Quantum Computing

Quantum computers, which are expected to perform calculations using the laws of quantum mechanics in novel ways that are faster than classical machines, have been studied in basic research over decades. Now, first usable machines are available. The Digitisation Lab works on achieving industrial quantum advantage on gate-based quantum computers and quantum annealers.

Current efforts are aimed at closing the gap between basic research and industrial application by examining questions in their entire technical-scientific breadth. In addition, quantum machine learning, in particular reinforcement learning, and quantum computing for databases is among our core interest.

Offers

• Systematic identification and analysis of use cases based on simulators and NISQ machines
• Transfer between basic research and industrial application
• Development of hybrid quantum-classical computing methods
• Transfer of expertise and training
• Realisation of pilot projects
• Consultancy on quantum issues based on almost two decades of commercial and academic experience

Research Topics

Current

• Quantum Reinforcement Learning
• Tailored Quantum Computing & QPU-SW-Co-Design
• Production and Manucfacturing Optimisation using Quantum Techniques
• Quantum Accellerators for Databases
• Quantum Sofware Engineerung & Reproducibility

Past

• Quantum Programming Languages
• Quantum Informatipon Theory & Quantum Electrodynamics
• Quantum Randomness Generation & Distillation

Projects

• QLindA , Project Homepage
• TAQO-PAM, Project Homepage

Resources

• Trevisan Extractor Open Source-Software (GPLv2) auf Github verfügbar.
• TODO: libciumffa
• TODO: 1-2-3 reproducibility
• Replication Packages for Quantum publications

People

Lead

Research Assistants

Doctoral Students

Master Students

Bachelor Students

Theses

Open

Running

Finished

Central Publications

2024

It’s Quick to be Square: Fast Quadratisation for Quantum Toolchains

Lukas Schmidbauer, Elisabeth Lobe, Ina Schaefer, Wolfgang Mauerer2024.
PDF Reproduction Package 2411.19934 [BibTex]

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@misc{schmidbauer:24:fastQuadratisation,
 archiveprefix = {arXiv},
 author = {Schmidbauer, Lukas and Lobe, Elisabeth and Schaefer, Ina and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 eprint = {2411.19934},
 keywords = {Pseudo boolean function, Graphs, Performance, Algorithmic optimisation},
 language = {en},
 month = {12},
 primaryclass = {quant-ph},
 title = {It’s Quick to be Square: Fast Quadratisation for Quantum Toolchains},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.19934},
 year = {2024}
}

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Under Review
Out of the Loop: Structural Approximation of Optimisation Landscapes and non-Iterative Quantum Optimisation

Tom Krüger, Wolfgang Mauerer2024.
PDF Reproduction Package 2408.06493 [BibTex]

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@misc{krueger:24:ooloop,
 archiveprefix = {arXiv},
 author = {Tom Krüger and Wolfgang Mauerer},
 eprint = {2408.06493},
 month = {10},
 primaryclass = {quant-ph},
 title = {Out of the Loop: Structural Approximation of Optimisation 
Landscapes and non-Iterative Quantum Optimisation},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06493},
 year = {2024}
}

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To Appear IEEE Workshop
Approximating under the Influence of Quantum Noise and Compute Power

Simon Thelen, Hila Safi, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of WIHPQC@IEEE QCE2024.
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@inproceedings{thelen:24:noisy-qaoa,
 author = {Simon Thelen and Hila Safi and Wolfgang Mauerer},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of WIHPQC@IEEE QCE},
 entrysubtype = {Workshop},
 month = {09},
 title = {Approximating under the Influence of Quantum Noise and Compute Power},
 url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02287},
 userd = {IEEE QCE '24},
 year = {2024}
}

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To Appear GIQC Workshop
Towards View-based Development of Quantum Software

Joshua Ammermann, Wolfgang Mauerer, Ina SchaeferProceedings of the GI Quantum Computing Workshop2024.
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@inproceedings{ammermann:24:giqc,
 author = {Joshua Ammermann and Wolfgang Mauerer and Ina Schaefer},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the GI Quantum Computing Workshop},
 entrysubtype = {Workshop},
 month = {09},
 series = {GIQC '24},
 title = {Towards View-based Development of Quantum Software},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18363},
 userd = {GIQC '24},
 year = {2024}
}

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To Appear VLDB Workshop A*
Quantum Data Encoding Patterns and their Consequences

Martin Gogeißl, Hila Safi, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of the Workshop on Quantum Computing and Quantum-Inspired Technology for Data-Intensive Systems and Applications2024.
PDF 10.1145/3665225.3665446 Reproduction Package [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{gogeissl:24:qdsm,
 author = {Gogeißl, Martin and Safi, Hila and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the Workshop on Quantum Computing and Quantum-Inspired Technology for Data-Intensive Systems and Applications},
 doi = {10.1145/3665225.3665446},
 entrysubtype = {Workshop},
 month = {08},
 series = {QDSM '24},
 title = {Quantum Data Encoding Patterns and their Consequences},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3665225.3665446},
 userc = {CORE22:A*},
 userd = {VLDB '24},
 year = {2024}
}

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To Appear IEEE Conference
Polynomial Reduction Methods and their Impact on QAOA Circuits

Lukas Schmidbauer, Karen Wintersperger, Elisabeth Lobe, Wolfgang MauererIEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW)2024.
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@inproceedings{schmidbauer:24:reductions,
 author = {Schmidbauer, Lukas and Wintersperger, Karen and Lobe, Elisabeth and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW)},
 comdoi = {10.1109/QSW62656.2024.00018},
 compages = {31-42},
 comurl = {},
 comx-repro = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11402739},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 keywords = {noisy quantum computing, NISQ systems, quantum software engineering, HW-SW co design},
 language = {en},
 month = {07},
 title = {Polynomial Reduction Methods and their Impact on QAOA Circuits},
 userd = {IEEE QSW '24},
 year = {2024}
}

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To Appear SAMOS Conference
QCEDA: Using Quantum Computers for EDA

Matthias Jung, Sven O. Krumke, Christof Schroth, Elisabeth Lobe, Wolfgang MauererIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling and Simulation2024.
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@inproceedings{jung:24:JuKrSc,
 author = {Matthias Jung and Sven O. Krumke and Christof Schroth and Elisabeth Lobe and Wolfgang Mauerer},
 booktitle = {In Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling and Simulation},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 month = {7},
 title = {QCEDA: Using Quantum Computers for EDA},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12998},
 userd = {SAMOS XXIV},
 year = {2024}
}

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To Appear IEEE Conference
Hype or Heuristic? Quantum Reinforcement Learning for Join Order Optimisation

Maja Franz, Tobias Winker, Sven Groppe, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering2024.
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@inproceedings{franz:24:qce24,
 author = {Maja Franz and Tobias Winker and Sven Groppe and Wolfgang Mauerer},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 month = {5},
 title = {Hype or Heuristic? Quantum Reinforcement Learning for Join Order Optimisation},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.07770},
 userd = {IEEE QCE '24},
 year = {2024}
}

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Journal
Challenges for Quantum Software Engineering: An Industrial Use Case Perspective

Cecilia Carbonelli, Michael Felderer, Matthias Jung, Elisabeth Lobe, Malte Lochau, Sebastian Luber, Wolfgang Mauerer, Rudolf Ramler, Ina Schäfer, Christoph SchrothQuantum Software: Aspects of Theory and System DesignSpringer-Nature2024.
PDF 10.1007/978-3-031-64136-7_12 [BibTex]

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@incollection{carbonelli:24:CaFeJu,
 author = {Carbonelli, Cecilia and Felderer, Michael and Jung, Matthias and Lobe, Elisabeth and Lochau, Malte and Luber, Sebastian and Mauerer, Wolfgang and Ramler, Rudolf and Schäfer, Ina and Schroth, Christoph},
 booktitle = {Quantum Software: Aspects of Theory and System Design},
 doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-64136-7_12},
 editor = {Exman, Iaakov and Perez-Castillo, Ricardo and Piattini, Mario and Felderer, Michael},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 keywords = {quantum computing, software engineering, quantum software engineering, industrial use cases, software development},
 language = {en},
 month = {4},
 publisher = {Springer-Nature},
 title = {Challenges for Quantum Software Engineering: An Industrial Use Case Perspective},
 year = {2024}
}

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To Appear IEEE Conference
Guided-SPSA: Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation assisted by the Parameter Shift Rule

Maniraman Periyasamy, Axel Plinge, Christopher Mutschler, Daniel D. Scherer, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering2024.
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@inproceedings{periyasamy:24:qce24,
 author = {Maniraman Periyasamy and Axel Plinge and Christopher Mutschler and Daniel D. Scherer and Wolfgang Mauerer},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 month = {4},
 title = {Guided-SPSA: Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation assisted by the Parameter Shift Rule},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15751},
 userd = {IEEE QCE '24},
 year = {2024}
}

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Superoperators for Quantum Software Engineering

Wolfgang MauererQuantum Software: Aspects of Theory and System DesignSpringer-Nature2024.
PDF 10.1007/978-3-031-64136-7_3 [BibTex]

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@incollection{mauerer:24:Ma,
 author = {Wolfgang Mauerer},
 booktitle = {Quantum Software: Aspects of Theory and System Design},
 doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-64136-7_3},
 editor = {Exman, Iaakov and Perez-Castillo, Ricardo and Piattini, Mario and Felderer, Michael},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 keywords = {quantum computing, software engineering, quantum software engineering, software development},
 language = {en},
 month = {4},
 publisher = {Springer-Nature},
 title = {Superoperators for Quantum Software Engineering},
 year = {2024}
}

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CHEP Conference
Co-Design of Quantum Hardware and Algorithms in Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Maja Franz, Pía Zurita, Markus Diefenthaler, Wolfgang MauererEPJ Web of Conf.2952024.
PDF 10.1051/epjconf/202429512002 Reproduction Package [BibTex]

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@article{franz:23:chep,
 author = {Maja Franz and Pía Zurita and Markus Diefenthaler and Wolfgang Mauerer},
 doi = {10.1051/epjconf/202429512002},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 journal = {EPJ Web of Conf.},
 pages = {12002},
 title = {Co-Design of Quantum Hardware and Algorithms in Nuclear and High Energy Physics},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429512002},
 userd = {CHEP '23},
 volume = {295},
 year = {2024}
}

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SIGMOD A*
Reproducibility Report for ACM SIGMOD 2023 Paper: Ready to Leap (by Co-Design)? Join Order Optimisation . . .

Sebastian Schmidl, Yangshen Deng, Pingchuan Ma, Manuel Schönberger, Wolfgang Mauerer2024.
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@inproceedings{schmidl:24:repro,
 author = {Sebastian Schmidl and Yangshen Deng and Pingchuan Ma and Manuel Schönberger and Wolfgang Mauerer},
 title = {Reproducibility Report for ACM SIGMOD 2023 Paper: Ready to Leap (by Co-Design)? Join Order Optimisation . . . },
 userc = {CORE23:A*},
 userd = {SIGMOD '23},
 year = {2024}
}

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2023

VLDB Conference A*
Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealing for Join Ordering

Manuel Schönberger, Immanuel Trummer, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of the VLDB Endowment2023.
PDF 10.14778/3632093.3632112 Reproduction Package [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{schoenberger:23:pvldb,
 author = {Schönberger, Manuel and Trummer, Immanuel and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment},
 doi = {10.14778/3632093.3632112},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 language = {en},
 month = {11},
 number = {3},
 title = {Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealing for Join Ordering},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3632093.3632112},
 userc = {CORE23:A*},
 userd = {VLDB '24},
 volume = {17},
 year = {2023}
}

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IEEE Conference
Workshop Summary: Quantum Machine Learning

Volker Tresp, Steffen Udluff, Daniel Hein, Werner Hauptmann, Martin Leib, Christopher Mutschler, Daniel D. Scherer, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering2023.
PDF 10.1109/QCE57702.2023.10174 [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{Tresp:23:qml,
 author = {Volker Tresp and Steffen Udluff and Daniel Hein and Werner Hauptmann and Martin Leib and
Christopher Mutschler and Daniel D. Scherer and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering},
 doi = {10.1109/QCE57702.2023.10174},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 language = {en},
 month = {09},
 title = {Workshop Summary: Quantum Machine Learning},
 userd = {IEEE QCE '23},
 year = {2023}
}

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VLDB Workshop A*
Quantum Optimisation of General Join Trees

Manuel Schönberger, Immanuel Trummer, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of the International Workshop on Quantum Data Science and Management2023.
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@inproceedings{schoenberger:23:qdsm,
 author = {Schönberger, Manuel and Trummer, Immanuel and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Workshop on Quantum Data Science and Management},
 entrysubtype = {Workshop},
 month = {08},
 series = {QDSM '23},
 title = {Quantum Optimisation of General Join Trees},
 userc = {CORE22:A*},
 userd = {VLDB '23},
 year = {2023}
}

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Thesis
Uncovering Instabilities in Variational-Quantum Deep Q-Networks

Maja Franz2023.
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@mastersthesis{franz:23:master,
 author = {Franz, Maja},
 entrysubtype = {Thesis},
 month = {05},
 school = {OTH Regensburg},
 title = {Uncovering Instabilities in Variational-Quantum Deep Q-Networks},
 year = {2023}
}

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Challenges and Opportunities in Quantum Software Architecture

Tao Yue, Wolfgang Mauerer, Shaukat Ali, Davide TaibiSoftware Architecture: Research Roadmaps from the Community Springer Nature Switzerland2023.
PDF 10.1007/978-3-031-36847-9_1 [BibTex]

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@inbook{yue:2023:qswa,
 address = {Cham},
 author = {Yue, Tao and Mauerer, Wolfgang and Ali, Shaukat and Taibi, Davide},
 booktitle = {Software Architecture: Research Roadmaps from the Community },
 doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-36847-9_1},
 editor = {Pelliccione, Patrizio and Kazman, Rick and Weber, Ingo and Liu, Anna},
 isbn = {978-3-031-36847-9},
 pages = {1--23},
 publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
 title = {Challenges and Opportunities in Quantum Software Architecture},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36847-9_1},
 year = {2023}
}

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IEEE Conference
Effects of Imperfections on Quantum Algorithms: A Software Engineering Perspective

Felix Greiwe, Tom Krüger, Wolfgang Mauerer2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW)2023.
PDF 10.1109/QSW59989.2023.00014 Reproduction Package [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{greiwe:23:imperfections,
 author = {Greiwe, Felix and Krüger, Tom and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW)},
 doi = {10.1109/QSW59989.2023.00014},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 keywords = {noisy quantum computing, NISQ systems, quantum software engineering, HW-SW co design},
 language = {en},
 pages = {31-42},
 title = {Effects of Imperfections on Quantum Algorithms: A Software Engineering Perspective},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/QSW59989.2023.00014},
 userd = {IEEE QSW '23},
 year = {2023}
}

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IEEE Conference
Influence of HW-SW-Co-Design on Quantum Computing Scalability

Hila Safi, Karen Wintersperger, Wolfgang Mauerer2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW)2023.
PDF 10.1109/QSW59989.2023.00022 Reproduction Package [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{safi:23:codesign,
 author = {Safi, Hila and Wintersperger, Karen and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW)},
 doi = {10.1109/QSW59989.2023.00022},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 keywords = {quantum computing, software engineering, hardware-software co-design, quantum algorithm performance analysis, scalability of quantum applications},
 language = {en},
 pages = {104-115},
 title = {Influence of HW-SW-Co-Design on Quantum Computing Scalability},
 userd = {IEEE QSW '23},
 year = {2023}
}

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Workshop A*
Joint Proceedings of Workshops at the 49th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB 2023), Vancouver, Canada, August 28 - September 1, 2023

Rajesh Bordawekar, Cinzia Cappiello, Vasilis Efthymiou, Lisa Ehrlinger, Vijay Gadepally, Sainyam Galhotra, Sandra Geisler, Sven Groppe, Le Gruenwald, Alon Y. Halevy, Hazar Harmouch, Oktie Hassanzadeh, Ihab F. Ilyas, Ernesto Jiménez-Ruiz, Sanjay Krishnan, Tirthankar Lahiri, Guoliang Li, Jiaheng Lu, Wolfgang Mauerer, Umar Farooq Minhas, Felix Naumann, M. Tamer Özsu, El Kindi Rezig, Kavitha Srinivas, Michael Stonebraker, Satyanarayana R. Valluri, Maria-Esther Vidal, Haixun Wang, Jiannan Wang, Yingjun Wu, Xun Xue, Mohamed Zaït, Kai ZengCEUR-WS.org2023.
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@proceedings{Bordawekar:23:vldbw,
 editor = {Rajesh Bordawekar and
Cinzia Cappiello and
Vasilis Efthymiou and
Lisa Ehrlinger and
Vijay Gadepally and
Sainyam Galhotra and
Sandra Geisler and
Sven Groppe and
Le Gruenwald and
Alon Y. Halevy and
Hazar Harmouch and
Oktie Hassanzadeh and
Ihab F. Ilyas and
Ernesto Jiménez{-}Ruiz and
Sanjay Krishnan and
Tirthankar Lahiri and
Guoliang Li and
Jiaheng Lu and
Wolfgang Mauerer and
Umar Farooq Minhas and
Felix Naumann and
M. Tamer Özsu and
El Kindi Rezig and
Kavitha Srinivas and
Michael Stonebraker and
Satyanarayana R. Valluri and
Maria{-}Esther Vidal and
Haixun Wang and
Jiannan Wang and
Yingjun Wu and
Xun Xue and
Mohamed Zaït and
Kai Zeng},
 entrysubtype = {Workshop},
 publisher = {CEUR-WS.org},
 series = {{CEUR} Workshop Proceedings},
 title = {Joint Proceedings of Workshops at the 49th International Conference
on Very Large Data Bases {(VLDB} 2023), Vancouver, Canada, August
28 - September 1, 2023},
 url = {https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3462},
 userc = {CORE22:A*},
 volume = {3462},
 year = {2023}
}

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Journal
Neutral Atom Quantum Computing Hardware: Performance and End-User Perspective

Karen Wintersperger, Florian Dommert, Thomas Ehmer, Andrey Hoursanov, Johannes Klepsch, Wolfgang Mauerer, Georg Reuber, Strohm Thomas, Ming Yin, Sebastian LuberEPJ Quantum Technology10.12023.
PDF 10.1140/epjqt/s40507-023-00190-1 [BibTex]

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@article{wintersperger:23:neutralatom,
 author = {Wintersperger, Karen and Dommert, Florian and Ehmer, Thomas and Hoursanov, Andrey and Klepsch, Johannes and Mauerer, Wolfgang and Reuber, Georg and Thomas, Strohm and Yin, Ming and Luber, Sebastian},
 doi = {10.1140/epjqt/s40507-023-00190-1},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 isbn = {2196-0763},
 journal = {EPJ Quantum Technology},
 language = {en},
 number = {1},
 pages = {32},
 title = {Neutral Atom Quantum Computing Hardware: Performance and End-User Perspective},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-023-00190-1},
 volume = {10},
 year = {2023}
}

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Conference
Optimization Problems in Production and Planning: Approaches and Limitations in View of Possible Quantum Superiority

Maximilian Zwingel, Oguz Kedilioglu, Sebastian Reitelshöfer, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of the 8th MHI ColloquiumSpringer2023.
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@incollection{zwingel:23:production,
 _x-pdf = {2023/YuMaAl+23.pdf},
 author = {Maximilian Zwingel and Oguz Kedilioglu and Sebastian Reitelshöfer
and Wolfgang Mauerer},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th MHI Colloquium},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 language = {en},
 publisher = {Springer},
 title = {Optimization Problems in Production and Planning: Approaches and Limitations in
View of Possible Quantum Superiority},
 year = {2023}
}

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SIGMOD Tutorial A*
Quantum Machine Learning: Foundation, New Techniques, and Opportunities for Database Research

Tobias Winker, Sven Groppe, Valter Uotila, Zhengtong Yan, Jiaheng Lu, Maja Franz, Wolfgang MauererCompanion of the 2023 International Conference on Management of DataAssociation for Computing Machinery2023.
PDF 10.1145/3555041.3589404 [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{winker:23:sigmodtutorial,
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 author = {Winker, Tobias and Groppe, Sven and Uotila, Valter and Yan, Zhengtong and Lu,
Jiaheng and Franz, Maja and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 badge = {Tutorial},
 booktitle = {Companion of the 2023 International Conference on Management of Data},
 doi = {10.1145/3555041.3589404},
 isbn = {9781450395076},
 keywords = {databases, quantum machine learning, quantum computing},
 location = {Seattle, WA, USA},
 numpages = {8},
 pages = {45–52},
 publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
 series = {SIGMOD/PODS '23},
 title = {Quantum Machine Learning: Foundation, New Techniques, and Opportunities
for Database Research},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3555041.3589404},
 userc = {CORE23:A*},
 userd = {SIGMOD '23},
 year = {2023}
}

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ACM Conference A*
Ready to Leap (by Co-Design)? Join Order Optimisation on Quantum Hardware

Manuel Schönberger, Stefanie Scherzinger, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data2023.
PDF 10.1145/3588946 Reproduction Package [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{schoenberger:23:leap,
 author = {Schönberger, Manuel and Scherzinger, Stefanie and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data},
 doi = {10.1145/3588946},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 title = {Ready to Leap (by Co-Design)? Join Order Optimisation on Quantum Hardware},
 userc = {CORE23:A*},
 userd = {ACM SIGMOD '23},
 year = {2023}
}

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2022

QPU-System Co-Design for Quantum HPC Accelerators

Karen Wintersperger, Hila Safi, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of the 35th GI/ITG International Conference on the Architecture of Computing SystemsGesellschaft für Informatik2022.
PDF 10.1007/978-3-031-21867-5_7 Reproduction Package [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{wintersperger:22:codes,
 author = {Wintersperger, Karen and Safi, Hila and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 35th GI/ITG International Conference on the Architecture of Computing Systems},
 doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-21867-5_7},
 editor = {Schulz, Martin and Trinitis, Carsten and Papadopoulou, Nikela
and Pionteck, Thilo"},
 isbn = {978-3-031-21867-5},
 month = {8},
 pages = {100--114},
 publisher = {Gesellschaft für Informatik},
 title = {QPU-System Co-Design for Quantum HPC Accelerators},
 year = {2022}
}

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Journal 4.45
Uncovering Instabilities in Variational-Quantum Deep Q-Networks

Maja Franz, Lucas Wolf, Maniraman Periyasamy, Ch. Ufrecht, D. Scherer, A. Plinge, Ch. Mutschler, Wolfgang MauererJournal of The Franklin InstituteElsevier (Open Access)2022.
PDF 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2022.08.021 Reproduction Package [BibTex]

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@article{franz:22:qrl,
 author = {Franz, Maja and Wolf, Lucas and Periyasamy, Maniraman and Ufrecht, Ch. and Scherer, D. and Plinge, A. and Mutschler, Ch. and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 doi = {10.1016/j.jfranklin.2022.08.021},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 journal = {Journal of The Franklin Institute},
 month = {8},
 publisher = {Elsevier (Open Access)},
 title = {Uncovering Instabilities in Variational-Quantum Deep Q-Networks},
 userc = {IF:4.45},
 year = {2022}
}

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SIGMOD A* 2nd Place
Applicability of Quantum Computing on Database Query Optimization

Manuel SchönbergerProceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Management of DataAssociation for Computing Machinery20222nd Place.
PDF 10.1145/3514221.3520257 [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{schoenberger:22:sigmodsrc,
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 author = {Schönberger, Manuel},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Management of Data},
 doi = {10.1145/3514221.3520257},
 isbn = {9781450392495},
 keywords = {quantum computing, quantum computation, multiple query optimization,
join order optimization, query optimization},
 location = {Philadelphia, PA, USA},
 month = {6},
 numpages = {3},
 pages = {2512–2514},
 publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
 series = {SIGMOD '22},
 title = {Applicability of Quantum Computing on Database Query Optimization},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3514221.3520257},
 userc = {CORE21:A*},
 userd = {SIGMOD '22},
 year = {2022}
}

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SANER Workshop A
1-2-3 Reproducibility for Quantum Software Experiments

Wolfgang Mauerer, Stefanie ScherzingerIEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)2022.
PDF 10.1109/SANER53432.2022.00148 [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{mauerer:22:q-saner,
 author = {Mauerer, Wolfgang and Scherzinger, Stefanie},
 booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)},
 doi = {10.1109/SANER53432.2022.00148},
 entrysubtype = {Workshop},
 number = {},
 pages = {1247-1248},
 title = {1-2-3 Reproducibility for Quantum Software Experiments},
 userc = {CORE22:A},
 userd = {SANER '22},
 volume = {},
 year = {2022}
}

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ICSA Workshop A
Peel | Pile? Cross-Framework Portability of Quantum Software

Manuel Schönberger, Maja Franz, Stefanie Scherzinger, Wolfgang Mauerer2022 IEEE 19th International Conference on Software Architecture Companion (ICSA-C)2022.
PDF 10.1109/ICSA-C54293.2022.00039 Reproduction Package [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{schoenberger:22:icsa,
 author = {Schönberger, Manuel and Franz, Maja and Scherzinger, Stefanie and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {2022 IEEE 19th International Conference on Software Architecture Companion (ICSA-C)},
 doi = {10.1109/ICSA-C54293.2022.00039},
 entrysubtype = {Workshop},
 pages = {164-169},
 title = {Peel | Pile? Cross-Framework Portability of Quantum Software},
 url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9779833},
 userc = {CORE22:A},
 userd = {ICSA '22},
 year = {2022}
}

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2021

Journal 4.45
Industry Quantum Computing Applications

Andreas Bayerstadler, Guillaume Becquin, Julia Binder, Thierry Botter, Hans Ehm, Thomas Ehmer, Marvin Erdmann, Norbert Gaus, Philipp Harbach, Maximilian Hess, Johannes Klepsch, Martin Leib, Sebastian Luber, Andre Luckow, Maximilian Mansky, Wolfgang Mauerer, Florian Neukart, Christoph Niedermeier, Lilly Palackal, Ruben Pfeiffer, Carsten Polenz, Johanna Sepulveda, Tammo Sievers, Brian Standen, Michael Streif, Thomas Strohm, Clemens Utschig-Utschig, Daniel Volz, Horst Weiss, Fabian Winter{EPJ} Quantum Technology8.1Springer Science and Business Media LLC2021.
PDF 10.1140/epjqt/s40507-021-00114-x [BibTex]

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@article{bayerstadler:21:,
 author = {Andreas Bayerstadler and Guillaume Becquin and Julia Binder and Thierry Botter and Hans Ehm and Thomas Ehmer and Marvin Erdmann and Norbert Gaus and Philipp Harbach and Maximilian Hess and Johannes Klepsch and Martin Leib and Sebastian Luber and Andre Luckow and Maximilian Mansky and Wolfgang Mauerer and Florian Neukart and Christoph Niedermeier and Lilly Palackal and Ruben Pfeiffer and Carsten Polenz and Johanna Sepulveda and Tammo Sievers and Brian Standen and Michael Streif and Thomas Strohm and Clemens Utschig-Utschig and Daniel Volz and Horst Weiss and Fabian Winter},
 doi = {10.1140/epjqt/s40507-021-00114-x},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 journal = {{EPJ} Quantum Technology},
 month = {11},
 number = {1},
 publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}},
 title = {Industry Quantum Computing Applications},
 url = {https://epjquantumtechnology.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-021-00114-x.pdf},
 userc = {IF:4.45},
 volume = {8},
 year = {2021}
}

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2020

Workshop A*
APEQS 2020: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSOFT International Workshop on Architectures and Paradigms for Engineering Quantum Software

Wolfgang Mauerer, Sebastian Feld, Claudia Linnhoff-PopienAssociation for Computing Machinery2020.
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@proceedings{mauerer:2020,
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 editor = {Wolfgang Mauerer and Sebastian Feld and Claudia Linnhoff-Popien},
 entrysubtype = {Workshop},
 isbn = {9781450381000},
 location = {Virtual, USA},
 publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
 title = {APEQS 2020: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSOFT International Workshop on
Architectures and Paradigms for Engineering Quantum Software},
 userc = {CORE22:A*},
 year = {2020}
}

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CF A Best Video
Approximate Approximation on a Quantum Annealer

Irmi Sax, Sebastian Feld, Sebastian Zielinski, Thomas Gabor, Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of the 17th ACM International Conference on Computing FrontiersAssociation for Computing Machinery2020Best Video.
PDF 10.1145/3387902.3392635 Reproduction Package [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{sax:20:approximate,
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 author = {Sax, Irmi and Feld, Sebastian and Zielinski, Sebastian and
Gabor, Thomas and Linnhoff-Popien, Claudia and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 17th ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers},
 doi = {10.1145/3387902.3392635},
 isbn = {9781450379564},
 numpages = {10},
 pages = {108–117},
 publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
 title = {Approximate Approximation on a Quantum Annealer},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.09267},
 userc = {CORE21:A},
 userd = {CF '20},
 year = {2020}
}

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ICSE A*
Quantum Annealing-Based Software Components: An Experimental Case Study with SAT Solving

Tom Krüger, Wolfgang MauererProceedings of the IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering WorkshopsAssociation for Computing Machinery2020.
PDF 10.1145/3387940.3391472 [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{krueger:20:icse,
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 author = {Krüger, Tom and Mauerer, Wolfgang},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops},
 doi = {10.1145/3387940.3391472},
 isbn = {9781450379632},
 location = {Seoul, Republic of Korea},
 numpages = {6},
 pages = {445–450},
 publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
 series = {ICSEW'20},
 title = {Quantum Annealing-Based Software Components: An Experimental Case Study with {SAT} Solving},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3387940.3391472},
 userc = {CORE20:A*},
 userd = {ICSE '20},
 year = {2020}
}

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ISAAI Symposium
Towards Understanding Approximation Complexity on a Qantum Annealer

I. Sax, S. Feld, S. Zielinski, T. Gabor, C. Linhoff-Popien, Wolfgang MauererProc. 1st International Symposium on Applied Artificial Intelligence2020.
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@article{sax:2020:isaai,
 author = {I. Sax and S. Feld and S. Zielinski and T. Gabor and C. Linhoff-Popien and Wolfgang Mauerer},
 entrysubtype = {Symposium},
 journal = {Proc. 1st International Symposium on Applied Artificial Intelligence},
 title = {Towards Understanding Approximation Complexity on a Qantum Annealer},
 url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3387902.3392635},
 userd = {ISAAI '20},
 year = {2020}
}

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2019

ICT Converence
A Hybrid Solution Method for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem Using a Quantum Annealer

Sebastian Feld, Christoph Roch, Thomas Gabor, Christian Seidel, Florian Neukart, Isabella Galter, Wolfgang Mauerer, Claudia Linnhoff-PopienFrontiers in {ICT}6Frontiers Media SA2019.
PDF 10.3389/fict.2019.00013 [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{feld:18:ict,
 author = {Sebastian Feld and Christoph Roch and Thomas Gabor and Christian Seidel and Florian Neukart and Isabella Galter and Wolfgang Mauerer and Claudia Linnhoff-Popien},
 doi = {10.3389/fict.2019.00013},
 editor = {Marcelo Silva Sarandy},
 entrysubtype = {Converence},
 journal = {Frontiers in {ICT}},
 keywords = {capacitated vehicle routing problem, CVRP, quantum annealing, hybrid solution method, clustering, routing},
 month = {6},
 publisher = {Frontiers Media {SA}},
 title = {A Hybrid Solution Method for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem Using a Quantum Annealer},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.07403},
 userd = {ICT '18},
 volume = {6},
 year = {2019}
}

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QTOP Workshop
Assessing Solution Quality of 3SAT on a Quantum Annealing Platform

T. Gabor, S. Zielinski, S. Feld, Ch. Roch, Ch. Seidel, F. Neukart, I. Galter, Wolfgang Mauerer, C. Linnhoff-PopienProc. Int. Workshop on Quantum Technology and Optimization Problems (QTOP)2019.
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@article{gabor:19:qtop,
 author = {T. Gabor and S. Zielinski and S. Feld and Ch. Roch and Ch. Seidel and F. Neukart and I. Galter and Wolfgang Mauerer and C. Linnhoff-Popien},
 entrysubtype = {Workshop},
 journal = {Proc. Int. Workshop on Quantum Technology and Optimization Problems (QTOP)},
 title = {Assessing Solution Quality of 3SAT on a Quantum Annealing Platform},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.04703},
 userd = {QTOP '19},
 year = {2019}
}

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2013

Journal 3.73
Theory of quantum frequency conversion and type-II parametric down-conversion in the high-gain regime

Andreas Christ, Benjamin Brecht, Wolfgang Mauerer, Christine SilberhornNew Journal of Physics15.5IOP Publishing2013.
PDF 10.1088/1367-2630/15/5/053038 [BibTex]

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@article{Christ2013,
 author = {Andreas Christ and Benjamin Brecht and Wolfgang Mauerer and Christine Silberhorn},
 doi = {10.1088/1367-2630/15/5/053038},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 journal = {New Journal of Physics},
 month = {5},
 number = {5},
 pages = {053038},
 publisher = {{IOP} Publishing},
 title = {Theory of quantum frequency conversion and type-{II} parametric down-conversion in the high-gain regime},
 url = {https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/15/5/053038},
 userc = {IF:3.73},
 volume = {15},
 year = {2013}
}

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2012

CLEO Conference
A High-Speed Secure Quantum Random Number Generator Based on Vacuum States

Christian Gabriel, Christoffer Wittmann, Bastian Hacker, Wolfgang Mauerer, Elanor Huntington, Metin Sabuncu, Christoph Marquardt, Gerd LeuchsConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012OSA2012.
PDF 10.1364/cleo_at.2012.jw4a.103 [BibTex]

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@inproceedings{gabriel:12,
 author = {Christian Gabriel and Christoffer Wittmann and Bastian Hacker and Wolfgang Mauerer and Elanor Huntington and Metin Sabuncu and Christoph Marquardt and Gerd Leuchs},
 booktitle = {Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012},
 doi = {10.1364/cleo_at.2012.jw4a.103},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 publisher = {{OSA}},
 title = {A High-Speed Secure Quantum Random Number Generator Based on Vacuum States},
 url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6326615},
 userd = {CLEO '12},
 year = {2012}
}

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2010

Journal 20.03
A generator for unique quantum random numbers based on vacuum states

Christian Gabriel, Christoffer Wittmann, Denis Sych, Ruifang Dong, Wolfgang Mauerer, Ulrik L. Andersen, Christoph Marquardt, Gerd LeuchsNature Photonics4.10Springer Science and Business Media LLC2010.
10.1038/nphoton.2010.197 [BibTex]

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@article{gabriel:10,
 author = {Christian Gabriel and Christoffer Wittmann and Denis Sych and Ruifang Dong and Wolfgang Mauerer and Ulrik L. Andersen and Christoph Marquardt and Gerd Leuchs},
 doi = {10.1038/nphoton.2010.197},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 journal = {Nature Photonics},
 month = {8},
 number = {10},
 pages = {711--715},
 publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}},
 title = {A generator for unique quantum random numbers based on vacuum states},
 userc = {IF:20.03},
 volume = {4},
 year = {2010}
}

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2009

Journal 3.14
How colors influence numbers: Photon statistics of parametric down-conversion

Wolfgang Mauerer, Malte Avenhaus, Wolfram Helwig, Christine SilberhornPhysical Review A80.5American Physical Society (APS)2009.
PDF 10.1103/physreva.80.053815 [BibTex]

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@article{Mauerer2009,
 author = {Wolfgang Mauerer and Malte Avenhaus and Wolfram Helwig and Christine Silberhorn},
 doi = {10.1103/physreva.80.053815},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 journal = {Physical Review A},
 month = {11},
 number = {5},
 pages = {053815},
 publisher = {American Physical Society ({APS})},
 title = {How colors influence numbers: Photon statistics of parametric down-conversion},
 userc = {IF:3.14},
 volume = {80},
 year = {2009}
}

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Journal 4.23
Multimode states in decoy-based quantum-key-distribution protocols

Wolfram Helwig, Wolfgang Mauerer, Christine SilberhornPhysical Review A80.5American Physical Society (APS)2009.
PDF 10.1103/physreva.80.052326 [BibTex]

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@article{helwig:09,
 author = {Wolfram Helwig and Wolfgang Mauerer and Christine Silberhorn},
 doi = {10.1103/physreva.80.052326},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 journal = {Physical Review A},
 month = {10},
 number = {5},
 pages = {052326},
 publisher = {American Physical Society ({APS})},
 title = {Multimode states in decoy-based quantum-key-distribution protocols},
 userc = {IF:4.23},
 volume = {80},
 year = {2009}
}

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2008

Journal 9.16
Photon Number Statistics of Multimode Parametric Down-Conversion

M. Avenhaus, H. B. Coldenstrodt-Ronge, K. Laiho, W. Mauerer, I. A. Walmsley, C. SilberhornPhysical Review Letters101.5American Physical Society (APS)2008.
PDF 10.1103/physrevlett.101.053601 [BibTex]

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@article{Avenhaus2008,
 author = {M. Avenhaus and H. B. Coldenstrodt-Ronge and K. Laiho and W. Mauerer and I. A. Walmsley and C. Silberhorn},
 doi = {10.1103/physrevlett.101.053601},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 journal = {Physical Review Letters},
 month = {8},
 number = {5},
 pages = {053601},
 publisher = {American Physical Society ({APS})},
 title = {Photon Number Statistics of Multimode Parametric Down-Conversion},
 url = {https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.053601},
 userc = {IF:9.16},
 volume = {101},
 year = {2008}
}

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Journal
Recent developments in quantum key distribution: Theory and practice

Wolfgang Mauerer, W. Helwig, Ch. SilberhornAnnalen der Physik17.2-3Wiley2008.
PDF 10.1002/andp.200710284 [BibTex]

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@article{Mauerer:08,
 author = {Wolfgang Mauerer and W. Helwig and Ch. Silberhorn},
 doi = {10.1002/andp.200710284},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 journal = {Annalen der Physik},
 month = {2},
 number = {2-3},
 pages = {158--175},
 publisher = {Wiley},
 title = {Recent developments in quantum key distribution: Theory and practice},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0517},
 volume = {17},
 year = {2008}
}

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2007

Journal 3.14
Quantum key distribution with passive decoy state selection

Wolfgang Mauerer, Christine SilberhornPhysical Review A75.5American Physical Society (APS)2007.
10.1103/physreva.75.050305 [BibTex]

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@article{Mauerer2007,
 author = {Wolfgang Mauerer and Christine Silberhorn},
 doi = {10.1103/physreva.75.050305},
 entrysubtype = {Journal},
 journal = {Physical Review A},
 month = {5},
 number = {5},
 pages = {050305},
 publisher = {American Physical Society ({APS})},
 title = {Quantum key distribution with passive decoy state selection},
 url = {https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.75.050305},
 userc = {IF:3.14},
 volume = {75},
 year = {2007}
}

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Conference
Quantum Key Distribution: Closing the Gap to Perfect Sources

Wolfgang Mauerer, Christine SilberhornProc. 7th International Conference on Quantum Communication2007.
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@article{mauerer:07:qcmc,
 author = {Wolfgang Mauerer and Christine Silberhorn},
 entrysubtype = {Conference},
 journal = {Proc. 7th International Conference on Quantum Communication},
 title = {Quantum Key Distribution: Closing the Gap to Perfect Sources},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/0705.0515.pdf},
 year = {2007}
}

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2005

Thesis
Semantics and Simulation of Communication in Quantum Programming

Wolfgang Mauerer2005Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Norbert Lütkenhaus (Physik), Prof. Dr. Dr. Volker Strehl (Informatik).
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@mastersthesis{mauerer:05,
 author = {Wolfgang Mauerer},
 entrysubtype = {Thesis},
 note = {Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Norbert Lütkenhaus (Physik), Prof. Dr. Dr. Volker Strehl (Informatik)},
 school = {Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)},
 title = {Semantics and Simulation of Communication in Quantum Programming},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511145},
 year = {2005}
}

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