Quantum devices are those that are based on the principles of quantum mechanics and perform tasks that are not feasible using classical methods. They are useful in many fields, including climate modeling, finance, and drug discovery. With the growth of machine learning, researchers have begun to use machine learning in quantum devices. However, the efficient scaling and combination of individual quantum devices needs to be discovered. The biggest problem is functional variability, which results from seemingly identical quantum devices behaving differently due to material flaws at the nanoscale. These imperfections lead to discrepancies between planned and actual results.
Consequently, a team of researchers at the University of Oxford has used machine learning to overcome this limitation. They studied how the flow of electrons in the quantum device influences the internal disorder. They then developed a physics-based machine learning model and used the way electrons flow through quantum devices to infer the characteristics of the internal disorder. This allowed them to formulate a model that could anticipate the behavior of quantum devices more accurately.
The researchers then tested the model on a quantum dot device. To do this, they applied different voltage settings to the model. They measured the output current and then used these measurements to compare with the theoretical current without any internal disorder. The model determined the most likely arrangement of internal disorder that can cause such differences.
The researchers emphasized that this model can be very useful as it can accurately predict current values for various voltage settings and provide information about the variability between quantum devices. This information is very useful for researchers to create strategies to compensate for material imperfections and create more accurate models for quantum devices.
The model is important to reduce the gap between theory and practice. One of the researchers on the team emphasized that this machine learning model can help bridge the gap between the idealized world of quantum mechanics and the realistic construction of quantum devices. However, although the model is very useful, it still has some imperfections. It has limitations in fully capturing the complexity of real-world quantum devices.
In conclusion, this model developed by the Oxford team is important to overcome one of the biggest challenges in quantum computing: functional variability caused by nanoscale imperfection. Additionally, this physics-based machine learning model has a powerful tool to account for variations. As researchers seek to make this system more efficient and address imperfections, the model may be significantly useful in the realm of quantum devices.
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Rachit Ranjan is a consulting intern at MarktechPost. He is currently pursuing his B.tech from the Indian Institute of technology (IIT), Patna. He is actively shaping his career in the field of artificial intelligence and data science and is passionate and dedicated to exploring these fields.
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