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Zeno effect for quantum computation and control

Quantum Physics 2015-03-19 v2 Other Condensed Matter Mathematical Physics math.MP Chemical Physics

Abstract

It is well known that the quantum Zeno effect can protect specific quantum states from decoherence by using projective measurements. Here we combine the theory of weak measurements with stabilizer quantum error correction and detection codes. We derive rigorous performance bounds which demonstrate that the Zeno effect can be used to protect appropriately encoded arbitrary states to arbitrary accuracy, while at the same time allowing for universal quantum computation or quantum control.

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@article{arxiv.1104.5507,
  title  = {Zeno effect for quantum computation and control},
  author = {G. A. Paz-Silva and A. T. Rezakhani and J. M. Dominy and D. A. Lidar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.5507},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Significant modifications, including a new author. To appear in PRL

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