Quantum-Inspired Algorithms beyond Unitary Circuits: the Laplace Transform

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Main Authors: Jaseem, Noufal, Ramos-Calderer, Sergi, S., Gauthameshwar, Wang, Dingzu, Latorre, José Ignacio, Poletti, Dario
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Published: 2026
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author Jaseem, Noufal
Ramos-Calderer, Sergi
S., Gauthameshwar
Wang, Dingzu
Latorre, José Ignacio
Poletti, Dario
author_facet Jaseem, Noufal
Ramos-Calderer, Sergi
S., Gauthameshwar
Wang, Dingzu
Latorre, José Ignacio
Poletti, Dario
contents Quantum-inspired algorithms can deliver substantial speedups over classical state-of-the-art methods by executing quantum algorithms with tensor networks on conventional hardware. Unlike circuit models restricted to unitary gates, tensor networks naturally accommodate non-unitary maps. This flexibility lets us design quantum-inspired methods that start from a quantum algorithmic structure, yet go beyond unitarity to achieve speedups. Here we introduce a tensor-network approach to compute the discrete Laplace transform, a non-unitary, aperiodic transform (in contrast to the Fourier transform). We encode a length-$N$ signal on two paired $n$-qubit registers and decompose the overall map into a non-unitary exponential Damping Transform followed by a Quantum Fourier Transform, both compressed in a single matrix-product operator. This decomposition admits strong MPO compression to low bond dimension resulting in significant acceleration. We demonstrate simulations up to $N=2^{30}$ input data points, with up to $2^{60}$ output data points, and quantify how bond dimension controls runtime and accuracy, including precise and efficient pole identification.
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spellingShingle Quantum-Inspired Algorithms beyond Unitary Circuits: the Laplace Transform
Jaseem, Noufal
Ramos-Calderer, Sergi
S., Gauthameshwar
Wang, Dingzu
Latorre, José Ignacio
Poletti, Dario
Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Quantum-inspired algorithms can deliver substantial speedups over classical state-of-the-art methods by executing quantum algorithms with tensor networks on conventional hardware. Unlike circuit models restricted to unitary gates, tensor networks naturally accommodate non-unitary maps. This flexibility lets us design quantum-inspired methods that start from a quantum algorithmic structure, yet go beyond unitarity to achieve speedups. Here we introduce a tensor-network approach to compute the discrete Laplace transform, a non-unitary, aperiodic transform (in contrast to the Fourier transform). We encode a length-$N$ signal on two paired $n$-qubit registers and decompose the overall map into a non-unitary exponential Damping Transform followed by a Quantum Fourier Transform, both compressed in a single matrix-product operator. This decomposition admits strong MPO compression to low bond dimension resulting in significant acceleration. We demonstrate simulations up to $N=2^{30}$ input data points, with up to $2^{60}$ output data points, and quantify how bond dimension controls runtime and accuracy, including precise and efficient pole identification.
title Quantum-Inspired Algorithms beyond Unitary Circuits: the Laplace Transform
topic Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.17724