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Conditions for optimal construction of two-qubit non-local gates

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

Optimal implementation of quantum gates is crucial for designing a quantum computer. The necessary condition for optimal construction of a two-qubit unitary operation is obtained. It can be proved that the B gate is the unique gate that can construct a two-qubit universal circuit with only two applications, i.e. this condition is also sufficient in the case of two applications of the elementary two-qubit gate. It is also shown that one half of perfect entanglers can not simulate an arbitrary two-qubit gate with only 3 applications.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0411058,
  title  = {Conditions for optimal construction of two-qubit non-local gates},
  author = {Yong-Sheng Zhang and Ming-Yong Ye and Guang-Can Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0411058},
  year   = {2009}
}

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