Quantum Computation with Harmonic Oscillators
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v3
Abstract
By encoding a qudit in a harmonic oscillator and investigating the infinite limit, we give an entirely new realization of continuous-variable quantum computation. The generalized Pauli group is generated by number and phase operators for harmonic oscillators. We describe a physical realization in terms of modes in a microwave cavity, coupled via a standard Kerr nonlinearity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0011080,
title = {Quantum Computation with Harmonic Oscillators},
author = {Stephen D. Bartlett and Barry C. Sanders and Benjamin T. H. Varcoe and Hubert de Guise},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0011080},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, version as it appears in conference proceedings