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most citedDigitized-counterdiabatic quantum approximate optimization algorithm

116 citations · 288 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

quant-ph2026

Protein folding on a 64 qubit trapped-ion hardware via counterdiabatic quantum optimization

Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Pavle Nikačević, Pranav Chandarana +11

We report the largest trapped-ion hardware demonstration of lattice protein-folding optimization to date, using bias-field digitized counterdiabatic quantum optimization (BF-DCQO)…

quant-ph2026

The Quest for Quantum Advantage in Combinatorial Optimization: End-to-end Benchmarking of Quantum Solvers vs. Multi-core Classical Solvers

Pranav Chandarana, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Enrique Solano +3

We perform an end-to-end benchmark of a hybrid sequential quantum computing (HSQC) solver for higher-order unconstrained binary optimization (HUBO), executed on IBM Heron r3 quantu…

quant-ph2026

Large-scale portfolio optimization on a trapped-ion quantum computer

Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Ananth Kaushik, Pranav Chandarana +10

We present an end-to-end pipeline for large-scale portfolio selection with cardinality constraints and experimentally demonstrate it on trapped-ion quantum processors using hardwar…

quant-ph2025

Scaling advantage with quantum-enhanced memetic tabu search for LABS

Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Pranav Chandarana, Sebastián V. Romero +4

We introduce quantum-enhanced memetic tabu search (QE-MTS), a non-variational hybrid algorithm that achieves state-of-the-art scaling for the low-autocorrelation binary sequence (L…

quant-ph2025

Digitized Counterdiabatic Quantum Sampling

Narendra N. Hegade, Nachiket L. Kortikar, Balaganchi A. Bhargava +9

We propose digitized counterdiabatic quantum sampling (DCQS), a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm for efficient sampling from energy-based models, such as low-temperature Boltzman…

quant-ph2025

Hybrid Sequential Quantum Computing

Pranav Chandarana, Sebastián V. Romero, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid +3

We introduce hybrid sequential quantum computing (HSQC), a paradigm for combinatorial optimization that systematically integrates classical and quantum methods within a structured,…

quant-ph2025

Runtime Quantum Advantage with Digital Quantum Optimization

Pranav Chandarana, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Sebastián V. Romero +3

We demonstrate experimentally that the bias-field digitized counterdiabatic quantum optimization (BF-DCQO) algorithm on IBM's 156-qubit devices can outperform simulated annealing (…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Digitized counterdiabatic quantum critical dynamics

Anne-Maria Visuri, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Balaganchi A. Bhargava +6

We experimentally demonstrate that a digitized counterdiabatic quantum protocol reduces the number of topological defects created during a fast quench across a quantum phase transi…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

Symmetry-enhanced Counterdiabatic Quantum Algorithm for Qudits

Alberto Bottarelli, Mikel Garcia de Andoin, Pranav Chandarana +4

Qubit-based variational quantum algorithms have undergone rapid development in recent years but still face several challenges. In this context, we propose a symmetry-enhanced digit…

quant-ph2024

Lyapunov Controlled Counterdiabatic Quantum Optimization

Pranav Chandarana, Koushik Paul, Kasturi Ranjan Swain +2

We introduce a quantum algorithm integrating counterdiabatic (CD) protocols with quantum Lyapunov control (QLC) to tackle combinatorial optimization problems. This approach offers…

cond-mat.dis-nn2024★ 7 cited

Quantum Chaos in Random Ising Networks

András Grabarits, Kasturi Ranjan Swain, Mahsa Seyed Heydari +3

We report a systematic investigation of universal quantum chaotic signatures in the transverse field Ising model on an Erdős-Rényi network. This is achieved by studying local spect…

quant-ph2024★ 6 cited

Benchmarking hybrid digitized-counterdiabatic quantum optimization

Ruoqian Xu, Jialiang Tang, Pranav Chandarana +4

Hybrid digitized-counterdiabatic quantum computing (DCQC) is a promising approach for leveraging the capabilities of near-term quantum computers, utilizing parameterized quantum ci…

quant-ph2023★ 7 cited

Photonic counterdiabatic quantum optimization algorithm

Pranav Chandarana, Koushik Paul, Mikel Garcia-de-Andoin +3

We propose a hybrid quantum-classical approximate optimization algorithm for photonic quantum computing, specifically tailored for addressing continuous-variable optimization probl…

quant-ph2022★ 71 cited

Digitized-Counterdiabatic Quantum Algorithm for Protein Folding

Pranav Chandarana, Narendra N. Hegade, Iraitz Montalban +2

We propose a hybrid classical-quantum digitized-counterdiabatic algorithm to tackle the protein folding problem on a tetrahedral lattice. Digitized-counterdiabatic quantum computin…

quant-ph2022★ 17 cited

Optimizing Counterdiabaticity by Variational Quantum Circuits

Dan Sun, Pranav Chandarana, Zi-Hua Xin +1

Utilizing counterdiabatic (CD) driving - aiming at suppression of diabatic transition - in digitized adiabatic evolution have garnered immense interest in quantum protocols and alg…

quant-ph2022★ 2 cited

Meta-Learning Digitized-Counterdiabatic Quantum Optimization

Pranav Chandarana, Pablo S. Vieites, Narendra N. Hegade +3

Solving optimization tasks using variational quantum algorithms has emerged as a crucial application of the current noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices. However, these algorit…

quant-ph2021★ 59 cited

Portfolio Optimization with Digitized-Counterdiabatic Quantum Algorithms

N. N. Hegade, P. Chandarana, K. Paul +3

We consider digitized-counterdiabatic quantum computing as an advanced paradigm to approach quantum advantage for industrial applications in the NISQ era. We apply this concept to…

quant-ph2021★ 116 cited

Digitized-counterdiabatic quantum approximate optimization algorithm

P. Chandarana, N. N. Hegade, K. Paul +4

The quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) has proved to be an effective classical-quantum algorithm serving multiple purposes, from solving combinatorial optimization p…

quant-ph2020★ 1 cited

Demonstration of quantum delayed-choice experiment on a quantum computer

Pranav D. Chandarana, Angela Anna Baiju, Sumit Mukherjee +3

Wave-particle duality of quantum objects is one of the most striking features of quantum physics and has been widely studied in past decades. Developments of quantum technologies e…