3 papers
quant-ph2026
Barren Plateaus Beyond Observable Concentration
Zi-Shen Li, Bujiao Wu, Xiao-Wei Li +1
Parameterized quantum circuits (PQCs) are central to quantum machine learning and near-term quantum simulation, but their scalability is often hindered by barren plateaus (BPs), wh…
quant-ph2026
Hybrid Real-Imaginary Time Evolution for Low-Depth Hamiltonian Simulation in Quantum Optimization
Fei Li, Xiao-Wei Li
Counterdiabatic (CD) driving is a powerful technique for accelerating adiabatic quantum computing. However, it becomes self-limiting in complex optimizations like the Sherrington-K…
quant-ph2025
Channel Superposition Mitigates Photon Loss Errors in Quantum Illumination
Fei Li, Xiao-Wei Li, Oscar Dahlsten
In quantum illumination, the probe photon is entangled with an ancilla photon, and both are jointly measured at the end. The entanglement between the probe and ancilla photons enha…