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Published in: Quantum Information Processing 10/2023

01-10-2023

Quantum machine learning based on continuous variable single-photon states: an elementary foundation for quantum neural networks

Authors: Ebrahim Ghasemian, Abolhassan Razminia, Habib Rostami

Published in: Quantum Information Processing | Issue 10/2023

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Abstract

Photonic quantum computing is a leading approach toward universal quantum computation. Here, we propose a realistic model for the implementation of neural networks on photonic quantum computers. Specially, we design a quantum circuit built in the continuous-variable (CV) architecture that encodes information in the spectral amplitude functions of single-photons. This circuit consisting of some electro-optical modulators and XOR boxes that, respectively, adjust and combine their entries to provide a weighted sum of input signals. We show that our model can reproduce classical neural network models while maintaining some quantum phenomena such as superposition and entanglement. In particular, we utilize the circuit as a quantum classifier and validate the CV quantum neural network architecture through doing some machine learning modeling experiments. Such a quantum circuit can be implemented on the CV photonic quantum computers that promise exponential speed-up over the classical computers for specific tasks.

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Metadata
Title
Quantum machine learning based on continuous variable single-photon states: an elementary foundation for quantum neural networks
Authors
Ebrahim Ghasemian
Abolhassan Razminia
Habib Rostami
Publication date
01-10-2023
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Quantum Information Processing / Issue 10/2023
Print ISSN: 1570-0755
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1332
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-023-04137-4

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