Optimizing Quantum Error Correction Codes with Reinforcement Learning
Quantum error correction is widely thought to be the key to fault-tolerant quantum computation. However, determining the most suited encoding for unknown error channels or specific laboratory setups is highly challenging. Here, we present a reinforcement learning framework for optimizing and fault-tolerantly adapting quantum error correction codes. We consider a reinforcement learning agent tasked with modifying a family of surface code quantum memories until a desired logical error rate is reached. Using efficient simulations with about 70 data qubits with arbitrary connectivity, we demonstrate that such a reinforcement learning agent can determine near-optimal solutions, in terms of the number of data qubits, for various error models of interest. Moreover, we show that agents trained on one setting are able to successfully transfer their experience to different settings. This ability for transfer learning showcases the inherent strengths of reinforcement learning and the applicability of our approach for optimization from off-line simulations to on-line laboratory settings.
Code (0)
등록된 구현이 없습니다.
Tasks
reinforcement-learningReinforcement LearningReinforcement Learning (RL)Transfer LearningSimilar Papers 제목 키워드 기반
Efficient and Universal Neural-Network Decoder for Stabilizer-Based Quantum Error Correction
Quantum error correction is crucial for large-scale quantum computing, but the absence of efficient decoders for new codes like quantum low-density parity-check (QLDPC) codes has hindered progress. Here we introduce a un…
DecoderGraph Neural NetworkLearning Encodings by Maximizing State Distinguishability: Variational Quantum Error Correction
Quantum error correction is crucial for protecting quantum information against decoherence. Traditional codes like the surface code require substantial overhead, making them impractical for near-term, early fault-toleran…
Discovering autonomous quantum error correction via deep reinforcement learning
Quantum error correction is essential for fault-tolerant quantum computing. However, standard methods relying on active measurements may introduce additional errors. Autonomous quantum error correction (AQEC) circumvents…
Reinforcement LearningDiscovering highly efficient low-weight quantum error-correcting codes with reinforcement learning
The realization of scalable fault-tolerant quantum computing is expected to hinge on quantum error-correcting codes. In the quest for more efficient quantum fault tolerance, a critical code parameter is the weight of mea…
Reinforcement Learning (RL)Learning to Concatenate Quantum Codes
Concatenating quantum error correction codes scales error correction capability by driving logical error rates down double-exponentially across levels. However, the noise structure shifts under concatenation, making it h…