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Max Festenstein
Researcher at Durham University
Publications - 3
Citations - 34
Max Festenstein is an academic researcher from Durham University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Quantum walk & Quantum dynamics. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 15 citations. Previous affiliations of Max Festenstein include Imperial College London.
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An energetic perspective on rapid quenches in quantum annealing
TL;DR: In this paper, the energy expectation value of different elements of the Hamiltonian was analyzed, and it was shown that monotonic quenches, where the strength of the problem Hamiltonian is consistently increased relative to fluctuation (driver) terms, will yield a better result on average than random guessing.
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Energetic Perspective on Rapid Quenches in Quantum Annealing
Adam Callison,Max Festenstein,Max Festenstein,Jie Chen,Laurentiu Nita,Viv Kendon,Nicholas Chancellor +6 more
TL;DR: It is found that a technique referred to as "pre-annealing" can significantly improve the performance of quantum walks and provide efficient heuristic estimates for Hamiltonian parameters, a key requirement for practical application of quantum annealing.
An Intuitive Visualisation Method for Arbitrary Qutrit (Three Level) States
TL;DR: In this paper , an octant visualisation method for qutrits bearing similarity to the Bloch sphere is presented, which encompasses all eight degrees of freedom necessary to fully describe a three level state whilst remaining intuitive to interpret.