Publications

Publications

Research articles and preprints

Links below point to the journal version when available and to an open preprint. See also Google Scholar, arXiv, and ORCID.

2026

01

Quantum annealers as programmable thermal machines

J. Pawłowski, T. Śmierzchalski, F. Jin, B. Gardas, S. Deffner, and Z. Mzaouali.

Preprint, 2026.

arXiv

02

Chirality routing non-polaritonic vacuum correlations in Landau polaritons

A. EL-Amrani, Z. Mzaouali, H. Sabri, H. Rabitz, A. El Fatimy, and D. Lee.

Preprint, 2026.

arXiv

03

Thermodynamic significance of QUBO encoding on quantum annealers

E. Doucet, Z. Mzaouali, R. Robertson, B. Gardas, S. Deffner, and K. Domino.

New Journal of Physics 28, 054512 (2026).

Journal arXiv

04

Quantum-inspired dynamical models on quantum and classical annealers

P. Hanussek, J. Pawłowski, Z. Mzaouali, and B. Gardas.

Physical Review Applied 25, 044055 (2026).

Journal arXiv Code

2025

05

EMU circulation planning for Silesian Railways: case study and a quantum approach

E. Kędziera, W. Gamon, M. Koniorczyk, Z. Mzaouali, A. Galadíková, and K. Domino.

Preprint, 2025.

arXiv

06

Simon’s period finding on a quantum annealer

R. Robertson, E. Doucet, Z. Mzaouali, K. Domino, B. Gardas, and S. Deffner.

2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) 1, 190 (2025).

Proceedings arXiv Press coverage

07

SpinGlassPEPS.jl: Tensor-network package for Ising-like optimization on quasi-two-dimensional graphs

T. Śmierzchalski, A. M. Dziubyna, K. Jałowiecki, Z. Mzaouali, Ł. Pawela, B. Gardas, and M. M. Rams.

SoftwareX 31, 102257 (2025).

Journal arXiv Code

2024

08

Navigating the phase diagram of quantum many-body systems in phase space

K. El Hawary, M. Azzouz, M. El Baz, S. Deffner, B. Gardas, and Z. Mzaouali.

Physical Review E 110, 014120 (2024).

Journal arXiv

09

Efficiency optimization in quantum computing: balancing thermodynamics and computational performance

T. Śmierzchalski, Z. Mzaouali, S. Deffner, and B. Gardas.

Scientific Reports 14, 4555 (2024).

Journal arXiv

2023

10

Long-distance entanglement and high-dimensional quantum teleportation in the Fermi–Hubbard model

S. Abaach, Z. Mzaouali, and M. El Baz.

Scientific Reports 13, 964 (2023).

Journal arXiv

2021

11

Work statistics and symmetry breaking in an excited-state quantum phase transition

Z. Mzaouali, R. Puebla, J. Goold, M. El Baz, and S. Campbell.

Physical Review E 103, 032145 (2021).

Journal arXiv

2019

12

Discrete and generalized phase-space techniques in critical quantum spin chains

Z. Mzaouali, S. Campbell, and M. El Baz.

Physics Letters A 383, 125932 (2019).

Journal arXiv

13

Long-range quantum coherence, quantum and classical correlations in the Heisenberg XX chain

Z. Mzaouali and M. El Baz.

Physica A 518, 119–130 (2019).

Journal arXiv