135 research outputs found
Quantum Image Processing and Its Application to Edge Detection: Theory and Experiment
Processing of digital images is continuously gaining in volume and relevance,
with concomitant demands on data storage, transmission and processing power.
Encoding the image information in quantum-mechanical systems instead of
classical ones and replacing classical with quantum information processing may
alleviate some of these challenges. By encoding and processing the image
information in quantum-mechanical systems, we here demonstrate the framework of
quantum image processing, where a pure quantum state encodes the image
information: we encode the pixel values in the probability amplitudes and the
pixel positions in the computational basis states. Our quantum image
representation reduces the required number of qubits compared to existing
implementations, and we present image processing algorithms that provide
exponential speed-up over their classical counterparts. For the commonly used
task of detecting the edge of an image, we propose and implement a quantum
algorithm that completes the task with only one single-qubit operation,
independent of the size of the image. This demonstrates the potential of
quantum image processing for highly efficient image and video processing in the
big data era.Comment: 13 pages, including 9 figures and 5 appendixe
A Compact Source for Quantum Image Processing with Four-wave Mixing in Rubidium-85
We have built a compact light source for bright squeezed twin-beams at
795\,nm based on four-wave-mixing in atomic Rb vapor. With a total
optical power of 400\,mW derived from a free running diode laser and a tapered
amplifier to pump the four-wave-mixing process, we achieve 2.1\,dB intensity
difference squeezing of the twin beams below the standard quantum limit,
without accounting for losses. Squeezed twin beams generated by the type of
source presented here could be used as reference for the precise calibration of
photodetectors. Transferring the quantum correlations from the light to atoms
in order to generate correlated atom beams is another interesting prospect. In
this work we investigate the dispersion that is generated by the employed
four-wave-mixing process with respect to bandwidth and dependence on probe
detuning. We are currently using this squeezed light source to test the
transfer of spatial information and quantum correlations through media of
anomalous dispersion.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Quantum Radio Astronomy: Data Encodings and Quantum Image Processing
We explore applications of quantum computing for radio interferometry and
astronomy using recent developments in quantum image processing. We evaluate
the suitability of different quantum image representations using a toy quantum
computing image reconstruction pipeline, and compare its performance to the
classical computing counterpart. For identifying and locating bright radio
sources, quantum computing can offer an exponential speedup over classical
algorithms, even when accounting for data encoding cost and repeated circuit
evaluations. We also propose a novel variational quantum computing algorithm
for self-calibration of interferometer visibilities, and discuss future
developments and research that would be necessary to make quantum computing for
radio astronomy a reality.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figure
Optical Phase-Space-Time-Frequency Tomography
We present a new approach for constructing optical phase-space-time-frequency
tomography (OPSTFT) of an optical wave field. This tomography can be measured
by using a novel four-window optical imaging system based on two local
oscillator fields balanced heterodyne detection. The OPSTFT is a Wigner
distribution function of two independent Fourier Transform pairs, i.e.,
phase-space and time-frequency. From its theoretical and experimental aspects,
it can provide information of position, momentum, time and frequency of a
spatial light field with precision beyond the uncertainty principle. We
simulate the OPSTFT for a light field obscured by a wire and a single-line
absorption filter. We believe that the four-window system can provide spatial
and temporal properties of a wave field for quantum image processing and
biophotonics.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figure
Quantum image classification using principal component analysis
We present a novel quantum algorithm for classification of images. The
algorithm is constructed using principal component analysis and von Neuman
quantum measurements. In order to apply the algorithm we present a new quantum
representation of grayscale images.Comment: 9 page
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