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Over forty years of research towards the understanding of Quantum Brownian Motion -- the contributions of A. O. Caldeira

Marcus V. S. Bonança, Sebastian Deffner, Gert-Ludwig Ingold

This article presents a brief account of Amir O. Caldeira's contributions to the theory of quantum Brownian motion. Motivated by its importance, we outline the description of Brown…

quant-ph2026

FALQON-MST: A Fully Quantum Framework for Graph Optimization in Vision Systems

Guilherme E. L. Pexe, Lucas A. M. Rattighieri, Leandro A. Passos +4

Finding the minimum spanning tree (MST) of a graph is an important task in computer vision, as it enables a sparse and low-cost representation of connectivity among elements (such…

quant-ph2026★ 4 cited

An introductory review of the theory of continuous-variable quantum key distribution: Fundamentals, protocols, and security

Maron F Anka, John A. Mora Rodríguez, Douglas F. Pinto +3

Continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) has emerged as a promising approach for secure quantum communication, offering advantages such as high key generation rates, c…

quant-ph2025

Absorption-based qubit estimation in discrete-time quantum walks

Edgard P. M. Amorim, Lorena R. Cerutti, O. P. de Sá Neto +1

We investigate state estimation in discrete-time quantum walks with a single absorbing boundary. Using a spectral approach, we obtain closed expressions for the escape probability…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Work distribution of quantum fields in static curved spacetimes

Rafael L. S. Costa, Marcos L. W. Basso, Jonas Maziero +1

We investigate the formulation of work distributions for quantum scalar fields in static curved spacetimes by extending the Ramsey interferometric protocol originally developed in…

quant-ph2025

Can outcome communication explain Bell nonlocality?

Carlos Vieira, Carlos de Gois, Pedro Lauand +3

A central aspect of quantum information is that correlations between spacelike separated observers sharing entangled states cannot be reproduced by local hidden variable (LHV) mode…

quant-ph2025

Structure of quantum measurements implementable with one round of classical communication

Arthur C. R. Dutra, Ties-A. Ohst, Hai-Chau Nguyen +1

Measurements that can be implemented via local operations and classical communication (LOCC) constitute a class of operations that is available in future quantum networks in which…

quant-ph2025

Cartan-Khaneja-Glaser decomposition of via involutive automorphisms

John A. Mora Rodríguez, Arthur C. R. Dutra, Henrique N. Sá Earp +1

We present a novel algorithm for performing the Cartan-Khaneja-Glaser decomposition of unitary matrices in , a critical task for efficient quantum circuit design. Building…

quant-ph2025

Observation of Purcell Effect in Electrically Coupled Cavity-Magnet System

Italo L. Soares Andrade, Kleber Pirota, Amir O. Caldeira +1

We report the observation of the Purcell effect in a cavity-metallic magnet hybrid system using electric-field-mediated coupling. In this configuration, microwave-induced axial cur…

quant-ph2025★ 4 cited

Revisiting the Jaynes-Cummings model with time-dependent coupling

Thiago T. Tsutsui, Danilo Cius, Antonio Vidiella-Barranco +2

The Jaynes-Cummings (JC) model stands as a fully quantized, fundamental framework for exploring light-matter interactions, a timely reflection on a century of quantum theory. The t…

quant-ph2025

Entanglement swapping for partially entangled qudits and the role of quantum complementarity

Diego S. Starke, Marcos L. W. Basso, Lucas C. Céleri +1

We extend the entanglement swapping protocol (ESP) to partially entangled qudit states and analyze the process within the framework of complete complementarity relations (CCRs). Bu…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

A variational quantum algorithm for entanglement quantification

Lucas Friedrich, Marcos L. W. Basso, Alberto B. P. Junior +4

Quantum entanglement is a foundational resource in quantum information science, underpinning applications across physics. However, detecting and quantifying entanglement remains a…

quant-ph2025

Measurement incompatibility and quantum steering via linear programming

Lucas E. A. Porto, Sébastien Designolle, Sebastian Pokutta +1

The problem of deciding whether a set of quantum measurements is jointly measurable is known to be equivalent to determining whether a quantum assemblage is unsteerable. This probl…

quant-ph2025★ 3 cited

Correcting noisy quantum gates with shortcuts to adiabaticity

Moallison F. Cavalcante, Bariş Çakmak, Marcus V. S. Bonança +1

Unitary quantum gates constitute the building blocks of Quantum Computing in the circuit paradigm. In this work, we engineer a locally driven two-qubit Hamiltonian whose instantane…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Phase-space approach to cavity field dynamics in a squeezed thermal reservoir

E. P. Mattos, A. Vidiella-Barranco

Quantum systems, such as a single-mode cavity field coupled to a thermal bath, typically experience destructive effects due to interactions with their noisy environment. When the b…

quant-ph2025★ 3 cited

Accelerating Feedback-Based Quantum Algorithms through Time Rescaling

L. A. M. Rattighieri, G. E. L. Pexe, B. L. Bernado +1

This work investigates the impact of time rescaling on the performance of Feedback Quantum Algorithms (FQA) and their variant for optimization tasks, FALQON. We introduce TR-FQA an…

quant-ph2025★ 33 cited

Roadmap on Quantum Thermodynamics

Steve Campbell, Irene D'Amico, Mario A. Ciampini +66

The last two decades has seen quantum thermodynamics become a well established field of research in its own right. In that time, it has demonstrated a remarkably broad applicabilit…

quant-ph2025

Ability of entanglement and purity to help to detect systematic experimental errors

Julia Freund, Francesco Basso Basset, Tobias M. Krieger +12

Measurements are central in all quantitative sciences, and a fundamental challenge is to make observations without systematic measurement errors. This holds in particular for quant…

quant-ph2025★ 10 cited

Electric-field control of photon indistinguishability in cascaded decays in quantum dots

Gabriel Undeutsch, Maximilian Aigner, Ailton J. Garcia +8

Photon indistinguishability, entanglement, and antibunching are key ingredients in quantum optics and photonics. Decay cascades in quantum emitters offer a simple method to create…

quant-ph2024★ 2 cited

The stress-energy tensor of an Unruh-DeWitt detector

T. Rick Perche, J. P. M. Pitelli, Daniel A. T. Vanzella

We propose a model for a finite-size particle detector, which allows us to derive its stress-energy tensor. This tensor is obtained from a covariant Lagrangian that describes not o…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

Unexpected consequences of Post-Quantum theories in the graph-theoretical approach to correlations

José Nogueira, Carlos Vieira, Marcelo Terra Cunha

This work explores the implications of the exclusivity principle (EP) in the context of quantum and postquantum correlations. We first establish a key technical result demonstratin…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

Non-Classicality and Non-adiabaticity in a Single Trapped Ion

C. F. P. Avalos, M. C. de Oliveira

Trapped ion systems present non-classical characteristics such as squeezed states that show a quantum advantage in quantum sensing, quantum information processing and quantum therm…

quant-ph2024★ 3 cited

Low-noise Optomechanical Single Phonon-photon Conversion for Quantum Networks

Liu Chen, Alexander Rolf Korsch, Cauê Moreno Kersul +4

Nano-structured optomechanical crystals (OMC) form an interface between mechanical modes with long coherence times and telecom optical photons, ideal for long-distance distribution…

quant-ph2024

Generation of hypercubic cluster states in 1-4 dimensions in a simple optical system

Zhifan Zhou, Luís E. E. de Araujo, Matt Dimario +6

Entangled graph states can be used for quantum sensing and computing applications. Error correction in measurement-based quantum computing schemes will require the construction of…