arXiv:2507.21222quant-phcond-mat.dis-nn2025-07被引 2

在量子硬件上实现可调量子神经网络,提升图像分类性能。

Benchmarking a Tunable Quantum Neural Network on Trapped-Ion and Superconducting Hardware

  • 用可调参数控制经典与量子行为过渡,引入量子不确定性
  • 中等参数下分类准确率优于经典网络,尤其对边缘案例
  • 揭示量子噪声敏感性,为未来量子优势提供实验依据

我们在离子阱和IBM超导量子计算机上实现了量子神经网络的通用化版本,用于分类MNIST图像。网络前向传播依赖于根据前一层测量结果调整的量子比特旋转角度。网络通过模拟训练,推理则在量子硬件上实验完成。通过插值参数 $a$ 控制经典-量子对应关系,$a=0$ 时为经典极限;增大 $a$ 引入测量中的量子不确定性,中等 $a$ 值下显著提升网络性能。针对经典网络误判但量子网络正确识别的边缘图像,观察到输出明显偏离模拟结果,归因于物理噪声导致输出在分类能量景观的邻近极小值间波动。清晰图像则无此敏感性。通过在电路中插入额外单/双量子门对进一步验证了噪声影响。本工作为当前设备上构建更复杂量子神经网络提供了基础:虽源于经典机器学习,但扩展后可能超出经典模拟能力,或成为近期量子优势的可行路径。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We implement a quantum generalization of a neural network on trapped-ion and IBM superconducting quantum computers to classify MNIST images, a common benchmark in computer vision. The network feedforward involves qubit rotations whose angles depend on the results of measurements in the previous layer. The network is trained via simulation, but inference is performed experimentally on quantum hardware. The classical-to-quantum correspondence is controlled by an interpolation parameter, $a$, which is zero in the classical limit. Increasing $a$ introduces quantum uncertainty into the measurements, which is shown to improve network performance at moderate values of the interpolation parameter. We then focus on particular images that fail to be classified by a classical neural network but are detected correctly in the quantum network. For such borderline cases, we observe strong deviations from the simulated behavior. We attribute this to physical noise, which causes the output to fluctuate between nearby minima of the classification energy landscape. Such strong sensitivity to physical noise is absent for clear images. We further benchmark physical noise by inserting additional single-qubit and two-qubit gate pairs into the neural network circuits. Our work provides a springboard toward more complex quantum neural networks on current devices: while the approach is rooted in standard classical machine learning, scaling up such networks may prove classically non-simulable and could offer a route to near-term quantum advantage.

量子神经网络量子硬件噪声敏感性量子优势

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