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  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,721 Views
21 Pages

28 January 2026

We present hybrid quantum–classical algorithms to compute time-dependent Møller wavepacket correlation functions via digital quantum simulation. Reactant and product channel wavepackets are encoded as qubit states, evolved under a discre...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,476 Views
11 Pages

Digital Quantum Simulation and Circuit Learning for the Generation of Coherent States

  • Ruilin Liu,
  • Sebastián V. Romero,
  • Izaskun Oregi,
  • Eneko Osaba and ,
  • Esther Villar-Rodriguez and
  • Yue Ban
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 October 2022

Coherent states, known as displaced vacuum states, play an important role in quantum information processing, quantum machine learning, and quantum optics. In this article, two ways to digitally prepare coherent states in quantum circuits are introduc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Control and Quantum Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,886 Views
35 Pages

Digital Quantum Simulation of Scalar Yukawa Coupling

  • Thierry N. Kaldenbach,
  • Matthias Heller,
  • Gernot Alber and
  • Vladimir M. Stojanović

18 July 2024

Motivated by the revitalized interest in the digital simulation of medium- and high-energy physics phenomena, we investigate the dynamics following a Yukawa interaction quench on IBM Q. Adopting the zero-dimensional version of the scalar Yukawa coupl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exclusive Feature Papers of Quantum Reports in 2024–2025)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,192 Views
10 Pages

19 October 2020

Geometric phases are used to construct quantum gates since it naturally resists local noises, acting as the modularized units of geometric quantum computing. Meanwhile, fast nonadiabatic geometric gates are required for reducing the information loss...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Shortcuts to Adiabaticity)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,805 Views
6 Pages

Digital Quantum Simulations of Spin Models on Hybrid Platform and Near-Term Quantum Processors

  • Francesco Tacchino,
  • Alessandro Chiesa,
  • Matthew D. LaHaye,
  • Ivano Tavernelli and ,
  • Stefano Carretta and
  • Dario Gerace
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Digital quantum simulators are among the most appealing applications. [...]

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of 11th Italian Quantum Information Science conference (IQIS2018))
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,089 Views
13 Pages

4 March 2020

We provide a recipe for the digitalization of linear and nonlinear quantum optics in networks of superconducting qubits. By combining digital techniques with boson-qubit mappings, we address relevant problems that are typically considered in analog s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
9,115 Views
20 Pages

1 December 2022

In this work, we introduce a new workflow to solve portfolio optimization problems on annealing platforms. We combine a classical preprocessing step with a modified unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) model and evaluate it using simulated anneal...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Science and Technology)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,565 Views
20 Pages

2 December 2022

Digital quantum computers have the potential to simulate complex quantum systems. The spin-boson model is one of such systems, used in disparate physical domains. Importantly, in a number of setups, the spin-boson model is open, i.e., the system is i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Quantum Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
465 Views
27 Pages

14 August 2026

In this work, we benchmark two prominent quantum algorithms: Quantum Imaginary-Time Evolution (QITE) and the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) for obtaining the ground state of Ising-type Hamiltonians. Specifically, we apply them to t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Computing in the NISQ Era, Second Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,717 Views
10 Pages

Dynamical Localization Simulated on Actual Quantum Hardware

  • Andrea Pizzamiglio,
  • Su Yeon Chang,
  • Maria Bondani,
  • Simone Montangero and ,
  • Dario Gerace and
  • Giuliano Benenti
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 May 2021

Quantum computers are invaluable tools to explore the properties of complex quantum systems. We show that dynamical localization of the quantum sawtooth map, a highly sensitive quantum coherent phenomenon, can be simulated on actual, small-scale quan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Information and Quantum Optics)
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,651 Views
7 Pages

29 November 2022

We propose the combination of digital quantum simulation and variational quantum algorithms as an alternative approach to numerical methods for solving quantum control problems. As a hybrid quantum–classical framework, it provides an efficient...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Control and Quantum Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,424 Views
21 Pages

Comparative Study of Variations in Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem

  • Wenyang Qian,
  • Robert A. M. Basili,
  • Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner,
  • Ashfaq Khokhar and ,
  • Glenn Luecke and
  • James P. Vary
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 August 2023

The traveling salesman problem (TSP) is one of the most often-used NP-hard problems in computer science to study the effectiveness of computing models and hardware platforms. In this regard, it is also heavily used as a vehicle to study the feasibili...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Quantum Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
916 Views
17 Pages

Quantum Entanglement in Digital Forensics: Methodology and Experimental Findings

  • Shatha Alhazmi,
  • Khaled Elleithy and
  • Abdelrahman Elleithy

The fast-paced progress in quantum computing introduces significant new challenges for digital forensics by undermining classical cryptographic mechanisms that protect digital evidence. Algorithms such as Shor’s and Grover’s threaten the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Networks: 2025–2026 Edition)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
5,091 Views
10 Pages

Light-Front Field Theory on Current Quantum Computers

  • Michael Kreshchuk,
  • Shaoyang Jia,
  • William M. Kirby,
  • Gary Goldstein and ,
  • James P. Vary and
  • Peter J. Love
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 May 2021

We present a quantum algorithm for simulation of quantum field theory in the light-front formulation and demonstrate how existing quantum devices can be used to study the structure of bound states in relativistic nuclear physics. Specifically, we app...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Technologies (NISQ))
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,742 Views
11 Pages

Supramolecular Complexes for Quantum Simulation

  • Alessandro Chiesa,
  • Paolo Santini and
  • Stefano Carretta

Simulating the evolution of quantum systems on a classical computer is a yellow very challenging task, which could be easily tackled by digital quantum simulators. These are intrinsically quantum devices whose parameters can be controlled in order to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecules in Quantum Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,037 Views
17 Pages

1 March 2023

Quantum computers are believed to have the ability to process huge data sizes, which can be seen in machine learning applications. In these applications, the data, in general, are classical. Therefore, to process them on a quantum computer, there is...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Science and Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,856 Views
15 Pages

Long-Lived Particles Anomaly Detection with Parametrized Quantum Circuits

  • Simone Bordoni,
  • Denis Stanev,
  • Tommaso Santantonio and
  • Stefano Giagu

13 February 2023

We investigate the possibility to apply quantum machine learning techniques for data analysis, with particular regard to an interesting use-case in high-energy physics. We propose an anomaly detection algorithm based on a parametrized quantum circuit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 2022 Feature Papers by Particles’ Editorial Board Members)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,022 Views
18 Pages

A Fast Quantum Image Component Labeling Algorithm

  • Yan Li,
  • Dapeng Hao,
  • Yang Xu and
  • Kinkeung Lai

1 August 2022

Component Labeling, as a fundamental preprocessing task in image understanding and pattern recognition, is an indispensable task in digital image processing. It has been proved that it is one of the most time-consuming tasks within pattern recognitio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Computing Algorithms and Computational Complexity)
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,220 Views
24 Pages

Quantum-Enhanced Algorithmic Fairness and the Advancement of AI Integrity and Responsibility

  • Akhil Chintalapati,
  • Khashbat Enkhbat,
  • Ramanathan Annamalai,
  • Geraldine Bessie Amali and ,
  • Fatih Ozaydin and
  • Mathew Mithra Noel
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

In the evolving digital landscape, the pervasive influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on social media platforms reveals a compelling paradox: the capability to provide personalized experiences juxtaposed with inherent biases reminiscent of human...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Beyond Classical Limits: Quantum Machine Learning for Multi-Field Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,102 Views
13 Pages

Qudit-Native Simulation of the Potts Model

  • Maksim A. Gavreev,
  • Evgeniy O. Kiktenko,
  • Aleksey K. Fedorov and
  • Anastasiia S. Nikolaeva

31 January 2026

Simulating entangled, many-body quantum systems is notoriously hard, especially in the case of the high-dimensional nature of the underlying physical objects. In this work, we propose an approach for simulating the Potts model based on the Suzuki&nda...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Computing: From Basics to Advanced Algorithms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
9,883 Views
22 Pages

Estimating Interception Density in the BB84 Protocol: A Study with a Noisy Quantum Simulator

  • Francesco Fiorini,
  • Michele Pagano,
  • Rosario Giuseppe Garroppo and
  • Antonio Osele

2 August 2024

Quantum computers have the potential to break the public-key cryptosystems widely used in key exchange and digital signature applications. To address this issue, quantum key distribution (QKD) offers a robust countermeasure against quantum computer a...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,514 Views
14 Pages

Quantum JIDOKA. Integration of Quantum Simulation on a CNC Machine for In–Process Control Visualization

  • Javier Villalba-Diez,
  • Miguel Gutierrez,
  • Mercedes Grijalvo Martín,
  • Tomas Sterkenburgh and ,
  • Juan Carlos Losada and
  • Rosa María Benito
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

24 July 2021

With the advent of the Industry 4.0 paradigm, the possibilities of controlling manufacturing processes through the information provided by a network of sensors connected to work centers have expanded. Real-time monitoring of each parameter makes it p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue JIDOKA. Integration of Human and AI within Industry 4.0 Cyber Physical Manufacturing Systems)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,086 Views
19 Pages

Complex Systems in Phase Space

  • David K. Ferry,
  • Mihail Nedjalkov,
  • Josef Weinbub,
  • Mauro Ballicchia and ,
  • Ian Welland and
  • Siegfried Selberherr
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 September 2020

The continued reduction of semiconductor device feature sizes towards the single-digit nanometer regime involves a variety of quantum effects. Modeling quantum effects in phase space in terms of the Wigner transport equation has evolved to be a very...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Transport and Diffusion in Quantum Complex Systems)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,298 Views
21 Pages

23 August 2025

We analyzed the accuracy of digitized adiabatic quantum computing to form the entangled three-qubit Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger (GHZ) state on two IBM quantum computers and four quantum simulators by comparison with direct calculations us...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Probability and Randomness V)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,283 Views
10 Pages

Metasurface-Based Quantum Searcher on a Silicon-On-Insulator Chip

  • Zeyong Wei,
  • Haoyu Li,
  • Linyuan Dou,
  • Lingyun Xie and ,
  • Zhanshan Wang and
  • Xinbin Cheng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 July 2022

Optical analog computing has natural advantages of parallel computation, high speed and low energy consumption over traditional digital computing. To date, research in the field of on-chip optical analog computing has mainly focused on classical math...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tunable Nanophotonics and Reconfigurable Metadevices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,083 Views
23 Pages

21 August 2020

The particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) is not good at dealing with discrete optimization problems, and for the krill herd algorithm (KH), the ability of local search is relatively poor. In this paper, we optimized PSO by quantum behavior and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolutionary Computation 2020)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,491 Views
21 Pages

Generalized Quantum Convolution for Multidimensional Data

  • Mingyoung Jeng,
  • Alvir Nobel,
  • Vinayak Jha,
  • David Levy and ,
  • Dylan Kneidel,
  • Manu Chaudhary,
  • Ishraq Islam,
  • Muhammad Momin Rahman and
  • Esam El-Araby
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

31 October 2023

The convolution operation plays a vital role in a wide range of critical algorithms across various domains, such as digital image processing, convolutional neural networks, and quantum machine learning. In existing implementations, particularly in qu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Quantum Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,990 Views
15 Pages

Twin-Field Quantum Digital Signature with Fully Discrete Phase Randomization

  • Jiayao Wu,
  • Chen He,
  • Jiahui Xie,
  • Xiaopeng Liu and
  • Minghui Zhang

18 June 2022

Quantum digital signatures (QDS) are able to verify the authenticity and integrity of a message in modern communication. However, the current QDS protocols are restricted by the fundamental rate-loss bound and the secure signature distance cannot be...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
9,105 Views
19 Pages

Effectiveness of Molecules for Quantum Cellular Automata as Computing Devices

  • Yuri Ardesi,
  • Azzurra Pulimeno,
  • Mariagrazia Graziano,
  • Fabrizio Riente and
  • Gianluca Piccinini

Notwithstanding the increasing interest in Molecular Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (MQCA) as emerging devices for computation, a characterization of their behavior from an electronic standpoint is not well-stated. Devices are typically analyzed with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,116 Views
38 Pages

The advent of quantum computing poses significant challenges to traditional cryptographic systems, threatening the confidentiality, integrity and authenticity of digital communications. This paper investigates the integration of post-quantum cryptogr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Technologies for Cybersecurity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,442 Views
15 Pages

Quantum Digital Signature Using Entangled States for Network

  • Changho Hong,
  • Youn-Chang Jeong,
  • Osung Kwon and
  • Se-Wan Ji

20 November 2025

We propose an entanglement-based quantum digital signature (QDS) protocol optimized for quantum networks. The protocol follows the Lamport-inspired QDS paradigm but eliminates QKD post-processing by signing and verifying with raw conclusive keys, the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in Quantum Communications and Quantum Computing)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
1,925 Views
11 Pages

The low-chirp operation of distributed feedback lasers is highly desirable in high-speed and high-bit rate optical transmission. In this article, we address this issue by theoretically investigating the possibility of further a reduction in the linew...

(This article belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,419 Views
31 Pages

13 May 2026

Quantum computing is increasingly seen as a disruptive technology capable of expanding the computational limits of advanced manufacturing systems within the emerging Industry 5.0 framework. By utilizing quantum mechanical principles such as superposi...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Science and Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,819 Views
19 Pages

Symmetric Grayscale Image Encryption Based on Quantum Operators with Dynamic Matrices

  • Luis Olvera-Martinez,
  • Manuel Cedillo-Hernandez,
  • Carlos Adolfo Diaz-Rodriguez,
  • Leonardo Faustinos-Morales and ,
  • Antonio Cedillo-Hernandez and
  • Francisco Javier Garcia-Ugalde
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 March 2025

Image encryption is crucial for ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of digital images, preventing unauthorized access and alterations. However, existing encryption algorithms often involve complex mathematical operations or require specialized...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Applied Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,854 Views
17 Pages

Quantum finance represents a pivotal and cutting-edge application domain within the burgeoning field of quantum computing. In this work, we propose a two-step quantum approximate optimization algorithm (two-step QAOA) for portfolio optimization and r...

(This article belongs to the Topic Quantum Systems and Their Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,899 Views
16 Pages

Quantum Neural Networks in Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Advancing Diagnostic Precision Through Emerging Computational Paradigms

  • Enrico Rosa,
  • Maria Vaccaro,
  • Elisa Placidi,
  • Maria Luisa D’Andrea and ,
  • Flavia Liporace,
  • Gian Luigi Natali,
  • Aurelio Secinaro and
  • Antonio Napolitano
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

2 December 2025

Background: Quantum Neural Networks (QNNs) combine quantum computing and artificial intelligence to provide powerful solutions for high-dimensional data analysis. In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), they address the challenges of advanced imaging se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,518 Views
28 Pages

17 October 2025

This study proposes a new approach to identify structural parameters under seismic excitation using classical and quantum-inspired algorithms. Traditional methods often struggle with complex effects, noise, and computing limits. A five-story building...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on Structural Analysis and Design of Civil Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
913 Views
37 Pages

11 August 2026

The rapid growth of AI-driven workloads, IoT ecosystems, and distributed digital services has exposed fundamental limitations in existing cloud and edge infrastructures, particularly in guaranteeing robust data privacy under emerging quantum threats....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data Privacy Protection in Blockchain Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,146 Views
17 Pages

24 December 2021

Aperture-level simultaneous transmit and receive (ALSTAR) attempts to utilize adaptive digital transmit and receive beamforming and digital self-interference cancellation methods to establish isolation between the transmit and receive apertures of th...

(This article belongs to the Topic Antennas)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,220 Views
23 Pages

In the digital information age, although digital images are widely used, the security issues associated with them have become increasingly severe. Consequently, ensuring secure image transmission has become a critical challenge in contemporary inform...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
852 Views
25 Pages

False data injection (FDI) cyberattacks pose a growing threat to modern power distribution systems in smart cities by manipulating state-estimation processes and provoking covert voltage violations that traditional defense mechanisms fail to detect....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Communication Technologies for Smart Grid Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,698 Views
8 Pages

31 May 2019

The dual-wavelength lasing emissions of digitally chirped multilayer quantum dot (QD) lasers are investigated both experimentally and theoretically. The two lasing wavelengths are both identified as ground-state (GS) emissions but originated from dif...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,360 Views
23 Pages

24 December 2025

Quantum watermarking is a technique that embeds specific information into a quantum carrier for the purpose of digital copyright protection. In this paper, we propose a novel color image watermarking algorithm that integrates quantum discrete wavelet...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,117 Views
23 Pages

Enhancing Security and Authenticity in Immersive Environments

  • Rebecca Acheampong,
  • Dorin-Mircea Popovici,
  • Titus Balan,
  • Alexandre Rekeraho and
  • Manuel Soto Ramos

1 March 2025

Immersive environments have brought a great transformation in human–computer interaction by enabling realistic and interactive experiences within simulated or augmented spaces. In these immersive environments, virtual assets such as custom avat...

(This article belongs to the Collection Augmented Reality Technologies, Systems and Applications)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
727 Views
28 Pages

Continuous-Variable Quantum Fourier Neural Operator for Solving Partial Differential Equations

  • Paolo Marcandelli,
  • Stefano Mariani,
  • Martina Siena and
  • Stefano Markidis

1 July 2026

Fourier Neural Operators have become a central tool for learning solution operators of partial differential equations, but their spectral layers remain entirely classical and rely on digital Fourier processing. In this work, we introduce the Continuo...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Information)
  • Review
  • Open Access
811 Views
56 Pages

OSI Stack Redesign for Quantum Networks: Requirements, Technologies, Challenges, and Future Directions

  • Shakil Ahmed,
  • Yehia Osman,
  • Luke Cue,
  • Ibrahim Almazyad and ,
  • Nasser S. Albalawi,
  • Muhammad Kamran Saeed and
  • Ashfaq Khokhar
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 September 2026

Quantum communication is emerging as a foundation for next-generation networks, offering unprecedented capabilities in security, entanglement-based connectivity, and distributed computation. However, the classical Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wireless Communication: Recent Advances in MIMO Systems and Networking)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,658 Views
17 Pages

7 August 2025

Accurate determination of the quantum yield (Φf) in scattering media is essential for numerous scientific and industrial applications, but it remains challenging due to re-absorption and scattering-induced biases. In this study, we present a GPU-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Materials Physics (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,180 Views
25 Pages

Impact of Molecular Electrostatics on Field-Coupled Nanocomputing and Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata Circuits

  • Yuri Ardesi,
  • Giuliana Beretta,
  • Marco Vacca,
  • Gianluca Piccinini and
  • Mariagrazia Graziano

The molecular Field-Coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) is a promising implementation of the Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) paradigm for future low-power digital electronics. However, most of the literature assumes all the QCA devices as possible molecu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling and Design of Integrated CMOS Circuit)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,125 Views
14 Pages

Reversible computation is very important to minimize energy dissipation and prevent information loss not only in quantum computing but also in digital computing. Therefore, interest in designing efficient universal logic gates has recently increased....

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,337 Views
10 Pages

20 October 2021

Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is an innovative paradigm bringing hopeful applications in the perceptually novel computing layout in quantum electronics. The circuits manufactured by QCA technology can provide a notable decrease in size, rapid-s...

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