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Physical Review A

Quantum-state anomaly detection for arbitrary errors using a machine-learning technique

Satoshi Hara, Takafumi Ono, Ryo Okamoto, Takashi Washio, Shigeki Takeuchi

Published Oct 28, 2016• 8 citations
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Abstract

The accurate detection of small deviations in given density matrice is important for quantum information processing, which is a difficult task because of the intrinsic fluctuation in density matrices reconstructed using a limited number of experiments. We previously proposed a method for decoherence error detection using a machine-learning technique [S. Hara, T. Ono, R. Okamoto, T. Washio, and S. Takeuchi, Phys. Rev. A 89, 022104 (2014)]. However, the previous method is not valid when the errors are just changes in phase. Here, we propose a method that is valid for arbitrary errors in density matrices. The performance of the proposed method is verified using both numerical simulation data and real experimental data.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.94.042341

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