Quantum Gates and Circuits
Quantum Physics
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
A historical review is given of the emergence of the idea of the quantum logic gate from the theory of reversible Boolean gates. I highlight the quantum XOR or controlled NOT as the fundamental two-bit gate for quantum computation. This gate plays a central role in networks for quantum error correction.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9705009,
title = {Quantum Gates and Circuits},
author = {David P. DiVincenzo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9705009},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Latex, 18 pages, 12 figures. For the Proceedings of the ITP Conference on Quantum Coherence and Decoherence, December, 1996, Proc. R. Soc. London A