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Unconventional Quantum Computing Devices

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

This paper investigates a variety of unconventional quantum computation devices, including fermionic quantum computers and computers that exploit nonlinear quantum mechanics. It is shown that unconventional quantum computing devices can in principle compute some quantities more rapidly than `conventional' quantum computers.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0003151,
  title  = {Unconventional Quantum Computing Devices},
  author = {Seth Lloyd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0003151},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

9 pages, plain TeX, article from 1998 conference proceedings proposing fermionic quantum computers