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An iterative approach for amplitude amplification with nonorthogonal measurements

Quantum Physics 2012-08-07 v2 Data Structures and Algorithms Numerical Analysis

Abstract

Using three coupled harmonic oscillators, we present an amplitude-amplification method for factorization of an integer. We generalize the method in [arXiv:1007.4338] by employing non-orthogonal measurements on the harmonic oscillator. This method can increase the probability of obtaining the factors by repeatedly using the nonlinear interactions between the oscillators and non-orthogonal measurements. However, this approach requires an exponential amount of resources for implementation. Thus, this method cannot provide a speed-up over classical algorithms unless its limitations are resolved.

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@article{arxiv.1010.3995,
  title  = {An iterative approach for amplitude amplification with nonorthogonal measurements},
  author = {H. T. Ng and Franco Nori},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.3995},
  year   = {2012}
}

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21 pages, 5 figures; title changed, major revisions