Ising selector machine by Kerr parametric oscillators
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| author | Tosca, Jacopo Ciuti, Cristiano Conti, Claudio Strinati, Marcello Calvanese |
| author_facet | Tosca, Jacopo Ciuti, Cristiano Conti, Claudio Strinati, Marcello Calvanese |
| contents | Ising machines are physical platforms designed to minimize the energy of classical Ising Hamiltonians, yet accessing specific excited states remains an open challenge of both fundamental and practical relevance. In this letter we show that a network of Kerr parametric oscillators (KPOs) naturally implements an Ising selector machine. By tuning the frequency detuning between the parametric pump and the oscillator resonances, the system can be steered to converge close to the ground state, the highest-energy configuration, or targeted intermediate excited states. Beyond mean field, numerical simulations based on the truncated Wigner approximation demonstrate that noise insertion preserves the energetic structure of the landscape. The targeted state emerges with an exponentially enhanced probability over the rest of the Ising spectrum. Our results establish the pump-cavity detuning as a control knob for navigating the full Ising energy landscape, opening a route to applications in Boltzmann sampling, hardness characterization, and spectral analysis of combinatorial problems. |
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| spellingShingle | Ising selector machine by Kerr parametric oscillators Tosca, Jacopo Ciuti, Cristiano Conti, Claudio Strinati, Marcello Calvanese Quantum Physics Computational Physics Optics Ising machines are physical platforms designed to minimize the energy of classical Ising Hamiltonians, yet accessing specific excited states remains an open challenge of both fundamental and practical relevance. In this letter we show that a network of Kerr parametric oscillators (KPOs) naturally implements an Ising selector machine. By tuning the frequency detuning between the parametric pump and the oscillator resonances, the system can be steered to converge close to the ground state, the highest-energy configuration, or targeted intermediate excited states. Beyond mean field, numerical simulations based on the truncated Wigner approximation demonstrate that noise insertion preserves the energetic structure of the landscape. The targeted state emerges with an exponentially enhanced probability over the rest of the Ising spectrum. Our results establish the pump-cavity detuning as a control knob for navigating the full Ising energy landscape, opening a route to applications in Boltzmann sampling, hardness characterization, and spectral analysis of combinatorial problems. |
| title | Ising selector machine by Kerr parametric oscillators |
| topic | Quantum Physics Computational Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.12718 |