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## Error Reduction in Quantum Annealing using Boundary Cancellation: Only the End Matters. (arXiv:1806.06310v1 [quant-ph])

The adiabatic theorem of quantum mechanics states that the error between an
instantaneous eigenstate of a time-dependent Hamiltonian and the state given by
quantum evolution of duration $\tau$ is upper bounded by $C/\tau$ for some
positive constant $C$. It has been known for decades that this error can be
reduced to $C_{k}/\tau^{k+1}$ if the Hamiltonian has vanishing derivatives up
to order $k$ at the beginning and end of the evolution. Here we extend this

## Simulation of Nonequilibrium Dynamics on a Quantum Computer. (arXiv:1806.06649v1 [quant-ph])

We present a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm for the time evolution of
out-of-equilibrium thermal states. The method depends upon classically
computing a sparse approximation to the density matrix, and then time-evolving
each matrix element via the quantum computer. For this exploratory study, we
investigate the time-dependent Heisenberg model with five spins on the Rigetti
Forest quantum virtual machine and a one spin system on the Rigetti 8Q-Agave
quantum processor.

## Quantum state discrimination through quantum state distinguishability. (arXiv:1802.03718v2 [quant-ph] UPDATED)

For a discrimination problem $\Phi_\eta$ consisting of $N$ linearly
independent pure quantum states $\Phi=\{|\phi_i\rangle\}$ and the corresponding
occurrence probabilities $\eta=\{\eta_i\}$ we associate, up to a permutation
over the probabilities $\{\eta_i\}$, a unique pair of density matrices
$\boldsymbol{\rho_{_{T}}}$ and $\boldsymbol{\eta_{{p}}}$ defined on the
$N$-dimensional Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}_N$. The first one,
$\boldsymbol{\rho_{_{T}}}$, provides a representation of a generic full-rank

## Exotic dynamical evolution in a secant-pulse driven quantum system. (arXiv:1806.06322v1 [quant-ph])

We investigate an explicitly time-dependent quantum system driven by a
secant-pulse external field. By solving the Schr\"odinger equation exactly, we
elucidate exotic properties of the system with respect to its dynamical
evolution: on the one hand, the system is shown to be innately nonadiabatic
which prohibits an adiabatic approximation for its dynamics, on the other hand,
the loop evolution of the model can induce a geometric phase which, analogous
to the Berry phase in the adiabatic cyclic evolution, associates to a solid

## On the use of deep neural networks in optical communications. (arXiv:1806.06663v1 [physics.app-ph])

Information transfer rates in optical communications may be dramatically
increased by making use of spatially non-Gaussian states of light. Here we
demonstrate the ability of deep neural networks to classify
numerically-generated, noisy Laguerre-Gauss modes of up to 100 quanta of
orbital angular momentum with near-unity fidelity. The scheme relies only on
the intensity profile of the detected modes, allowing for considerable
simplification of current measurement schemes required to sort the states

## Quantum state engineering using one-dimensional discrete-time quantum walks. (arXiv:1710.10518v2 [quant-ph] UPDATED)

Quantum state preparation in high-dimensional systems is an essential
requirement for many quantum-technology applications. The engineering of an
arbitrary quantum state is, however, typically strongly dependent on the
experimental platform chosen for implementation, and a general framework is
still missing. Here we show that coined quantum walks on a line, which
represent a framework general enough to encompass a variety of different
platforms, can be used for quantum state engineering of arbitrary

## Irreversible Work Reduction by Disorder in Many-Body Quantum Systems. (arXiv:1806.02555v2 [cond-mat.stat-mech] UPDATED)

We study the effect of disorder on work exchange associated to quantum
Hamiltonian processes by considering an Ising spin chain in which the strength
of coupling between spins are randomly drawn from either Normal or Gamma
distributions. The chain is subjected to a quench of the external transverse
field which induces this exchange of work. In particular, we study the
irreversible work incurred by a quench as a function of the initial
temperature, field strength and magnitude of the disorder. While presence of

## Instantaneous braids and Dehn twists in topologically ordered states. (arXiv:1806.06078v1 [cond-mat.str-el])

A defining feature of topologically ordered states of matter is the existence
of locally indistinguishable states on spaces with non-trivial topology. These
degenerate states form a representation of the mapping class group (MCG) of the
space, which is generated by braids of defects or anyons, and by Dehn twists
along non-contractible cycles. These operations can be viewed as fault-tolerant
logical gates in the context of topological quantum error correcting codes.

## Mimicking the Hadamard discrete-time quantum walk with a time-independent Hamiltonian. (arXiv:1806.06399v1 [quant-ph])

The discrete-time quantum walk dynamics can be generated by a time-dependent
Hamiltonian, repeatedly switching between the coin and the shift generators. We
change the model and consider the case where the Hamiltonian is
time-independent, including both the coin and the shift terms in all times. The
eigenvalues and the related Bloch vectors for the time-independent Hamiltonian
are then compared with the corresponding quantities for the effective
Hamiltonian generating the quantum walk dynamics. Restricted to the

## Relativistic treatment of the energy shifts caused by static electromagnetic effects on free electrons. (arXiv:1806.06686v1 [quant-ph])

Magnetic effects on free electron systems have been studied extensively in
the context of spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion. Starting from the
Dirac equation, we derive a fully relativistic expression for the energy of
free electrons in the presence of a spatiotemporally constant, weak
electromagnetic field. The expectation value of the maximum energy shift, which
is completely independent of the electron spin-polarization coefficients, is
computed perturbatively to first order. This effect is orders of magnitude