arXiv:2110.06911

Unsupervised learning of correlated quantum dynamics on disordered lattices

Miri Kenig, Yoav Lahini

Published Oct 13, 2021• 0 citations

Abstract

Quantum particles co-propagating on disordered lattices develop complex non-classical correlations due to an interplay between quantum statistics, inter-particle interactions, and disorder. Here we present a deep learning algorithm based on Generative Adversarial Networks, capable of learning these correlations and identifying the physical control parameters in a completely unsupervised manner. After one-time training on a data set of unlabeled examples, the algorithm can generate, without further calculations, a much larger number of unseen yet physically correct new examples. Furthermore, the knowledge distilled in the algorithm's latent space identifies disorder as the relevant control parameter. This allows post-training tuning of the level of disorder in the generated samples to values the algorithm was not explicitly trained on. Finally, we show that a trained network can accelerate the learning of new, more complex problems. These results demonstrate the ability of neural networks to learn the rules of correlated quantum dynamics in an unsupervised manner and offer a route to their use in quantum simulations and computation.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2110.06911

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