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@TECHREPORT{Scherer:1009243,
author = {Scherer, Benedikt},
title = {{E}valuation of {L}ine {D}etection {M}ethods for the
{A}nalysis of {C}harge {S}tability {D}iagrams},
volume = {4441},
number = {4441},
address = {Jülich},
publisher = {Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-02705, 4441},
series = {Berichte des Forschungszentrums Jülich},
pages = {IX, 64},
year = {2023},
abstract = {The various approaches for the implementation of qubits are
objects of ongoing research. One approach uses the spin
states of electrons that are confined in double quantum
dots. For the calibration of such a qubit, charge stability
diagrams (CSDs) are measured and analyzed. They constitute
the changes in dependence on the voltages of two electrodes
and, thus, can be represented as grayscale images. The
voltages at which electrons tunnel in or out of the quantum
dots correspond to line structures in the CSD images.
Therefore, the automatic detection of lines in CSD images
plays an important role in the qubit calibration process.
Various line detection methods are explored in this thesis.
Since edge detection is a substep employed by several line
detectors, a selection of edge detection methods is explored
as well. Additionally, postprocessing methods for the
validation, grouping, and merging of lines and the
segmentation of infinite lines into finite line segments are
investigated. This thesis focuses on traditional approaches
as opposed to approaches based on machine learning. Two
methods are proposed for the automatic evaluation of the
detection results. Both methods function by comparing the
detections against a manually labeled ground truth data set.
The first method evaluates edge maps by comparing the
individual edge pixels with the pixels corresponding to the
ground truth lines. The second method benchmarks the
detected lines against the ground truth lines. Using these
evaluation methods, the free parameters of the edge
detectors, line detectors, and postprocessing methods are
optimized. The detection results of the methods are
evaluated and compared for four data setsof varying quality.
Additionally, the implications of the detection quality for
the analysis of CSDs are explained.},
cin = {ZEA-2},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)ZEA-2-20090406},
pnm = {5223 - Quantum-Computer Control Systems and Cryoelectronics
(POF4-522)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5223},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)3 / PUB:(DE-HGF)29},
doi = {10.34734/FZJ-2023-02705},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1009243},
}