Quantum optimal control in quantum technologies. Strategic report on current status, visions and goals for research in Europe

CP Koch, U Boscain, T Calarco, G Dirr… - EPJ Quantum …, 2022 - epjqt.epj.org
Quantum optimal control, a toolbox for devising and implementing the shapes of external
fields that accomplish given tasks in the operation of a quantum device in the best way …

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 …

Non-hermitian physics

Y Ashida, Z Gong, M Ueda - Advances in Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A review is given on the foundations and applications of non-Hermitian classical and
quantum physics. First, key theorems and central concepts in non-Hermitian linear algebra …

Nonadiabatic landau–zener–stückelberg–majorana transitions, dynamics, and interference

V Ivakhnenko, SN Shevchenko, F Nori - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the pioneering works by Landau, Zener, Stückelberg, and Majorana (LZSM), it has
been known that driving a quantum two-level system results in tunneling between its states …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum thermodynamic devices: From theoretical proposals to experimental reality

NM Myers, O Abah, S Deffner - AVS quantum science, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Thermodynamics originated in the need to understand novel technologies developed by the
Industrial Revolution. However, over the centuries, the description of engines, refrigerators …

Quantum technologies need a quantum energy initiative

A Auffèves - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
Quantum technologies are currently the object of high expectations from governments and
private companies, as they hold the promise to shape safer and faster ways to extract …

Introduction to the Pontryagin maximum principle for quantum optimal control

U Boscain, M Sigalotti, D Sugny - PRX Quantum, 2021 - APS
Optimal control theory is a powerful mathematical tool, which has known a rapid
development since the 1950s, mainly for engineering applications. More recently, it has …

Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms in the noisy intermediate-scale quantum era and beyond

A Callison, N Chancellor - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms are central to much of the current research in quantum
computing, particularly when considering the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era …

Shortcuts to adiabaticity for the quantum Rabi model: Efficient generation of giant entangled cat states via parametric amplification

YH Chen, W Qin, X Wang, A Miranowicz, F Nori - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We propose a method for the fast generation of nonclassical ground states of the Rabi
model in the ultrastrong and deep-strong coupling regimes via the shortcuts-to-adiabatic …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum annealing initialization of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm

SH Sack, M Serbyn - quantum, 2021 - quantum-journal.org
The quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) is a prospective near-term
quantum algorithm due to its modest circuit depth and promising benchmarks. However, an …