{"title":"A simple quantum simulation algorithm with near-optimal precision scaling","authors":"Amir Kalev and Itay Hen","doi":"10.1088/2058-9565/ae075a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae075a","url":null,"abstract":"Quantum simulation is a foundational application for quantum computers, projected to offer insights into complex quantum systems beyond the reach of classical computation. However, with the exception of Trotter-based methods, which suffer from suboptimal scaling with respect to simulation precision, existing simulation techniques are, for the most part, too intricate to implement on early fault-tolerant quantum hardware. We propose a quantum Hamiltonian dynamics simulation algorithm that aims to be both straightforward to implement and, at the same time, have near-optimal scaling in simulation precision.","PeriodicalId":20821,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Science and Technology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145188510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Emanuele Triuzzi, Riccardo Mengoni, Francesco Micucci, Domenico Bonanni, Daniele Ottaviani, Andrea Rosario Beccari and Gianluca Palermo
{"title":"Molecular docking via weighted subgraph isomorphism on quantum annealers","authors":"Emanuele Triuzzi, Riccardo Mengoni, Francesco Micucci, Domenico Bonanni, Daniele Ottaviani, Andrea Rosario Beccari and Gianluca Palermo","doi":"10.1088/2058-9565/ae0890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae0890","url":null,"abstract":"Molecular docking is an essential step in the drug discovery process involving the detection of three-dimensional poses of a ligand inside the active site of the protein. In this paper, we address the Molecular Docking search phase by formulating the problem in quadratic unconstrained binary optimization terms, suitable for an annealing approach. We propose a problem formulation as a weighted subgraph isomorphism between the ligand graph and the grid of the target protein pocket. In particular, we applied a graph representation to the ligand embedding all the geometrical properties of the molecule including its flexibility, and we created a weighted spatial grid to the 3D space region inside the pocket. The proposed quantum annealing-based method for molecular docking achieves valid ligand placements. Compared to simulated annealing, quantum solvers sampled fewer but higher-quality solutions with lower root-mean-square deviation, demonstrating competitive performance within hardware limits.","PeriodicalId":20821,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Science and Technology","volume":"99 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145188511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Lorenzo Bernazzani, Balázs Gulácsi and Guido Burkard
{"title":"Universal dissipators for driven open quantum systems and the correction to linear response","authors":"Lorenzo Bernazzani, Balázs Gulácsi and Guido Burkard","doi":"10.1088/2058-9565/ae0827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae0827","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate in parallel two common pictures used to describe quantum systems interacting with their surrounding environment, i.e. the stochastic Hamiltonian description, where the environment is implicitly included in the fluctuating internal parameters of the system, and the explicit inclusion of the environment via the time-convolutionless projection operator method. Utilizing these two different frameworks, we show that the dissipator characterizing the dynamics of the reduced system, determined up to second order in the noise strength or bath-system coupling, is composed of two parts. One is universal, meaning that it keeps the same form regardless of the drive term. This form constitutes the relevant part of the dissipator only as long as the drive is weak. We thoroughly discuss the assumptions on which this treatment is based and its limitations. Then, by considering the first non-vanishing higher-order term in our expansion, we derive the other, drive-dependent, term completing the full dissipator. This part of the dissipator, originating from the third cumulant, is usually neglected when modeling the decoherent dynamics of controlled qubits. However, this further term constitutes the linear response correction due to memory-mediated environmental effects in driven-dissipative quantum systems. Also, it notably shows that the structure of our quantum master equation goes beyond the Lindblad form. The Lindblad form is recovered for memory-less baths. Finally, we demonstrate this technique to be highly accurate for the problems of dephasing in a driven qubit and for the theory of pseudo-modes for quantum environments.","PeriodicalId":20821,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Science and Technology","volume":"105 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145188513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Daniele De Bernardis, Hugo Levy-Falk, Elena Fanella, Rocco Duquennoy, Valerio Digiorgio, Giacomo Scalari, Maja Colautti and Costanza Toninelli
{"title":"Hybrid interfaces at the single quantum level in fluorescent molecules","authors":"Daniele De Bernardis, Hugo Levy-Falk, Elena Fanella, Rocco Duquennoy, Valerio Digiorgio, Giacomo Scalari, Maja Colautti and Costanza Toninelli","doi":"10.1088/2058-9565/ae0960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae0960","url":null,"abstract":"We theoretically investigate a single fluorescent molecule as a hybrid quantum optical device, in which multiple external laser sources exert control of the vibronic states. In the high-saturation regime, a coherent interaction is established between the vibrational and electronic degrees of freedom, and molecules can simulate several cavity QED models, whereby a specific vibrational mode plays the role of the cavity mode. Focusing on the specific example where the system is turned into an analogue simulator of the quantum Rabi model, the steady state exhibits vibrational bi-modality resulting in a statistical mixture of highly non-classical vibronic cat states. Applying our paradigm to molecules with prominent spatial asymmetry and combining an optical excitation with a THz(IR) driving, the system can be turned into a single photon transducer. Two possible implementations are discussed based on the coupling to a subwavelength THz patch antenna or a resonant metamaterial. In a nutshell, this work assesses the role of molecules as an optomechanical quantum toolbox for creating hybrid entangled states of electrons, photons, and vibrations, hence enabling frequency conversion over very different energy scales.","PeriodicalId":20821,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Science and Technology","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145188512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Siting Tang, Francesco Albarelli, Yue Zhang, Shunlong Luo and Matteo G A Paris
{"title":"Quantifying complexity of continuous-variable quantum states via Wehrl entropy and Fisher information","authors":"Siting Tang, Francesco Albarelli, Yue Zhang, Shunlong Luo and Matteo G A Paris","doi":"10.1088/2058-9565/ae08df","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae08df","url":null,"abstract":"The notion of complexity of quantum states is quite different from uncertainty or information contents, and involves the tradeoff between its classical and quantum features. In this work, we introduce a quantifier of complexity of continuous-variable states, e.g. quantum optical states, based on the Husimi quasiprobability distribution. This quantity is built upon two functions of the state: the Wehrl entropy, capturing the spread of the distribution, and the Fisher information with respect to location parameters, which captures the opposite behavior, i.e. localization in phase space. We analyze the basic properties of the quantifier and illustrate its features by evaluating complexity of Gaussian states and some relevant non-Gaussian states. We further generalize the quantifier in terms of s-ordered phase-space distributions and illustrate its implications.","PeriodicalId":20821,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Science and Technology","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145182764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Danial Motlagh, Robert A Lang, Paarth Jain, Jorge A Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo, William Maxwell, Tao Zeng, Alan Aspuru-Guzik and Juan Miguel Arrazola
{"title":"Quantum algorithm for vibronic dynamics: case study on singlet fission solar cell design","authors":"Danial Motlagh, Robert A Lang, Paarth Jain, Jorge A Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo, William Maxwell, Tao Zeng, Alan Aspuru-Guzik and Juan Miguel Arrazola","doi":"10.1088/2058-9565/ae0828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae0828","url":null,"abstract":"Vibronic interactions between nuclear motion and electronic states are critical for the accurate modeling of photochemistry. However, accurate simulations of fully quantum non-adiabatic dynamics are often prohibitively expensive for classical methods beyond small systems. In this work, we present a quantum algorithm based on product formulas for simulating time evolution under a general vibronic Hamiltonian in real space, capable of handling an arbitrary number of electronic states and vibrational modes. We develop the first trotterization scheme for vibronic Hamiltonians beyond two electronic states and introduce an array of optimization techniques for the exponentiation of each fragment in the product formula, resulting in a remarkably low cost of implementation. To demonstrate practical relevance, we outline a proof-of-principle integration of our algorithm into a materials discovery pipeline for designing more efficient singlet fission-based organic solar cells. We estimate that 100 fs of propagation using a second-order Trotter product formula for a 6-state, 21-mode model of exciton transport at an anthracene dimer requires 154 qubits and 2.76 × 106 Toffoli gates. While a 4-state, 246-mode model describing charge transfer at an anthracene-fullerene interface requires 1053 qubits and 2.66 × 107 Toffoli gates.","PeriodicalId":20821,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Science and Technology","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145182799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Erin Sheridan, Michael Senatore, Samuel Schwab, Eric Aspling, Taylor Wagner, James Schneeloch, Stephen McCoy, Daniel Campbell, David Hucul, Zachary Smith and Matthew D LaHaye
{"title":"Noise-aware entanglement generation protocols for superconducting qubits with impedance-matched FBAR transducers","authors":"Erin Sheridan, Michael Senatore, Samuel Schwab, Eric Aspling, Taylor Wagner, James Schneeloch, Stephen McCoy, Daniel Campbell, David Hucul, Zachary Smith and Matthew D LaHaye","doi":"10.1088/2058-9565/ae08e0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae08e0","url":null,"abstract":"Connecting superconducting quantum processors to telecommunications-wavelength quantum networks is critically necessary to enable distributed quantum computing, secure communications, and other applications. Optically-mediated entanglement heralding protocols offer a near-term solution that can succeed with imperfect components, including sub-unity efficiency microwave-optical quantum transducers. The viability and performance of these protocols relies heavily on the properties of the transducers used: the conversion efficiency, resonator lifetimes, and added noise in the transducer directly influence the achievable entanglement generation rate and fidelity of an entanglement generation protocol. Here, we use an extended Butterworth–van Dyke (BVD) model to optimize the conversion efficiency and added noise of a Thin film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) piezo-optomechanical transducer. We use the outputs from this model to calculate the fidelity of one-photon and two-photon entanglement heralding protocols in a variety of operating regimes. For transducers with matching circuits designed to either minimize the added noise or maximize conversion efficiency, we theoretically estimate that entanglement generation rates of greater than can be achieved at moderate pump powers with fidelities of . This is the first time a BVD equivalent circuit model is used to both optimize the performance of an FBAR transducer and to directly inform the design and implementation of an entanglement generation protocol. These results can be applied in the near term to realize quantum networks of superconducting qubits with realistic experimental parameters.","PeriodicalId":20821,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Science and Technology","volume":"106 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145182757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Gisell Lorena Osorio, Milica Banić and Nicolás Quesada
{"title":"Strategies for generating separable photon triplets in waveguides and ring resonators","authors":"Gisell Lorena Osorio, Milica Banić and Nicolás Quesada","doi":"10.1088/2058-9565/ae0759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae0759","url":null,"abstract":"Photon triplet sources exhibit non-Gaussian features, a key property for applications in quantum computing and quantum information. However, spectral correlations can limit the performance and detection efficiency of these systems. Motivated by this observation, we present a theoretical analysis of the spectral properties of photon triplets generated through spontaneous third-order parametric down-conversion in photonic devices, and discuss strategies to quantify and minimize such correlations. We propose two approaches: dispersion engineering in waveguides and pump engineering in resonators. We apply these strategies in two realistic source designs, namely a high-index-contrast optical fiber and a silicon nitride microring resonator. Finally, we discuss detection strategies for probing non-Gaussian features of the triplet state. We find that it is feasible to achieve few-mode generation of photon triplets using state-of-the-art experimental systems, a crucial step toward practical applications of photon triplet sources in quantum technologies.","PeriodicalId":20821,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Science and Technology","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145141524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Pritam Chattopadhyay, Saikat Sur and Jonas F G Santos
{"title":"Generic two-mode Gaussian states as quantum sensors","authors":"Pritam Chattopadhyay, Saikat Sur and Jonas F G Santos","doi":"10.1088/2058-9565/ae03e8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae03e8","url":null,"abstract":"Gaussian quantum channels constitute a cornerstone of continuous-variable quantum information science, underpinning a wide array of protocols in quantum optics and quantum metrology. While the action of such channels on arbitrary states is well-characterized under full channel knowledge, we address the inverse problem, namely, the precise estimation of fundamental channel parameters, including the beam splitter transmissivity and the two-mode squeezing amplitude. Employing the quantum Fisher information (QFI) as a benchmark for metrological sensitivity, we demonstrate that the symmetry inherent in mode mixing critically governs the amplification of QFI, thereby enabling high-precision parameter estimation. In addition, we investigate quantum thermometry by estimating the average photon number of thermal states, revealing that the transmissivity parameter significantly modulates estimation precision. Our results underscore the metrological utility of two-mode Gaussian states and establish a robust framework for parameter inference in noisy and dynamically evolving quantum systems.","PeriodicalId":20821,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Science and Technology","volume":"95 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145133769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Bernd Bauerhenne, Lucas Tsunaki, Jan Thieme, Boris Naydenov and Kilian Singer
{"title":"Security analysis of ensemble-based quantum token protocol under advanced attacks","authors":"Bernd Bauerhenne, Lucas Tsunaki, Jan Thieme, Boris Naydenov and Kilian Singer","doi":"10.1088/2058-9565/ae03e7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae03e7","url":null,"abstract":"We present and characterize advanced attacks on an ensemble-based quantum token protocol that allows for implementing non-clonable quantum coins. Multiple differently initialized tokens of identically prepared qubit ensembles are combined to a quantum coin that can be issued by a bank. A sophisticated attempt to copy tokens can assume that measurements on sub-ensembles can be carried through and that even individual qubits can be measured. Even though such an advanced attack might be perceived as technically unfeasible, we prove the security of the protocol under these conditions. We performed numerical simulations and verified our results by experiments on the IBM quantum platforms for different types of advanced attacks. Finally, we demonstrate that the security of the quantum coin can be made high by increasing the number of tokens. This paper in conjunction with provided numerical simulation tools verified against experimental data from the IBM quantum platforms allows for securely implementing our ensemble-based quantum token protocol with arbitrary quantum systems.","PeriodicalId":20821,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Science and Technology","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145127683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}