Examples
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Getting Started
Quickstart
Start with the essentials and build your first photonic quantum layer.
Your first QuantumLayers (Iris)
Three practical ways to build and train QuantumLayer models on Iris.
From simple to the CircuitBuilder
How to use MerLin's circuit builder to easily create custom quantum layers.
Build a hybrid model
Build a hybrid PyTorch model with classical layers around a quantum layer.
Core concepts
Data Encoding (Angle vs Amplitude)
Introduction to these two encoding strategies and their tradeoffs.
Measurement strategies
Exploration of the possible output types of the MerLin modules.
The computation spaces and the QuantumBridge
How to use MerLin's circuit builder to easily create custom quantum layers.
Running on hardware
A tutorial on how to run yor quantum layer on Quandela's photonic hardware.
Model families
Fidelity kernel classification
Introduction to these two encoding strategies and their tradeoffs.
Variational Quantum Models: Classification
Training a variational photonic circuit on a simple classification task.
Variational Quantum Models: Impact of the Photon Number
How to use MerLin's circuit builder to easily create custom quantum layers.
QORC basis
Introduction to the quantum optical reservoir computing and classical readout.