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20222026
most citedA universal programmable Gaussian Boson Sampler for drug discovery

50 citations · 55 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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quant-ph2026

The trainability of photonic quantum circuits

Alexander Makarovskiy, Adam Taylor, Zhenghao Li +5

Variational quantum algorithms are a leading approach to near-term quantum computing, but their scalability can be limited by barren plateaus and the sampling cost of resolving sma…

quant-ph2026

Gaussian Boson Sampling for Asset Clustering in Statistical Arbitrage Portfolios

Dayne Marcus Lopena, Daniel Buguks, Zhenghao Li +7

Gaussian Boson Sampling (GBS) provides a native photonic quantum heuristic for sampling dense subgraphs from adjacency matrices, offering a scalable physical approach to combinator…

quant-ph2026

Improving the loss threshold for quantum advantage in photonic sensors by complete photon counting

Gerard J. Machado, Yazeed K. Alwehaibi, Guillaume Thekkadath +9

Tolerance to imperfections is a defining performance criterion for quantum sensors. The threshold for achieving a quantum advantage depends on the input state, sensor configuration…

quant-ph2026

Displaced Gaussian Boson Sampling for enhanced max-clique search

Ewan Mer, Zhenghao Li, Shang Yu +2

Gaussian Boson Sampling (GBS) is capable of solving certain classes of graph problems owing to the samples produced by such a device having a connection to the hafnian matrix funct…

quant-ph2026

Machine learning of quantum data using optimal similarity measurements

Zhenghao Li, Hao Zhan, Shana H. Winston +11

Quantum machine learning seeks a computational advantage in data processing by evaluating functions of quantum states, such as their similarity, that can be classically intractable…

quant-ph2026

Extensible universal photonic quantum computing with nonlinearity

Shang Yu, Jinzhao Sun, Kuan-Cheng Chen +17

Universal quantum computing requires an architecture that supports both linear circuits and, crucially, strong nonlinear resources. For quantum photonic systems, integrating such n…

quant-ph2025

Topological network analysis using a programmable photonic quantum processor

Shang Yu, Jinzhao Sun, Zhenghao Li +11

Understanding topological features in networks is crucial for unravelling complex phenomena across fields such as neuroscience, condensed matter, and high-energy physics. However,…

quant-ph2024★ 5 cited

Boosting Photon-Number-Resolved Detection Rates of Transition-Edge Sensors by Machine Learning

Zhenghao Li, Matthew J. H. Kendall, Gerard J. Machado +7

Transition-Edge Sensors (TESs) are very effective photon-number-resolving (PNR) detectors that have enabled many photonic quantum technologies. However, their relatively slow therm…

quant-ph2024

Shedding Light on the Future: Exploring Quantum Neural Networks through Optics

Shang Yu, Zhian Jia, Aonan Zhang +7

At the dynamic nexus of artificial intelligence and quantum technology, quantum neural networks (QNNs) play an important role as an emerging technology in the rapidly developing fi…

quant-ph2022★ 50 cited

A universal programmable Gaussian Boson Sampler for drug discovery

Shang Yu, Zhi-Peng Zhong, Yuhua Fang +21

Gaussian Boson Sampling (GBS) exhibits a unique ability to solve graph problems, such as finding cliques in complex graphs. It is noteworthy that many drug discovery tasks can be v…