NISQ computing: where are we and where do we go?

JWZ Lau, KH Lim, H Shrotriya, LC Kwek - AAPPS bulletin, 2022 - Springer
In this short review article, we aim to provide physicists not working within the quantum
computing community a hopefully easy-to-read introduction to the state of the art in the field …

Noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers

B Cheng, XH Deng, X Gu, Y He, G Hu, P Huang, J Li… - Frontiers of …, 2023 - Springer
Quantum computers have made extraordinary progress over the past decade, and
significant milestones have been achieved along the path of pursuing universal fault-tolerant …

Quantum critical dynamics in a 5,000-qubit programmable spin glass

AD King, J Raymond, T Lanting, R Harris, A Zucca… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Experiments on disordered alloys,–suggest that spin glasses can be brought into low-
energy states faster by annealing quantum fluctuations than by conventional thermal …

Quantum annealing: An overview

A Rajak, S Suzuki, A Dutta… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this review, after providing the basic physical concept behind quantum annealing (or
adiabatic quantum computation), we present an overview of some recent theoretical as well …

Shortcuts to adiabaticity in Krylov space

K Takahashi, A del Campo - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
Shortcuts to adiabaticity provide fast protocols for quantum state preparation in which the
use of auxiliary counterdiabatic controls circumvents the requirement of slow driving in …

Basic elements for simulations of standard-model physics with quantum annealers: Multigrid and clock states

M Illa, MJ Savage - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
We explore the potential of D-Wave's quantum annealers for computing some of the basic
components required for quantum simulations of standard model physics. By implementing …

Quantum annealing vs. QAOA: 127 qubit higher-order ising problems on NISQ computers

E Pelofske, A Bärtschi, S Eidenbenz - International Conference on High …, 2023 - Springer
Quantum annealing (QA) and Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz (QAOA) are both
heuristic quantum algorithms intended for sampling optimal solutions of combinatorial …

[HTML][HTML] Short-depth QAOA circuits and quantum annealing on higher-order ising models

E Pelofske, A Bärtschi, S Eidenbenz - npj Quantum Information, 2024 - nature.com
We present a direct comparison between QAOA (Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz), and
QA (Quantum Annealing) on 127 qubit problem instances. QAOA with p= 1, 2 rounds is …

Quantum-informed recursive optimization algorithms

JR Finžgar, A Kerschbaumer, MJA Schuetz, CB Mendl… - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
We propose and implement a family of quantum-informed recursive optimization (QIRO)
algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems. Our approach leverages quantum …

On the emerging potential of quantum annealing hardware for combinatorial optimization

B Tasseff, T Albash, Z Morrell, M Vuffray, AY Lokhov… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Over the past decade, the usefulness of quantum annealing hardware for combinatorial
optimization has been the subject of much debate. Thus far, experimental benchmarking …