A quantum Hopfield neural network model and image recognition

摘要

Quantum computing is a new mode that follows the laws of quantum mechanics. It performs computational tasks based on the control of quantum units. From the view of computable problems, quantum computers can only solve the problems that traditional computers can solve, but considering the efficiency of computation, due to the existence of quantum superposition, some known quantum algorithms are exponentially faster than traditional general-purpose computers. In this article, we combine quantum computing with a classical neural network to design a quantum Hopfield network. Each neuron is initialized to a specified state and evolved into a steady state. The output result is one of patterns in a training set. We also present an application of this protocol in image recognition. The simulation results show that this network works in the quantum environment and the output images are correct, therefore the feasibility of this protocol is verified.