hardware. Various quantum error mitigation strategies exist to …

Strong parametric dispersive shifts in a statically decoupled two-qubit cavity QED system

T Noh, Z **ao, XY **, K Cicak, E Doucet… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Qubits in cavity quantum electrodynamic (QED) architectures are often operated in the
dispersive regime, in which the operating frequency of the cavity depends on the energy …

Fast logic with slow qubits: microwave-activated controlled-Z gate on low-frequency fluxoniums

Q Ficheux, LB Nguyen, A Somoroff, H **ong… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
We demonstrate a controlled-Z gate between capacitively coupled fluxonium qubits with
transition frequencies 72.3 and 136.3 MHz. The gate is activated by a 61.6-ns-long pulse at …

Two-qutrit quantum algorithms on a programmable superconducting processor

T Roy, Z Li, E Kapit, DI Schuster - Physical Review Applied, 2023 - APS
Processing quantum information using quantum three-level systems or qutrits as the
fundamental unit is an alternative to contemporary qubit-based architectures with the …