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A geometrical approach to quantum computation is presented, where a non-abelian connection is introduced in order to rewrite the evolution operator of an energy degenerate system as a holonomic unitary. For a simple geometrical model we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jiannis Pachos

An algorithm is proposed to convert arbitrary unitary matrix to a sequence of $X$ gates and fully controlled $R_y, R_z$ and $R_1$ gates. This algorithm is used to generate Q# implementation for arbitrary unitary matrix. Some optimizations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-15 Dmytro Fedoriaka

Unitary decomposition is a widely used method to map quantum algorithms to an arbitrary set of quantum gates. Efficient implementation of this decomposition allows for translation of bigger unitary gates into elementary quantum operations,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-14 A. M. Krol , A. Sarkar , I. Ashraf , Z. Al-Ars , K. Bertels

Recent research has demonstrated that quantum computers can solve certain types of problems substantially faster than the known classical algorithms. These problems include factoring integers and certain physics simulations. Practical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Emanuel Knill , Raymond Laflamme , Wojciech H. Zurek

While there is a general consensus about the structure of one qubit operations in topological quantum computer, two qubits are as usual a more difficult and complex story of different attempts with varying approaches, problems and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-15 Sergey Mironov , Andrey Morozov

Modular tensor categories are generalizations of the representation categories of quantum groups at roots of unity axiomatizing the properties necessary to produce 3-dimensional TQFTs. Although other constructions have since been found,…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Eric C. Rowell

Geometric and holonomic quantum computation utilizes intrinsic geometric properties of quantum-mechanical state spaces to realize quantum logic gates. Since both geometric phases and quantum holonomies are global quantities depending only…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-03 Jiang Zhang , Thi Ha Kyaw , Stefan Filipp , Leong-Chuan Kwek , Erik Sjöqvist , Dianmin Tong

In this work, we develop a novel mathematical framework for universal digital quantum computation using algebraic probability theory. We rigorously define quantum circuits as finite sequences of elementary quantum gates and establish their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Antonio Falcó , Daniela Falcó--Pomares , Hermann G. Matthies

In topological quantum computation, quantum information is stored in states which are intrinsically protected from decoherence, and quantum gates are carried out by dragging particle-like excitations (quasiparticles) around one another in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 N. E. Bonesteel , Layla Hormozi , Georgios Zikos , Steven H. Simon

The quantum circuit model is the most widely used model of quantum computation. It provides both a framework for formulating quantum algorithms and an architecture for the physical construction of quantum computers. However, several other…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-09-16 Stephen P. Jordan

By leveraging quantum-mechanical properties like superposition, entanglement, and interference, quantum computing (QC) offers promising solutions for problems that classical computing has not been able to solve efficiently, such as drug…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-14 Hyeok Kim , Mingyoung J. Jeng , Kaitlin N. Smith

Recently, it was realized that use of the properties of quantum mechanics might speed up certain computations dramatically. Interest in quantum computation has since been growing. One of the main difficulties of realizing quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 Peter W. Shor

I provide an introduction to quantum computers, describing how they might be realized using language accessible to a solid state physicist. A listing of the minimal requirements for creating a quantum computer is given. I also discuss…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 David P. DiVincenzo

Quantum computation with quantum data that can traverse closed timelike curves represents a new physical model of computation. We argue that a model of quantum computation in the presence of closed timelike curves can be formulated which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dave Bacon

This paper explores of the role of unitary braiding operators in quantum computing. We show that a single specific solution R (the Bell basis change matrix) of the Yang-Baxter Equation is a universal gate for quantum computing, in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Louis H. Kauffman , Samuel J. Lomonaco

Scalable quantum computation in realistic devices requires that precise control can be implemented efficiently in the presence of decoherence and operational errors. We propose a general constructive procedure for designing robust unitary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-04-21 Kaveh Khodjasteh , Lorenza Viola

We show that quantum theory allows for transformations of black boxes that cannot be realized by inserting the input black boxes within a circuit in a pre-defined causal order. The simplest example of such a transformation is the classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-29 G. Chiribella , G. M. D'Ariano , P. Perinotti , B. Valiron

The gate version of quantum computation exploits several quantum key resources as superposition and entanglement to reach an outstanding performance. In the way, this theory was constructed adopting certain supposed processes imitating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-13 Francisco Delgado

Quantum computing comes with the potential to push computational boundaries in various domains including, e.g., cryptography, simulation, optimization, and machine learning. Exploiting the principles of quantum mechanics, new algorithms can…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Julian Berberich , Robert L. Kosut , Thomas Schulte-Herbrüggen

An intense effort is being made today to build a quantum computer. Instead of presenting what has been achieved, I invoke here analogies from the history of science in an attempt to glimpse what the future might hold. Quantum computing is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-10-17 G. S. Paraoanu