Quantum pattern retrieval by qubit networks with Hebb interactions

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Sep 29;97(13):130503. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.130503. Epub 2006 Sep 28.

Abstract

Qubit networks with long-range interactions inspired by the Hebb rule can be used as quantum associative memories. Starting from a uniform superposition, the unitary evolution generated by these interactions drives the network through a quantum phase transition at a critical computation time, after which ferromagnetic order guarantees that a measurement retrieves the stored pattern. The maximum memory capacity of these qubit networks is reached at a memory density alpha=p/n=1.