Experimental quantum learning of a spectral decomposition

Currently available quantum hardware allows for small-scale implementations of quantum machine learning algorithms. Such experiments aid the search for applications of quantum computers by benchmarking the near-term feasibility of candidate algorithms. Here we demonstrate the quantum learning of a t...

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Main Authors: Michael R. Geller, Zoë Holmes, Patrick J. Coles, Andrew Sornborger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-08-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033200
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Summary:Currently available quantum hardware allows for small-scale implementations of quantum machine learning algorithms. Such experiments aid the search for applications of quantum computers by benchmarking the near-term feasibility of candidate algorithms. Here we demonstrate the quantum learning of a two-qubit unitary by a sequence of three parameterized quantum circuits containing a total of 21 variational parameters. Moreover, we variationally diagonalize the unitary to learn its spectral decomposition, i.e., its eigenvalues and eigenvectors. We illustrate how this can be used as a subroutine to compress the depth of dynamical quantum simulations. One can view our implementation as a demonstration of entanglement-enhanced machine learning, as only a single (entangled) training data pair is required to learn a 4×4 unitary matrix.
ISSN:2643-1564