Patent 10496933 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on December, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Embodiments of the disclosed technology concern a method for implementing a π/8 phase gate in a quantum computing device. In certain embodiments, a quantum circuit is evolved from an initial state to a target state using a hybrid-measurement scheme. The hybrid-measurement scheme can comprise applying one or more measurements to the quantum circuit that project the quantum circuit toward the target state; and applying one or more adiabatic or non-adiabatic techniques that adiabatically evolve the quantum circuit toward the target state.