arXiv:1612.05535 · Scientific Reports

Supervised Quantum Learning without Measurements

Unai Alvarez-Rodriguez, Lucas Lamata, Pablo Escandell-Montero, José D. Martín-Guerrero, Enrique Solano

Published Oct 16, 2017• 48 citations

Abstract

We propose a quantum machine learning algorithm for efficiently solving a class of problems encoded in quantum controlled unitary operations. The central physical mechanism of the protocol is the iteration of a quantum time-delayed equation that introduces feedback in the dynamics and eliminates the necessity of intermediate measurements. The performance of the quantum algorithm is analyzed by comparing the results obtained in numerical simulations with the outcome of classical machine learning methods for the same problem. The use of time-delayed equations enhances the toolbox of the field of quantum machine learning, which may enable unprecedented applications in quantum technologies.

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13378-0

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