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most citedQuantum Algorithm for Fidelity Estimation

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quant-ph2026

Near-optimal incoherent tomography of low-rank quantum channels

Kean Chen, Aadil Oufkir

We study tomography for quantum channels with input dimension , output dimension , and Kraus rank at most , to within diamond norm error , using adaptive…

quant-ph2026

Quantisation of Abstract Data Types

Mingsheng Ying, Zhicheng Zhang, Kean Chen

In this paper, we introduce a notion of abstract quantum data type within the framework of universal algebra. This notion provides an algebraic foundation for describing data abstr…

quant-ph2026

Nearly Sample-Optimal Estimators for Quantum Rényi and Tsallis Entropies

Kean Chen, Qisheng Wang

In this paper, we provide estimators for quantum Rényi and Tsallis entropies with nearly optimal sample complexity. Specifically, for order , dimension , and additive error $…

quant-ph2026

Quantum Multi-Level Estimation of Functionals of Discrete Distributions

Kean Chen, Minbo Gao, Tongyang Li +2

We propose a quantum multi-level estimation framework for a functional of a discrete distribution . We partition the values into logarith…

quant-ph2026

Strict Hierarchy for Quantum Channel Certification to Unitary

Kean Chen, Qisheng Wang, Zhicheng Zhang

We consider the problem of quantum channel certification to unitary, where one is given access to an unknown -dimensional channel , and wants to test whether $\math…

quant-ph2026

Quantum channel tomography: optimal bounds and a Heisenberg-to-classical phase transition

Kean Chen, Filippo Girardi, Aadil Oufkir +2

How many black-box queries to a quantum channel are needed to learn its full classical description? This question lies at the heart of quantum channel tomography (also known as qua…

quant-ph2026

Optimal lower bound for quantum channel tomography in away-from-boundary regime

Kean Chen, Zhicheng Zhang, Nengkun Yu

Consider quantum channels with input dimension , output dimension and Kraus rank at most . Any such channel must satisfy the constraint , and the parame…

quant-ph2025

Quantum channel tomography and estimation by local test

Kean Chen, Nengkun Yu, Zhicheng Zhang

We study the estimation of an unknown quantum channel with input dimension , output dimension and Kraus rank at most . We establish a connection between…

quant-ph2025

A List of Complexity Bounds for Property Testing by Quantum Sample-to-Query Lifting

Kean Chen, Qisheng Wang, Zhicheng Zhang

Quantum sample-to-query lifting, a relation between quantum sample complexity and quantum query complexity presented in Wang and Zhang (SIAM J. Comput. 2025), was significantly str…

quant-ph2025

Inverse-free quantum state estimation with Heisenberg scaling

Kean Chen

In this paper, we present an inverse-free pure quantum state estimation protocol that achieves Heisenberg scaling. Specifically, let be a -dimens…

quant-ph2025

Approximation does not help in quantum unitary time-reversal

Kean Chen, Nengkun Yu, Zhicheng Zhang

Access to the time-reverse of an unknown quantum unitary process is widely assumed in quantum learning, metrology, and many-body physics. The fundamental task of unita…

quant-ph2025

Simultaneous Estimation of Nonlinear Functionals of a Quantum State

Kean Chen, Qisheng Wang, Zhan Yu +1

We consider a fundamental task in quantum information theory, estimating the values of , , , for an observable and a quantum state . We…

quant-ph2025

Trace Estimation of Quantum State Powers: Sample Complexity and Computational Hardness

Kean Chen, Yupan Liu, Qisheng Wang

As often emerges in various basic quantum properties such as Rényi and Tsallis entropies, the trace of quantum state powers has attracted a lot of attention. The r…

quant-ph2024

Local Test for Unitarily Invariant Properties of Bipartite Quantum States

Kean Chen, Qisheng Wang, Zhicheng Zhang

We study the power of local test for bipartite quantum states. Our central result is that, for properties of bipartite pure states, unitary invariance on one part implies an \texti…

quant-ph2022★ 10 cited

Unitarity estimation for quantum channels

Kean Chen, Qisheng Wang, Peixun Long +1

Estimating the unitarity of an unknown quantum channel provides information on how much it is unitary, which is a basic and important problem in quantum device certif…

quant-ph2022★ 8 cited

VeriQBench: A Benchmark for Multiple Types of Quantum Circuits

Kean Chen, Wang Fang, Ji Guan +5

In this paper, we introduce VeriQBench -- an open source benchmark for quantum circuits. It offers high-level quantum circuit abstractions of various circuit types, including 1) co…

quant-ph2022★ 5 cited

Automatic Test Pattern Generation for Robust Quantum Circuit Testing

Kean Chen, Mingsheng Ying

Quantum circuit testing is essential for detecting potential faults in realistic quantum devices, while the testing process itself also suffers from the inexactness and unreliabili…

quant-ph2021★ 43 cited

Quantum Algorithm for Fidelity Estimation

Qisheng Wang, Zhicheng Zhang, Kean Chen +4

For two unknown mixed quantum states and in an -dimensional Hilbert space, computing their fidelity is a basic problem with many important applications in quant…