Iterative Projection-Based Embedding Scheme Combined with Variational Quantum Eigensolver

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.19715v1
• Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:14:24 GMT
• Title: Iterative Projection-Based Embedding Scheme Combined with Variational Quantum Eigensolver
• Abstract summary: We present an iterative projection-based embedding framework combined with VQE.<n>The proposed scheme alternates between the VQE-level treatment of the subsystem and a mean-field-level refinement of the environment.<n>We expect that its formulation will be particularly compatible with the emerging paradigm of quantum-classical hybrid computing.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Quantum embedding methods offer a promising route to extend quantum chemical calculations to large multiscale systems by treating a chemically important subsystem at a high level of theory while describing its surrounding environment at an affordable level. The methods are also quite relevant for quantum computing approaches based on hardware with limited resources. Here, we present an iterative projection-based embedding framework combined with VQE, in which the environment density is allowed to respond self-consistently to the refined electronic structure of the embedded subsystem described by VQE. Unlike conventional one-shot approaches where the environment remains frozen after the initial orbital optimization, the proposed iterative scheme alternates between the VQE-level treatment of the subsystem and a mean-field-level refinement of the environment until mutual self-consistency is achieved. The convergence behavior of the scheme is first examined using several small test systems. Its practical applicability is then demonstrated with a composite system with a CH2NH molecule sandwiched by two benzene rings, with the C=N dihedral angle rotating from 0 to 90 deg. The iterative procedure consistently converges within ~10 iteration steps across all tested geometries, yielding energies below the conventional one-shot embedding results. The converged results well reproduce the fully correlated reference energy employing the same active space, and the resulting potential energy surface with respect to the dihedral rotation is also in good agreement with the reference one. These results demonstrate that our iterative embedding framework is numerically robust and physically sound, yielding a self-consistent and reliable treatment of inter-subsystem correlation. We expect that its formulation will be particularly compatible with the emerging paradigm of quantum-classical hybrid computing.

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