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April 27, 2026.
70 quantum research items collected on 2026-04-27; hardware, control, and industry signals routed.
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70 quantum research items collected on 2026-04-27; hardware, control, and industry signals routed.Hardware and Error Correction
Symmetry-resolved spectroscopies, such as angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and polarization-resolved Raman, are central for quantum material characterization, yet remain challenging at nanoscale dimensions and low frequencies. Here, we propose correlated quantum dephasometry, which enables symmetry resolved quantum noise spectroscopy of materials at nanoscale and lo...
Stability Thresholds for Gravitationally Induced Entanglement in Shielded Setups
Proposed experiments for gravitationally induced entanglement (GIE) typically suppress direct electromagnetic interactions between two massive particles by inserting a conducting Faraday shield. For superconducting particles, their large diamagnetism requires additional magnetic shielding to screen magnetic dipolar interactions. Here, we analyze the effect of residual partic...
Analytical and Compressed Simulation of Noisy Stabilizer Circuits
We develop analytical and algorithmic techniques that enable efficient simulation of a broad class of noisy stabilizer circuits. We derive closed-form expressions of expectation values for tensor product of Paulis in circuits with non-deterministic Pauli measurements, yielding an efficient strong simulation method that avoids explicit density matrix construction and enables...
Corner Majorana states in semi-Dirac
Proximity-induced superconductivity in low-dimensional systems offers a powerful pathway to engineer topological superconducting phases in, otherwise, non-superconducting systems. These exotic phases are of fundamental and technological interest due to the presence of robust zero-energy modes, the Majorana bound states. In this work, we propose a theoretical framework to rea...
Fusion of light nuclei in a multicluster realization of the three-body problem
This work describes a few-body dynamics method based on the Faddeev integral equations in momentum space for determining the total cross sections of fusion and breakup reactions with two- and three-body final channels in the continuum, employing a cluster representation of the colliding nuclei. Total cross sections were obtained for the reactions $^3\text{He}(T,D)^4\text{He}...
We study how the color code under decoherence gives rise to an intrinsic mixed-state topological order (imTO), which has no counterpart in pure ground states of local gapped Hamiltonians. For decoherence induced by XX-type operators on red links of the honeycomb lattice, we show that the resulting mixed state inherits half of the topological properties of the color code, inc...
Programming long-range interactions in analog quantum simulators
Long-range interactions are the source of many equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium quantum many-body phenomena. Analog simulators based on ionic, atomic, superconducting, and molecular systems provide a natural platform to obtain these interactions using vibration- and photon-mediated processes. Recent experimental advances, such as their integration in multi-mode cavities an...
Boundary-Aware Stabilizer Scheduling for Distributed Quantum Error Correction
Future quantum architectures are expected to be modular, with quantum processors connecting multiple quantum processing units (QPUs) via photonic interconnects. In topological quantum error correction, such as color codes, this creates seam boundaries where parity checks require remote CNOT operations using heralded Bell pairs. These non-local checks are slower and noisier t...
Control and Quantum-AI Integration
We describe a numerical many-body technique that is based on both tensor networks and quantum Monte Carlo. The variational ansatz is a tensor network that can harvest volume-law entanglement. It is constructed from a tensor train to which one applies a set of non-local operators that force several indices of the tensor train to represent the same physical index, hence its na...
On truncations of hierarchical equations of motion for finite-dimensional systems
We study truncations of hierarchical equations of motion (HEOM) for finite-dimensional open quantum systems. We prove that for finite-dimensional approximations constructed with a Schur-complement type of terminator, the spectrum converges to that of the full HEOM as the truncation depth increases. We also prove that this approximation is free of spectral pollution: sufficie...
Two flavor neutrino oscillations in presence of non-Hermitian dynamics
We develop a consistent mathematical framework for studying two flavor neutrino oscillations in presence of non-Hermitian dynamics. We consider two approaches : (a) bi-orthonormal inner product defined by a positive-definite metric operator $\mathcal{G}$ and (b) the density matrix prescription by Brody and Graefe [Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 230405 (2012)]. For the $\mathcal{PT}$-...
Entanglement Enhanced Sensing with Qubits affected by non-Markovian Dephasing
Entanglement has been proposed as a means to improve the sensitivity of sensing weak signals. While the degree of this quantum advantage is well understood in noiseless settings, the situation is more complex under realistic conditions, where the system is subject to decoherence. In this case, the enhancement depends on the specific noise characteristics. Previous treatments...
We explore the performance of the time-convolutionless (TCL) projection operator technique using the Fano-Anderson model as a test case. Comparing the exact TCL master equation with an expansion in powers of the strength of the system-environment coupling, we analyze the transient dynamics as well as the steady-state behavior. For a Lorentzian spectral density we demonstrate...
Efficient Classical Simulation of Heuristic Peaked Quantum Circuits
Peaked quantum circuits, whose output distribution is sharply concentrated on a single bitstring, have emerged as a promising candidate for verifiable quantum advantage, as the correctness of the quantum output can be checked by simply comparing against the known peak. Recent work by Gharibyan et al. arXiv:2510.25838 claimed heuristic quantum advantage using peaked circuits...
Replay-buffer engineering for noise-robust quantum circuit optimization
Deep reinforcement learning (RL) for quantum circuit optimization faces three fundamental bottlenecks: replay buffers that ignore the reliability of temporal-difference (TD) targets, curriculum-based architecture search that triggers a full quantum-classical evaluation at every environment step, and the routine discard of noiseless trajectories when retraining under hardware...
Commercial and Industry Context
QuantX Labs Deploys Quantum Optical Clock to Orbit Amid $425B Defense Commitment
<p>QuantX Labs has announced that a subsystem payload of TEMPO, its compact optical atomic clock, is now in orbit following a successful launch on March 30, 2026, via the SpaceX Transporter-16 mission. Developed in partnership with the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) at Adelaide University, TEMPO is designed to provide timing performance up [...]</p> <p>T...
Pennsylvania Launch Ecosystem-Wide “Keystone AI + Quantum Factory”
<p>Pennsylvania has launched the Keystone AI + Quantum Factory, a first-of-its-kind statewide innovation network designed to transition academic research into industrial applications. This historic collaboration aligns the Commonwealth's seven R1 research universities—Carnegie Mellon, Drexel, Lehigh, Penn State, Temple, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of P...
<p> Quantinuum LLC, a quantum hardware company majority owned by Honeywell, has filed a confidential S-1 form on February 17, 2026 with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Quantinuum’s common stock. This detailed registration statement will undergo heavy review by the SEC and typically includes the following [...]</...
QuantumCore Secures $1.7M NSERC Grant to Advance Superconducting Amplifiers
<p>QuantumCore Inc. (CSE: QNCR) has announced a strategic expansion of its partnership with the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo. The collaboration is supported by a $1.7 million non-dilutive grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alliance Quantum program. This funding follows the company's recent...
IonQ and Q-CTRL Integrate Fire Opal for Native Quantum Optimization
<p>Q-CTRL and IonQ have announced the native integration of Q-CTRL’s Fire Opal software into the IonQ Quantum Cloud. This partnership embeds the Fire Opal Optimization Solver directly into the workflow for IonQ’s highest-performing systems, Forte and Forte-Enterprise. By automating hardware-level error suppression and problem mapping, the integration allows users to execute...
IonQ Partners with Florida LambdaRail on Secure Network Project
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Scientists Propose Early-Warning System for Quantum Supply Chain as China Tightens Minerals Grip
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Unrouted Items
Approaching the Limit of Quantum Clock Precision
Precise and autonomous clocks are of fundamental interest and central importance to both foundational studies and practical applications. Here, we construct a blueprint for a quantum clock governed by time-independent interactions. By carefully-engineered coherent transport in dissipative spin chains, we achieve a scaling exponent at the precision-resolution trade-off fundam...
Quantum Circuit Partitioning For Effective Utilization of Quantum Resources
Near-term hardware is constrained by high error rates, small qubit counts, and relatively low output fidelity, making the execution of large, high performance quantum circuits difficult. Circuit partitioning (or circuit cutting) has emerged as a promising approach to circumvent these limitations by decomposing circuits into smaller subcircuits at two-qubit interaction points...
The Exact Replica Threshold for Nonlinear Moments of Quantum States
Joint measurements on multiple copies of a quantum state provide access to nonlinear observables such as $\operatorname{tr}(ρ^t)$, but whether replica number marks a sharp information-theoretic resource boundary has remained unclear. For every fixed order $t\ge 3$, existing protocols show that $\lceil t/2\rceil$ replicas already suffice for polynomial-sample estimation of $\...
Anomalous Mean-Squared Displacement in Quantum Active Matter from a Wigner Phase-Space Framework
Active matter is driven out of equilibrium by a local influx of energy. While classical active matter has been extensively studied, the extension of active matter concepts to quantum systems has been explored far less. In this work we develop a full quantum description based on the Wigner function. By introducing a hybrid Wigner master equation that incorporates classical ac...
In our work, we show how, for a network of bosonic modes, canonical commutation relations constrain the coefficients relating input and internal modes. Based on these constraints, we derive a lower bound on the total steady-state squeezing achievable in reservoir-engineered (dissipative) squeezing schemes, quantified by the sum of mode-optimal quadrature variances normalized...
Double Slit Experiment in the Heisenberg Picture of Quantum Mechanics
We present the standard double slit experiment with non-relativistic particles in the Heisenberg Picture of quantum mechanics. Our motivation is threefold. First and foremost, and contrary to some claims in the literature, we show that there is no need to talk about non-locality when explaining the interference fringes. Secondly, we emphasise the fact that even in the non-re...
Quantum computing may speed up numerical problems involving large matrices that are demanding for classical computers, and active research on this possibility is ongoing. In this work, we propose quantum algorithms for the exact simulation of a normalised correlated Gaussian random vector $|x\rangle=\vec{x}/\lVert\vec{x}\rVert$, $\vec{x}\sim\mathcal{N}(0,Σ)$, and its exponen...
No-Go Theorem for Quantum Heat Engines Powered Purely by Quantum Measurements in the Steady Regime
We study the thermodynamics of a quantum measurement-powered engine that converts energy injected by measurement backaction into work. We consider an engine with a finite-dimensional working substance, driven purely by quantum measurements, i.e., by bare quantum measurements, without feedback control or thermal contact in the thermodynamic cycle. On the basis of a Poincaré-l...
Super-Heisenberg protocol for dark matter and high-frequency gravitational wave search
We propose a quantum-enhanced sensing scheme for the detection of wave-like dark matter and high-frequency gravitational waves using two-dimensional ion crystals in a Penning trap. The protocol employs spin-motion squeezed states to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and enable a super-Heisenberg scaling with respect to the number of ions over a broad parameter range. We anal...
An efficient framework for quantum dynamics driven by nonclassical light
Understanding quantum system dynamics driven by nonclassical light pulses is challenging, particularly for general light states with large photon numbers. Here we introduce an efficient framework that makes this task tractable. By introducing a pulse-shaped P-representation, the exact quantum evolution is decomposed into a mixture of many independent quasi-classical branches...
Certification of genuine non-Gaussian entanglement
Entanglement is a key resource for many quantum applications. Understanding fundamental properties of entangled states is an important step towards their practical exploitation. We characterize entanglement in the context of Gaussian and non-Gaussian processes and identify entangled states that cannot be produced by any Gaussian evolution acting on separable states. This dis...
Qubit-Scalable CVRP via Lagrangian Knapsack Decomposition and Noise-Aware Quantum Execution
Hybrid quantum optimization for vehicle routing faces a practical bottleneck: direct QUBO encodings of CVRP quickly exceed near-term qubit and gate budgets, while quantum evaluations are expensive, noise-limited, and sensitive to backend and circuit configuration. We address this gap with an end-to-end decomposition pipeline that converts CVRP into bounded-width quantum subp...
Constant Factor Analysis of Optimal Quantum Linear Solvers in Practice
Optimal quantum linear equation solvers provide complexity $O(κ\log(1/ε))$, where $κ$ is the condition number and $ε$ is the allowable error. The optimal solver using a discrete adiabatic approach [PRX Quantum \textbf{3}, 040303 (2022)] has large analytically proven constant factors for the upper bound on the complexity. The constant factors were later found to be about 1,20...
Signature of paraparticles: a minimal Gedankenexperiment
Paraparticles beyond bosons and fermions can be exchanged via either the braid group (anyons, existing up to $D=2$ space dimensions) or the permutation group; in the latter case the space dimensions are not limited. Besides being predicted, anyons have been experimentally detected. The situation differs for paraparticles exchanged via the permutation group ("permutation-grou...
Entanglement and information scrambling in long-range measurement-only circuits
Measurement-only circuits provide a minimal setting in which repeated local projections can either generate or suppress many-body entanglement, giving rise to measurement-induced phase transitions and dynamical regimes, that might have no unitary counterpart. Here we investigate entanglement and information transitions in one-dimensional measurement-only Clifford circuits wi...
Floquet mobility edges and transport in a periodically driven generalized Aubry-André model
We investigate the effect of a periodic electric field drive on the generalized Aubry-André model, also known as the Ganeshan-Pixley-Das Sarma (GPD) model, which is well known as a host of mobility edges. Our study of the Floquet spectrum of the driven GPD model uncovers the emergence of two distinct Floquet mobility edges, a delocalized--localized (DL) edge in the bounded r...
Subsystem-Resolved Spectral Theory for Quantum Many-Body Hamiltonians
We study spectral properties of quantum many-body Hamiltonians through a subsystem-based framework. Given a Hamiltonian of the form $H = \sum_{X \subseteq Λ} Φ(X)$ acting on a tensor product Hilbert space, we associate to each subset $S \subseteq Λ$ a subsystem Hamiltonian $H_S$ and its spectrum $\mathcal{S}(S) = σ(H_S)$. This produces a family of spectra indexed by subsyste...
Algorithmic Locality via Provable Convergence in Quantum Tensor Networks
Belief propagation has recently emerged as a powerful framework for evaluating tensor networks in higher dimensions, combining computational efficiency with provable analytical guarantees. In this work, we develop the first end-to-end theory of tensor network belief propagation for a class of projected entangled pair states satisfying \emph{strong injectivity}. We show that...
Enhancing Coherence of Spin Centers in p-n Diodes via Optimization Algorithms
Solid-state spin defects hold great promise as building blocks for various quantum technologies. Embedding spin centers in $p$-$n$ diodes under reverse bias has proved to be a powerful strategy to narrow the optical linewidth and increase spin coherence, while also enabling control of the photoluminescence wavelength via Stark shift. Given the multitude of parameters influen...
Odd Physics Off the Diagonal: Constraining CP-violating SMEFT with Quantum Tomography
New sources of charge-parity (CP) violation beyond those described in the Standard Model (SM) are required to explain the observed matter--antimatter asymmetry of the Universe. The Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) provides a framework to introduce additional electroweak sources of CP-odd physics in a model-independent manner. However, these CP-violating signatur...
Unitary Time Evolution and Vacuum for a Quantum Stable Ghost
We quantize a classically stable system of a harmonic oscillator polynomially coupled to a ghost with negative kinetic energy. We prove that due to an integral of motion with a positive discrete spectrum: i) the Hamiltonian has a pure point spectrum unbounded in both directions, ii) the evolution is manifestly unitary, iii) the vacuum is well-defined, iv) expectation values...
Robust continuous symmetry breaking and multiversality in the chiral Dicke model
The Dicke model (DM) serves as a paradigm for understanding collective light-matter interactions. We introduce the chiral Dicke model, a generalization where an atomic ensemble couples to a two-mode cavity via chiral interactions. Unlike the standard DM, the chiral DM is endowed with an inherent continuous $U(1)$ symmetry associated with angular momentum conservation. The gr...
The clock ambiguity is back with a vengeance
Page and Wootters (1983) showed how time and dynamics can emerge in a stationary system containing a clock. Albrecht (1995) later showed, for discrete time, that within this framework any dynamical evolution can be obtained simply by choosing a different clock. Marletto and Vedral (2017) claimed that this ambiguity disappears assuming that the clock and the rest of the world...
Rigorous Security Proofs for Practical Quantum Key Distribution
This thesis is concerned with rigorous security analyses of practical Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocols, using a variety of modern proof techniques. The main results are as follows. First, we establish a security proof for variable-length QKD protocols against IID collective attacks, and extend this result to coherent attacks using the postselection technique. In doin...
Partial oracles quantum algorithm framework -- Part I: Analysis of in-place operations
The partial oracles framework is a quantum search algorithm that has the potential to exceed the quadratic speedup of Grover's algorithm, up to a theoretical maximum of an exponential speedup. Until now, however, the framework has lacked an explicit method for constructing the operator that represents the search iteration. In this paper, we provide the missing construction,...
Quantum Art Extends Series A to $140M to Scale Trapped-Ion Architecture
<p>Quantum Art, an Israeli-based developer of full-stack trapped-ion quantum computers, has extended its Series A financing to $140 million. Led by Bedford Ridge Capital, the extension follows an initial $100 million round announced in December 2025 and includes new participation from Hudson Bay Capital, Poalim Equity, LIP Ventures, Wolverine Global Ventures, and IDA Venture...
Q-Day: Accelerated Timeline Across Wider Attack Surface – Executive Summary
<p>The following is an executive summary of a 44 page report written by GQI's Chief Analyst, Dr. David Shaw. To obtain the full report, contact GQI at info@global-qi.com. For years, both the cybersecurity and quantum communities have focused on RSA-2048 as the lead benchmark by which to assess the timeline for the threat posed by [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://quantu...
National Quantum Algorithm Center Announces 2026 Grand Challenges Awards
<p>The National Quantum Algorithm Center (NQAC) at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) has announced five awards under its Grand Challenges program. The initiative is designed to support postdoctoral researchers developing industry-relevant quantum applications through three-way collaborations between academic institutions, quantum hardware/software provide...
From One-Off to Industrial: Why Standardized Processes Matter for Quantum Hardware
<p>By Mohamed Abdel-Kareem Quantum hardware is transitioning from academic fabrication to industrial manufacturing. Semiconductor standardized, and therefore highly optimized, processes enable consistency unobtainable with academic academic R&D style fabrication. However, only certain qubit modalities can harness these benefits due to their compatibility with the standar...
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Quantropi Moves Toward Public Listing Through Mandeville Merger
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Podcast with Tom Darras, CEO and co-founder, Welinq
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National Quantum Algorithm Center at the IQMP Announces Grand Challenges Awards
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