Variational Optimization for Quantum Problems using Deep Generative Networks

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Main Authors: Zhang, Lingxia, Lin, Xiaodie, Wang, Peidong, Yang, Kaiyan, Zeng, Xiao, Wei, Zhaohui, Wang, Zizhu
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Published: 2024
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author Zhang, Lingxia
Lin, Xiaodie
Wang, Peidong
Yang, Kaiyan
Zeng, Xiao
Wei, Zhaohui
Wang, Zizhu
author_facet Zhang, Lingxia
Lin, Xiaodie
Wang, Peidong
Yang, Kaiyan
Zeng, Xiao
Wei, Zhaohui
Wang, Zizhu
contents Optimization drives advances in quantum science and machine learning, yet most generative models aim to mimic data rather than to discover optimal answers to challenging problems. Here we present a variational generative optimization network that learns to map simple random inputs into high quality solutions across a variety of quantum tasks. We demonstrate that the network rapidly identifies entangled states exhibiting an optimal advantage in entanglement detection when allowing classical communication, attains the ground state energy of an eighteen spin model without encountering the barren plateau phenomenon that hampers standard hybrid algorithms, and-after a single training run-outputs multiple orthogonal ground states of degenerate quantum models. Because the method is model agnostic, parallelizable and runs on current classical hardware, it can accelerate future variational optimization problems in quantum information, quantum computing and beyond.
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spellingShingle Variational Optimization for Quantum Problems using Deep Generative Networks
Zhang, Lingxia
Lin, Xiaodie
Wang, Peidong
Yang, Kaiyan
Zeng, Xiao
Wei, Zhaohui
Wang, Zizhu
Quantum Physics
Machine Learning
Optimization and Control
Optimization drives advances in quantum science and machine learning, yet most generative models aim to mimic data rather than to discover optimal answers to challenging problems. Here we present a variational generative optimization network that learns to map simple random inputs into high quality solutions across a variety of quantum tasks. We demonstrate that the network rapidly identifies entangled states exhibiting an optimal advantage in entanglement detection when allowing classical communication, attains the ground state energy of an eighteen spin model without encountering the barren plateau phenomenon that hampers standard hybrid algorithms, and-after a single training run-outputs multiple orthogonal ground states of degenerate quantum models. Because the method is model agnostic, parallelizable and runs on current classical hardware, it can accelerate future variational optimization problems in quantum information, quantum computing and beyond.
title Variational Optimization for Quantum Problems using Deep Generative Networks
topic Quantum Physics
Machine Learning
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18041