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quant-ph2018★ 244 cited

Variational quantum simulation of general processes

Suguru Endo, Jinzhao Sun, Ying Li +2

Variational quantum algorithms have been proposed to solve static and dynamic problems of closed many-body quantum systems. Here we investigate variational quantum simulation of th…

quant-ph2018★ 455 cited

Theory of variational quantum simulation

Xiao Yuan, Suguru Endo, Qi Zhao +2

The variational method is a versatile tool for classical simulation of a variety of quantum systems. Great efforts have recently been devoted to its extension to quantum computing…

quant-ph2018★ 11 cited

A high threshold code for modular hardware with asymmetric noise

Xiaosi Xu, Qi Zhao, Xiao Yuan +1

We consider an approach to fault tolerant quantum computing based on a simple error detecting code operating as the substrate for a conventional surface code. We develop a customis…

quant-ph2018★ 100 cited

Digital quantum simulation of molecular vibrations

Sam McArdle, Alex Mayorov, Xiao Shan +2

Molecular vibrations underpin important phenomena such as spectral properties, energy transfer, and molecular bonding. However, obtaining a detailed understanding of the vibrationa…

quant-ph2018★ 46 cited

Operational interpretation of coherence in quantum key distribution

Jiajun Ma, You Zhou, Xiao Yuan +1

Quantum coherence was recently formalized as a physical resource to measure the strength of superposition. Based on the resource theory, we present a systematic framework that conn…

quant-ph2018★ 10 cited

Unification of quantum resources in distributed scenarios

Hongyi Zhou, Xiao Yuan, Xiongfeng Ma

Quantum resources, such as coherence, discord, and entanglement, play as a key role for demonstrating advantage in many computation and communication tasks. In order to find the na…

quant-ph2018★ 74 cited

Mitigating algorithmic errors in Hamiltonian simulation

Suguru Endo, Qi Zhao, Ying Li +2

Quantum computers can efficiently simulate many-body systems. As a widely used Hamiltonian simulation tool, the Trotter-Suzuki scheme splits the evolution into the number of Trotte…

quant-ph2018★ 1.6k cited

Quantum computational chemistry

Sam McArdle, Suguru Endo, Alan Aspuru-Guzik +2

One of the most promising suggested applications of quantum computing is solving classically intractable chemistry problems. This may help to answer unresolved questions about phen…

quant-ph2018★ 47 cited

One-Shot Coherence Distillation: Towards Completing the Picture

Qi Zhao, Yunchao Liu, Xiao Yuan +2

The resource framework of quantum coherence was introduced by Baumgratz, Cramer and Plenio [PRL 113, 140401 (2014)] and further developed by Winter and Yang [PRL 116, 120404 (2016)…

quant-ph2018★ 261 cited

Device independent quantum random number generation

Yang Liu, Qi Zhao, Ming-Han Li +16

Randomness is critical for many information processing applications, including numerical modeling and cryptography. Device-independent quantum random number generation (DIQRNG) bas…

quant-ph2018★ 261 cited

Variational quantum algorithms for discovering Hamiltonian spectra

Suguru Endo, Tyson Jones, Sam McArdle +2

Calculating the energy spectrum of a quantum system is an important task, for example to analyse reaction rates in drug discovery and catalysis. There has been significant progress…

quant-ph2018★ 3 cited

Experimental test of measurement dependent local Bell inequality with human free will

Yang Liu, Xiao Yuan, Cheng Wu +14

A Bell test can rule out local realistic models, and has potential applications in communications and information tasks. For example, a Bell inequality violation can certify the pr…

quant-ph2018★ 30 cited

Relative entropies of quantum channels with applications in resource theory

Xiao Yuan

Entropic quantifiers of states lie at the cornerstone of the quantum information theory. While a quantum state can be abstracted as a device that only has outputs, the most general…

quant-ph2018★ 251 cited

Error-mitigated digital quantum simulation

Sam McArdle, Xiao Yuan, Simon Benjamin

Variational algorithms may enable classically intractable simulations on near-future quantum computers. However, their potential is limited by hardware errors. It is therefore cruc…

quant-ph2018★ 555 cited

Variational ansatz-based quantum simulation of imaginary time evolution

Sam McArdle, Tyson Jones, Suguru Endo +3

Imaginary time evolution is a powerful tool for studying quantum systems. While it is possible to simulate with a classical computer, the time and memory requirements generally sca…