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View SchemaQuantum search without entanglement
| Authors | Seth Lloyd |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9903057 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9903057 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.010301 |
Abstract
Entanglement of quantum variables is usually thought to be a prerequisite for obtaining quantum speed-ups of information processing tasks such as searching databases. This paper presents methods for quantum search that give a speed-up over classical methods, but that do not require entanglement. These methods rely instead on interference to provide a speed-up. Search without entanglement comes at a cost: although they outperform analogous classical devices, the quantum devices that perform the search are not universal quantum computers and require exponentially greater overhead than a quantum computer that operates using entanglement. Quantum search without entanglement is compared to classical search using waves.
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