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most citedFiltering variational quantum algorithms for combinatorial optimization

128 citations · 336 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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quant-ph2022★ 31 cited

Protecting Expressive Circuits with a Quantum Error Detection Code

Chris N. Self, Marcello Benedetti, David Amaro

A successful quantum error correction protocol would allow quantum computers to run algorithms without suffering from the effects of noise. However, fully fault-tolerant quantum er…

quant-ph2022★ 8 cited

Exploring the neighborhood of 1-layer QAOA with Instantaneous Quantum Polynomial circuits

Sebastian Leontica, David Amaro

We embed 1-layer QAOA circuits into the larger class of parameterized Instantaneous Quantum Polynomial circuits to produce an improved variational quantum algorithm for solving com…

quant-ph2021★ 86 cited

A case study of variational quantum algorithms for a job shop scheduling problem

David Amaro, Matthias Rosenkranz, Nathan Fitzpatrick +2

Combinatorial optimization models a vast range of industrial processes aiming at improving their efficiency. In general, solving this type of problem exactly is computationally int…

quant-ph2021★ 128 cited

Filtering variational quantum algorithms for combinatorial optimization

David Amaro, Carlo Modica, Matthias Rosenkranz +3

Current gate-based quantum computers have the potential to provide a computational advantage if algorithms use quantum hardware efficiently. To make combinatorial optimization more…

quant-ph2019★ 25 cited

Design and Experimental Performance of Local Entanglement Witness Operators

David Amaro, Markus Müller

Entanglement is a central concept in quantum information and a key resource for many quantum protocols. In this work we propose and analyze a class of entanglement witnesses that d…

quant-ph2019★ 8 cited

Analytical percolation theory for topological color codes under qubit loss

David Amaro, Jemma Bennett, Davide Vodola +1

Quantum information theory has shown strong connections with classical statistical physics. For example, quantum error correcting codes like the surface and the color code present…

quant-ph2019★ 16 cited

Scalable characterization of localizable entanglement in noisy topological quantum codes

David Amaro, Markus Müller, Amit Kumar Pal

Topological quantum error correcting codes have emerged as leading candidates towards the goal of achieving large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers. However, quantifying entan…

quant-ph2018★ 18 cited

Twins Percolation for Qubit Losses in Topological Color Codes

D. Vodola, D. Amaro, M. A. Martin-Delgado +1

We establish and explore a new connection between quantum information theory and classical statistical mechanics by studying the problem of qubit losses in 2D topological color cod…

quant-ph2018★ 16 cited

Estimating localizable entanglement from witnesses

David Amaro, Markus Müller, Amit Kumar Pal

Computing localizable entanglement for noisy many-particle quantum states is difficult due to the optimization over all possible sets of local projection measurements. Therefore, i…