07/07/2023
Kagawa University
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National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
A joint research group from Kagawa University (Assistant Professor Takashi Ono, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering and Design), ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app (Project Lecturer Wojciech Roga, Professor Masahiro Takeoka), and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT; Mikio Fujiwara, Director General; Shigehito Miki, Laboratory Head; Hirotaka Terai, Senior Researcher; Kentaro Wakui, principal investigator) has succeeded in a proof-of-principle experiment of a universal quantum classifier using a silicon photonic integrated circuit. The results of this research were published in *Physical Review Letters*, a leading journal of the American Physical Society, on July 6, 2023 (US Eastern Time).
Paper Title: Demonstration of a Bosonic Quantum Classifier with Data Reuploading
Authors: T. Ono, W. Roga, K. Wakui, M. Fujiwara, S. Miki, H. Terai, M. Takeoka
Key Points of This Research
Established a method for constructing a universal photonic quantum classifier using a technique called Data Reuploading.
Successfully demonstrated the principle of the photonic quantum classifier by implementing it on a silicon photonic integrated circuit and classifying two-dimensional data.
An important step in pioneering new applications for silicon photonic integrated quantum circuits.
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