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Hauptverfasser: Schmidhuber, Alexander, Lloyd, Seth
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22770
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author Schmidhuber, Alexander
Lloyd, Seth
author_facet Schmidhuber, Alexander
Lloyd, Seth
contents Quantum phase estimation (QPE) is a central algorithmic primitive that estimates eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian up to precision $ε$ in Heisenberg-limited time $T=Θ(1/ε)$. Standard gate-based implementations of QPE require deep controlled time-evolution circuits and are not native to analog hardware. Here, we present a simple adiabatic protocol for QPE that achieves (up to logarithmic factors) the optimal Heisenberg-limited scaling $T = O\left( \frac{1}ε \log\left(δ^{-1}\right)\right)$ in both the precision $ε$ and failure probability $δ$. By encoding eigenvalues in populations of computational basis states rather than complex phases, our approach is naturally robust against certain dephasing errors. The adiabatic protocol only requires the ability to couple a single ancilla qubit to the system Hamiltonian as well as pairwise couplings within the ancilla register.
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spellingShingle Adiabatic Quantum Phase Estimation
Schmidhuber, Alexander
Lloyd, Seth
Quantum Physics
Quantum phase estimation (QPE) is a central algorithmic primitive that estimates eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian up to precision $ε$ in Heisenberg-limited time $T=Θ(1/ε)$. Standard gate-based implementations of QPE require deep controlled time-evolution circuits and are not native to analog hardware. Here, we present a simple adiabatic protocol for QPE that achieves (up to logarithmic factors) the optimal Heisenberg-limited scaling $T = O\left( \frac{1}ε \log\left(δ^{-1}\right)\right)$ in both the precision $ε$ and failure probability $δ$. By encoding eigenvalues in populations of computational basis states rather than complex phases, our approach is naturally robust against certain dephasing errors. The adiabatic protocol only requires the ability to couple a single ancilla qubit to the system Hamiltonian as well as pairwise couplings within the ancilla register.
title Adiabatic Quantum Phase Estimation
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22770