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Quantum-inspired clustering with light
Miguel Varga1, Pablo Bermejo2, Ruben Pellicer-Guridi3,2
1Centro de Física de Materiales, UPV-EHU/CSIC, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, San Sebastián, E-20018, Spain. miguel.varga@ehu.eus.
Abstract:
This article introduces a novel approach to perform the simulation of a single qubit quantum-inspired algorithm using laser beams. Leveraging the polarization states of photonic qubits, and inspired by variational quantum eigensolvers, we develop a variational quantum-inspired algorithm implementing a clustering procedure following the approach proposed by some of us in SciRep 13, 13284 (2023). A key aspect of our research involves the utilization of non-orthogonal states within the photonic domain, harnessing the potential of polarization schemes to reproduce unitary circuits. By mapping these non-orthogonal states into polarization states, we achieve an efficient and versatile quantum information processing unit which serves as a clustering device for a diverse set of datasets.
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