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View SchemaQuantum Computing Using Single Photons and the Zeno Effect
| Authors | J. D. Franson, B. C. Jacobs, T. B. Pittman |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0408097 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0408097 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.062302 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 70, 062302 (2004). |
Abstract
We show that the quantum Zeno effect can be used to suppress the failure events that would otherwise occur in a linear optics approach to quantum computing. From a practical viewpoint, that would allow the implementation of deterministic logic gates without the need for ancilla photons or high-efficiency detectors. We also show that the photons can behave as if they were fermions instead of bosons in the presence of a strong Zeno effect, which leads to a new paradigm for quantum computation.
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