Tyler Kharazi, Torin F. Stetina, Liwen Ko, Guang Hao Low, K. Birgitta Whaley
{"title":"An efficient quantum algorithm for ab initio approximations of non-linear response functions","authors":"Tyler Kharazi, Torin F. Stetina, Liwen Ko, Guang Hao Low, K. Birgitta Whaley","doi":"10.1038/s41534-025-01026-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-01026-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We develop and analyze a fault-tolerant quantum algorithm for non-linear response properties of molecular and condensed phase systems. We consider a semi-classical description in which the electronic degrees of freedom are treated quantum mechanically and the light is treated as a classical field interacting via the electric dipole approximation. We use the technique of eigenstate filtering, to efficiently resolve excitation energies for dominant dipole transitions. When applied to the electronic structure Hamiltonian with double factorized representation, each significant spectral line can be approximated to a width of ±<i>γ</i>, and to a height of ±<i>ϵ</i> with <span>(Oleft({N}^{6}{eta }^{2}{gamma }^{-1}{epsilon }^{-1}log (1/epsilon )right))</span> queries to the block encoding of the unperturbed electronic structure Hamiltonian for <i>η</i> electrons over <i>N</i> basis functions. These quantities can be used to compute the <i>n</i>th order response functions for non-linear spectroscopies under limited assumptions using <span>(widetilde{O}left({N}^{5n+1}{eta }^{n+1}/{gamma }^{n}epsilon right))</span> queries to the block encoding of the Hamiltonian.</p>","PeriodicalId":19212,"journal":{"name":"npj Quantum Information","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenhan Yan, Xiaodong Zheng, Wenjun Wen, Liangliang Lu, Yifeng Du, Yan-Qing Lu, Shining Zhu, Xiao-Song Ma
{"title":"A measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution network using optical frequency comb","authors":"Wenhan Yan, Xiaodong Zheng, Wenjun Wen, Liangliang Lu, Yifeng Du, Yan-Qing Lu, Shining Zhu, Xiao-Song Ma","doi":"10.1038/s41534-025-01052-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-01052-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Quantum key distribution (QKD), which promises secure key exchange between two remote parties, is now moving toward the realization of scalable and secure QKD networks (QNs). Fully connected, trusted node-free QNs have been realized based on entanglement distribution, in which the low key rate and the large overhead make their practical application challenging. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a fully connected multi-user QKD network based on a wavelength-multiplexed measurement-device-independent (MDI) QKD protocol. By combining the MDI-QKD protocol with integrated optical frequency combs, we achieve an average secure key rate of 267 bits per second for about 30 dB of link attenuation per user pair—more than three orders of magnitude higher than previous entanglement-based works. More importantly, we realize communication between two different pairs of users simultaneously. Our work paves the way for the realization of large-scale QKD networks with full connectivity and simultaneous communication capability among multiple users.</p>","PeriodicalId":19212,"journal":{"name":"npj Quantum Information","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lindblad-like quantum tomography for non-Markovian quantum dynamical maps","authors":"S. Varona, M. Müller, A. Bermudez","doi":"10.1038/s41534-025-01044-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-01044-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We introduce Lindblad-like quantum tomography (L<i>ℓ</i>QT) as a quantum characterization technique of time-correlated noise in quantum information processors. This approach enables the estimation of time-local master equations, including their possible negative decay rates, by maximizing a likelihood function subject to dynamical constraints. We discuss L<i>ℓ</i>QT for the dephasing dynamics of single qubits in detail, which allows for a neat understanding of the importance of including multiple snapshots of the quantum evolution in the likelihood function, and how these need to be distributed in time depending on the noise characteristics. By a detailed comparative study employing both frequentist and Bayesian approaches, we assess the accuracy and precision of L<i>ℓ</i>QT of a dephasing quantum dynamical map that goes beyond the Lindblad limit, focusing on two different microscopic noise models that can be realised in either trapped-ion or superconducting-circuit architectures. We explore the optimization of the distribution of measurement times to minimize the estimation errors, assessing the superiority of each learning scheme conditioned on the degree of non-Markovinity of the noise, and setting the stage for future experimental designs of non-Markovian quantum tomography.</p>","PeriodicalId":19212,"journal":{"name":"npj Quantum Information","volume":"464 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144236873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nobuyuki Yoshioka, Seiseki Akibue, Hayata Morisaki, Kento Tsubouchi, Yasunari Suzuki
{"title":"Error crafting in mixed quantum gate synthesis","authors":"Nobuyuki Yoshioka, Seiseki Akibue, Hayata Morisaki, Kento Tsubouchi, Yasunari Suzuki","doi":"10.1038/s41534-025-01032-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-01032-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In fault-tolerant quantum computing, logical errors in unitary gate synthesis are comparable to the noise inherent in the gates themselves. While mixed synthesis can suppress such coherent errors quadratically, there is no clear understanding of its remnant error, which hinders us from designing a holistic and practical error countermeasure. In this work, we propose that the classical characterizability of synthesis error can be exploited; remnant errors can be crafted to satisfy desirable properties. We prove that we can craft the remnant error of arbitrary single-qubit unitaries to be Pauli and depolarizing errors, while the conventional twirling cannot be applied in general. For Pauli rotation gates, in particular, the crafting enables us to suppress the remnant error up to <i>cubic</i> order, which results in synthesis with a T-count of <span>({log }_{2}(1/varepsilon ))</span> up to accuracy of <i>ε</i> = 10<sup>−9</sup>. Our work opens a novel avenue in quantum circuit design and architecture that orchestrates logical error countermeasures.</p>","PeriodicalId":19212,"journal":{"name":"npj Quantum Information","volume":"447 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144229076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hao-Chung Cheng, Nilanjana Datta, Nana Liu, Theshani Nuradha, Robert Salzmann, Mark M. Wilde
{"title":"An invitation to the sample complexity of quantum hypothesis testing","authors":"Hao-Chung Cheng, Nilanjana Datta, Nana Liu, Theshani Nuradha, Robert Salzmann, Mark M. Wilde","doi":"10.1038/s41534-025-00980-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-00980-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We study the sample complexity of quantum hypothesis testing, wherein the goal is to determine the minimum number of samples needed to reach a desired error probability. We characterize the sample complexity of binary quantum hypothesis testing in the symmetric and asymmetric settings, and we provide bounds on the sample complexity of multiple quantum hypothesis testing. The final part of our paper outlines and reviews how sample complexity of quantum hypothesis testing is relevant to a broad swathe of research areas and can enhance understanding of many fundamental concepts, including quantum algorithms for simulation and search, quantum learning and classification, and foundations of quantum mechanics. As such, we view our paper as an invitation to researchers coming from different communities to study and contribute to the problem of sample complexity of quantum hypothesis testing, and we outline a number of open directions for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":19212,"journal":{"name":"npj Quantum Information","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144229077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chenfeng Cao, Filippo Maria Gambetta, Ashley Montanaro, Raul A. Santos
{"title":"Unveiling quantum phase transitions from traps in variational quantum algorithms","authors":"Chenfeng Cao, Filippo Maria Gambetta, Ashley Montanaro, Raul A. Santos","doi":"10.1038/s41534-025-01038-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-01038-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding quantum phase transitions in physical systems is fundamental to characterize their behavior at low temperatures. Achieving this requires both accessing good approximations to the ground state and identifying order parameters to distinguish different phases. Addressing these challenges, our work introduces a hybrid algorithm that combines quantum optimization with classical machine learning. This approach leverages the capability of near-term quantum computers to prepare locally trapped states through finite optimization. Specifically, we apply LASSO for identifying conventional phase transitions and the Transformer model for topological transitions, utilizing these with a sliding window scan of Hamiltonian parameters to learn appropriate order parameters and locate critical points. We validated the method with numerical simulations and real-hardware experiments on Rigetti’s Ankaa 9Q-1 quantum computer. This protocol provides a framework for investigating quantum phase transitions with shallow circuits, offering enhanced efficiency and, in some settings, higher precision-thus contributing to the broader effort to integrate near-term quantum computing and machine learning.</p>","PeriodicalId":19212,"journal":{"name":"npj Quantum Information","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144218688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Markus Teller, Susana Plascencia, Cristina Sastre Jachimska, Samuele Grandi, Hugues de Riedmatten
{"title":"A solid-state temporally multiplexed quantum memory array at the single-photon level","authors":"Markus Teller, Susana Plascencia, Cristina Sastre Jachimska, Samuele Grandi, Hugues de Riedmatten","doi":"10.1038/s41534-025-01042-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-01042-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The exploitation of multimodality in different degrees of freedom is one of the most promising ways to increase the rate of heralded entanglement between distant quantum nodes. In this paper, we realize a spatially-multiplexed solid-state quantum memory array with ten individually controllable spin-wave memory cells featuring on-demand read-out and temporal multiplexing. By combining spatial and temporal multiplexing, we store weak coherent pulses at the single-photon level in up to 250 spatio-temporal modes, with an average signal-to-noise ratio of 10(2). We perform a thorough characterization of the whole system, including its multiplexing and demultiplexing stage. We verify that the memory array exhibits low cross-talk even at the single-photon level. The measured performance indicates readiness for storing non-classical states and promises a speed-up in entanglement distribution rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":19212,"journal":{"name":"npj Quantum Information","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144211348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultra-high strained diamond spin register with coherent optical control","authors":"Marco Klotz, Andreas Tangemann, Alexander Kubanek","doi":"10.1038/s41534-025-01049-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-01049-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Solid-state spin defects, such as color centers in diamond, are among the most promising candidates for scalable and integrated quantum technologies. In particular, the good optical properties of silicon-vacancy centers in diamond, combined with naturally occurring and exceptionally coherent nuclear spins, serve as a building block for quantum networking applications. Here, we show that leveraging an ultra-high-strained silicon-vacancy center inside a nanodiamond allows us to coherently and efficiently control its electron spin, while mitigating phonon-induced dephasing at liquid helium temperature. Moreover, we indirectly control and characterize a <sup>13</sup>C nuclear spin and establish a quantum register. We overcome limited nuclear spin initialization by implementing single-shot nuclear spin readout. Lastly, we demonstrate coherent optical control with GHz rates, thus opening a potential connection of the register to the optical domain. Our work paves the way for future integration of quantum network registers into conventional, well-established photonics and hybrid quantum communication systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":19212,"journal":{"name":"npj Quantum Information","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144211349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The genuinely multipartite nonlocality of graph states is model-dependent","authors":"Xavier Coiteux-Roy, Owidiusz Makuta, Fionnuala Curran, Remigiusz Augusiak, Marc-Olivier Renou","doi":"10.1038/s41534-025-01024-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-01024-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The notion of genuinely multipartite nonlocality (GMNL) was introduced to conceptualize the fact that nonclassical resources involving more than two parties in a nontrivial way may be needed to account for some quantum correlations. In this letter, we first recall the contradictions inherent to the historical definition of GMNL. Second, we turn to one of its redefinitions, called Local-Operations-and-Shared-Randomness GMNL (LOSR-GMNL), proving that all caterpillar graph states (including linear cluster states) have this second property. Finally, we conceptualize a third, alternative definition, which we call Local-Operations-and-Neighbour-Communication GMNL (LONC-GMNL), that is adapted to situations in which short-range communication between some parties might occur. We show that linear cluster states do not have this third property, while GHZ states do. Beyond its technical content, our letter illustrates that rigorous conceptual work is needed before applying the concepts of multipartite nonlocality or entanglement to benchmark the nonclassicality of some experimentally-produced quantum systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":19212,"journal":{"name":"npj Quantum Information","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144193158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. K. Yam, M. Renger, S. Gandorfer, F. Fesquet, M. Handschuh, K. E. Honasoge, F. Kronowetter, Y. Nojiri, M. Partanen, M. Pfeiffer, H. van der Vliet, A. J. Matthews, J. Govenius, R. N. Jabdaraghi, M. Prunnila, A. Marx, F. Deppe, R. Gross, K. G. Fedorov
{"title":"Cryogenic microwave link for quantum local area networks","authors":"W. K. Yam, M. Renger, S. Gandorfer, F. Fesquet, M. Handschuh, K. E. Honasoge, F. Kronowetter, Y. Nojiri, M. Partanen, M. Pfeiffer, H. van der Vliet, A. J. Matthews, J. Govenius, R. N. Jabdaraghi, M. Prunnila, A. Marx, F. Deppe, R. Gross, K. G. Fedorov","doi":"10.1038/s41534-025-01046-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-01046-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Scalable quantum information processing with superconducting circuits is expected to advance from individual processors located in single dilution refrigerators to more powerful distributed quantum computing systems. The realization of hardware platforms for quantum local area networks (QLANs) compatible with superconducting technology is of high importance in order to achieve a practical quantum advantage. Here, we present a fundamental prototype platform for a microwave QLAN based on a cryogenic link connecting two separate dilution cryostats over a distance of 6.6 m with a base temperature of 52 mK in the center. Superconducting microwave coaxial cables are employed to form a quantum communication channel between the distributed network nodes. We demonstrate the continuous-variable entanglement distribution between the remote dilution refrigerators in the form of two-mode squeezed microwave states, reaching squeezing of 2.10 ± 0.02 dB and negativity of 0.501 ± 0.011. Furthermore, we show that quantum entanglement is preserved at channel center temperatures up to 1 K, paving the way towards microwave quantum communication at elevated temperatures. Consequently, such a QLAN system can form the backbone for future distributed quantum computing with superconducting circuits.</p>","PeriodicalId":19212,"journal":{"name":"npj Quantum Information","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144183757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}