Experimental Quantum-enhanced Reinforcement Learning

Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC), pp. Tu3B.2

Abstract

In reinforcement learning, a key question for applications is how fast agents can learn. By introducing an agent capable of interacting classically as well as quantum-mechanically with its environment, we experimentally prove that a speed-up in the agent’s learning time is possible.

Authors 11

1. Valeria Saggio corresponding

   University of Vienna · Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology

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   University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), Vienna, Austria

2. Beate E. Asenbeck

   University of Vienna · Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology

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   University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), Vienna, Austria

3. Teodor Strömberg

   University of Vienna · Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology

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   University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), Vienna, Austria

4. Peter Schiansky

   University of Vienna · Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology

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   University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), Vienna, Austria

5. Vedran Dunjko Aachen

   Leiden University

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   LIACS, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

   LIACS—Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

6. Nicolai Friis

   Austrian Academy of Sciences

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   Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information - IQOQI Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

   Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

7. Nicholas C. Harris

   Lightmatter (United States)

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   Lightmatter, 60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

8. Dirk Englund

   Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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   Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

   Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA;

9. Sabine Wölk

   Universität Innsbruck · Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

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   Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Institut für Quantentechnologien, Ulm, Germany

   Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

   Institut für theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

10. Hans J. Briegel

    University of Konstanz · Universität Innsbruck

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    Fachbereich Philosophie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

    Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Institut für theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

11. Philip John Walther

    University of Vienna · Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology

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    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Photonic Quantum Computer, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), Vienna, Austria