The Impact of Architecture and Cost Function on Dissipative Quantum Neural Networks

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Hauptverfasser: Sutter, Tobias C., Popp, Christopher, Hiesmayr, Beatrix C.
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author Sutter, Tobias C.
Popp, Christopher
Hiesmayr, Beatrix C.
author_facet Sutter, Tobias C.
Popp, Christopher
Hiesmayr, Beatrix C.
contents Combining machine learning and quantum computation is a potential path towards powerful applications on quantum devices. Regarding this, quantum neural networks are a prominent approach. In this work, we present a novel architecture for dissipative quantum neural networks (DQNNs) in which each building block can implement any quantum channel, thus introducing a clear notion of universality suitable for the quantum framework. To this end, we reformulate DQNNs using isometries instead of conventionally used unitaries, thereby reducing the number of parameters in these models. We furthermore derive a versatile one-to-one parametrization of isometries, allowing for an efficient implementation of the proposed structure. Focusing on the impact of different cost functions on the optimization process, we numerically investigate the trainability of extended DQNNs. This unveils significant training differences among the cost functions considered. Our findings facilitate both the theoretical understanding and the experimental implementability of quantum neural networks.
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spellingShingle The Impact of Architecture and Cost Function on Dissipative Quantum Neural Networks
Sutter, Tobias C.
Popp, Christopher
Hiesmayr, Beatrix C.
Quantum Physics
Combining machine learning and quantum computation is a potential path towards powerful applications on quantum devices. Regarding this, quantum neural networks are a prominent approach. In this work, we present a novel architecture for dissipative quantum neural networks (DQNNs) in which each building block can implement any quantum channel, thus introducing a clear notion of universality suitable for the quantum framework. To this end, we reformulate DQNNs using isometries instead of conventionally used unitaries, thereby reducing the number of parameters in these models. We furthermore derive a versatile one-to-one parametrization of isometries, allowing for an efficient implementation of the proposed structure. Focusing on the impact of different cost functions on the optimization process, we numerically investigate the trainability of extended DQNNs. This unveils significant training differences among the cost functions considered. Our findings facilitate both the theoretical understanding and the experimental implementability of quantum neural networks.
title The Impact of Architecture and Cost Function on Dissipative Quantum Neural Networks
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09526