We present an overview of recent advances in the study of energy dynamics and
mechanisms for energy conversion in qubit systems with special focus on realizations in …

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 guide given systems to final destinations of adiabatic control via fast
tracks. Various methods have been proposed as shortcuts to adiabaticity. The basic theory …

We propose and analyze the use of Bayesian optimization techniques to design quantum
annealing schedules with minimal user and resource requirements. We showcase our …

Using counterdiabatic (CD) driving—aiming at suppression of diabatic transition—in
digitized adiabatic evolution has garnered immense interest in quantum protocols and …

Counterdiabatic (CD) protocols enable fast driving of quantum states by invoking an
auxiliary adiabatic gauge potential (AGP) that suppresses transitions to excited states …

Abstract Recently, digitized-counterdiabatic (CD) quantum approximate optimization
algorithm (QAOA) has been proposed to make QAOA converge to the solution of an …

Periodically driven systems have emerged as a useful technique to engineer the properties
of quantum systems, and are in the process of being developed into a standard toolbox for …

We present counterdiabatic reverse annealing, a quantum annealing protocol that extends
the range of application of reverse annealing to the previously inaccessible short-time …

A crucial step in the race towards quantum advantage is optimizing quantum annealing
using ad-hoc annealing schedules. Motivated by recent progress in the field, we propose to …