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View SchemaNonunitary quantum circuit
| Authors | Hiroaki Terashima, Masahito Ueda |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0304061 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0304061 |
| DOI | 10.1142/S0219749905001456 |
| Journal | Int.J.Quantum Inform. 3 (2005) 633-647 |
Abstract
A quantum circuit is generalized to a nonunitary one whose constituents are nonunitary gates operated by quantum measurement. It is shown that a specific type of one-qubit nonunitary gates, the controlled-NOT gate, as well as all one-qubit unitary gates constitute a universal set of gates for the nonunitary quantum circuit, without the necessity of introducing ancilla qubits. A reversing measurement scheme is used to improve the probability of successful nonunitary gate operation. A quantum NAND gate and Abrams-Lloyd's nonlinear gate are analyzed as examples. Our nonunitary circuit can be used to reduce the qubit overhead needed to ensure fault-tolerant quantum computation.
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