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ArticleNature photonics2025

Experimental quantum-enhanced kernel-based machine learning on a photonic processor.

Zhenghao Yin, Iris Agresti, Giovanni de Felice, Douglas Brown, Alexis Toumi, Ciro Pentangelo, Simone Piacentini, Andrea Crespi, Francesco Ceccarelli, Roberto Osellame and 2 more

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12 authors.

Zhenghao YinUniversity of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8134-6139
Iris AgrestiUniversity of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-3803-425X
Giovanni de FeliceQuantinuum, Oxford, UK.
Douglas BrownQuantinuum, Oxford, UK.
Alexis ToumiQuantinuum, Oxford, UK.
Ciro PentangeloDipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Simone PiacentiniIstituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IFN-CNR), Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9271-2413
Andrea CrespiDipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5352-6581
Francesco CeccarelliIstituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IFN-CNR), Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9574-2899
Roberto OsellameIstituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IFN-CNR), Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4457-9902
Bob CoeckeQuantinuum, Oxford, UK.
Philip WaltherUniversity of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4964-817X

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Abstract

Recently, machine learning has had remarkable impact in scientific to everyday-life applications. However, complex tasks often require the consumption of unfeasible amounts of energy and computational power. Quantum computation may lower such requirements, although it is unclear whether enhancements are reachable with current technologies. Here we demonstrate a kernel method on a photonic integrated processor to perform a binary classification task. We show that our protocol outperforms state-of-the-art kernel methods such as gaussian and neural tangent kernels by exploiting quantum interference, and provides further improvements in accuracy by offering single-photon coherence. Our scheme does not require entangling gates and can modify the system dimension through additional modes and injected photons. This result gives access to more efficient algorithms and to formulating tasks where quantum effects improve standard methods.

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Quantum informationSingle photons and quantum effects

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