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View SchemaQuantum Information Processing with Delocalized Qubits under Global Control
| Authors | Joseph Fitzsimons, Li Xiao, Simon C. Benjamin, Jonathan A. Jones |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0606188 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606188 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.030501 |
Abstract
Any technology for quantum information processing (QIP) must embody within it quantum bits (qubits) and maintain control of their key quantum properties of superposition and entanglement. Typical QIP schemes envisage an array of physical systems, such as electrons or nuclei, with each system representing a given qubit. For adequate control, systems must be distinguishable either by physical separation or unique frequencies, and their mutual interactions must be individually manipulable. These difficult requirements exclude many nanoscale technologies where systems are densely packed and continuously interacting. Here we demonstrate a new paradigm: restricting ourselves to global control pulses we permit systems to interact freely and continuously, with the consequence that qubits can become delocalized over the entire device. We realize this using NMR studies of three carbon-13 nuclei in alanine, demonstrating all the key aspects including a quantum mirror, one- and two-qubit gates, permutation of densely packed qubits and Deutsch algorithms.
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