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Physical Review Research

Enhanced natural parameterized quantum circuit

Yuquan Chen, Yanjun Hou, Zeyuan Wang, Tianyun Wang, Ze Wu, Zhaokai Li, Xinhua Peng

Published Feb 27, 2025• 5 citations
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Abstract

The classical-quantum interface for loading classical data into quantum systems is an indispensable component of quantum information processing, and the parameterized quantum circuit (PQC) represents significant methodology in this area. However, a challenge in designing parameterized quantum circuits that can fully utilize limited qubit resources while accurately representing classical data remains. To address this issue, we propose the enhanced natural parameterized quantum circuit (ENPQC), which achieves the maximum parameter capacity of quantum systems and preserves the local structure of the original dataset. To make the encoding circuits more experiment friendly, we further provide two near-optimal circuits that achieve near-maximum capacity and are comparable in complexity to the existing PQCs. We numerically show that the ENPQC overwhelms other encoding methods for multiple datasets, demonstrating its potential for machine learning tasks. Furthermore, we experimentally validate our scheme by demonstrating a three-class classification task on an NMR platform, which achieves over 97 % accuracy. This work provides a powerful tool for the classical-quantum interface, paving the way for quantum big data processing during the noisy intermediate-scale quantum era.

DOI
10.1103/physrevresearch.7.013221

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Machine learning models achieve strong predictive performance by uncovering hidden patterns and structures within data. Quantum Machine Learning (QML) extends this capability by leveraging principles of quantum mechanics to address complex classification tasks. However, designing effective feature extraction strategies remains challenging. The choice of ansatz plays a central role in determining the expressive power and learning capability of quantum models. In this work, we propose a parameterized quantum circuit model incorporating adaptive transformations between neighboring qubits to enhance feature extraction and classification performance. The proposed approach is evaluated on seven benchmark datasets from the UCI repository: Iris, Banknote Authentication (BNA), Raisin, Wireless Indoor Localization (WIL), Wine, Penguin, and HTRU2. Its performance is compared against existing quantum classification models, including the Amplitude Embedding Model (AEM), Variational Quantum Circuit (VQC), and Quantum Multi-Class Classifier (QMCC), using identical numbers of layers and training epochs. Additionally, comparisons are made with well-established standard classical classifiers. Experimental results implemented on the PennyLane platform demonstrate that the proposed model achieves high test accuracies within only 10–15 training epochs, reaching 100% (Iris), 98.3% (BNA), 91.1% (Raisin), 97.0% (WIL), 99.2% (Penguin), 94.0% (Wine), and 95.4% (HTRU2). These findings indicate that the proposed ansatz effectively extracts meaningful features and performs competitively in both binary and multi-class classification tasks, highlighting its potential for practical quantum machine learning applications.