Rydberg atomic polarimetry of radio-frequency fields

This paper investigates how the angular momentum quantization of Rydberg atoms creates distinct, universal spectroscopic fingerprints in electromagnetically-induced transparency signals when exposed to rotating linearly polarized radio-frequency fields, revealing two disparate atomic ladder behaviors that challenge prevailing interpretations of SI-traceable Rydberg atom electrometers.

Matthew Cloutman, Matthew Chilcott, Alexander Elliott, J. Susanne Otto, Amita B. Deb, Niels Kjærgaard2026-03-09⚛️ quant-ph

Theory-Independent Context Incompatibility: Quantification and Experimental Demonstration

This paper introduces and experimentally demonstrates a theory-independent framework for quantifying context incompatibility, showing that while classical statistical theories satisfy this condition, quantum systems exhibit significant violations, thereby offering a new perspective on the role of incompatibility in non-local correlations.

Mariana Storrer, Patrick Lima, Ana C. S. Costa, Sebastião Pádua, Renato M. Angelo2026-03-09⚛️ quant-ph

Quantum Measurement Without Collapse or Many Worlds: The Branched Hilbert Subspace Interpretation

The paper proposes the Branched Hilbert Subspace Interpretation (BHSI), a minimalist framework that explains quantum measurement as a unitary branching of the local Hilbert space into decoherent subspaces, thereby avoiding both wave function collapse and parallel worlds while preserving the Born rule and offering testable predictions for phenomena like the double-slit experiment and quantum teleportation.

Xing M. Wang2026-03-09⚛️ quant-ph

Iterative Quantum Feature Maps

The paper proposes Iterative Quantum Feature Maps (IQFMs), a hybrid quantum-classical framework that constructs deep architectures by iteratively connecting shallow, noise-resilient quantum feature maps with classically computed weights to mitigate hardware limitations and achieve performance comparable to classical neural networks without optimizing variational quantum parameters.

Nasa Matsumoto, Quoc Hoan Tran, Koki Chinzei, Yasuhiro Endo, Hirotaka Oshima2026-03-09⚛️ quant-ph

Thresholded Quantum Sensing with a Frustrated Kitaev Trimer

This paper proposes a frustrated Kitaev trimer-based quantum sensor that exhibits an omnidirectional thresholded response to classical signals, remaining inert below a critical field strength while achieving Heisenberg-limited sensitivity in entangled configurations for applications like particle track detection and telescopy.

C. Huerta Alderete, Anubhav Kumar Srivastava, Bharath Hebbe Madhusudhana, Andrew T. Sornborger2026-03-09⚛️ quant-ph

Diagnosing Device Performance in Rydberg-Ladder Gauge Simulators with Cumulative Probabilities and Filtered Mutual Information

This paper diagnoses performance limitations in Rydberg-ladder gauge simulators by analyzing bitstring measurements from the Aquila platform, revealing that while readout mitigation is effective, residual errors in probability estimation are primarily driven by imperfect state preparation rather than readout noise.

Avi Kaufman, Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Zane Ozzello, Blake Senseman, James Corona, Yannick Meurice2026-03-09⚛️ quant-ph

Interplay of Zeeman Splitting and Tunnel Coupling in Coherent Spin Qubit Shuttling

This paper demonstrates high-fidelity (99.8%) bucket-brigade spin shuttling in a silicon MOS device and reveals that residual errors are highly sensitive to the ratio between interdot tunnel coupling and Zeeman splitting, a relationship validated by a four-level Hamiltonian model to guide future quantum architecture optimization.

Ssu-Chih Lin, Paul Steinacker, MengKe Feng, Ajit Dash, Santiago Serrano, Wee Han Lim, Kohei M. Itoh, Fay E. Hudson, Tuomo Tanttu, Andre Saraiva, Arne Laucht, Andrew S. Dzurak, Hsi-Sheng Goan, Chih Hwan Yang2026-03-09⚛️ quant-ph

Theoretical Study of the Squeezed-Light-Enhanced Sensitivity to Gravity-Induced Entanglement via Finite-Time Analysis

This theoretical study demonstrates that employing squeezed input light in optomechanical systems significantly reduces optical noise and shortens the required measurement time for detecting gravity-induced entanglement from approximately $10^{6.8}secondsto seconds to 10^6$ seconds, thereby enhancing its detectability.

Kosei Hatakeyama, Daisuke Miki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto2026-03-09⚛️ quant-ph

Quantum sensing of a quantum field

This paper demonstrates that while estimating a classical field amplitude yields a quantum Fisher information (QFI) growing quadratically with time, estimating the amplitude of a fully quantized coherent field is fundamentally limited by the non-orthogonality of coherent states and atom-field back-action (interpreted as spontaneous emission in the continuous limit), resulting in a bounded or linearly scaling QFI rather than unbounded growth.

Ricard Ravell Rodríguez, Martí Perarnau-Llobet, Pavel Sekatski2026-03-09⚛️ quant-ph

Performance Comparison of Gate-Based and Adiabatic Quantum Computing for AC Power Flow Problem

This paper presents the first direct comparison between gate-based quantum computing (using QAOA) and adiabatic quantum computing (via Ising models) for solving AC power flow problems, demonstrating through numerical experiments on a 4-bus system how these paradigms and quantum-inspired solvers trade off accuracy, scalability, and practical viability for future electricity grid optimization.

Zeynab Kaseb, Matthias Moller, Peter Palensky, Pedro P. Vergara2026-03-09⚛️ quant-ph

Density of reflection resonances in one-dimensional disordered Schrödinger operators

This paper develops an analytic approach linking the density of complex resonance poles to the distribution of reflection coefficients at complex energies, yielding explicit formulas for the crossover from narrow to broad resonances in both semi-infinite and short one-dimensional disordered samples, and validating these results against numerical simulations of the Anderson tight-binding model.

Yan V. Fyodorov, Jan Meibohm2026-03-09⚛️ quant-ph