07/07/2023
Kagawa University
Keio University
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), Keio University (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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