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Grover's algorithm provides a quadratic speedup over classical algorithms for searching unstructured databases and is known to be strictly optimal in oracle query complexity, with tight bounds on its success probability. Although the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Yan-Bo Jiang , Xiao-Hui Wang , Kun Zhang , Vladimir Korepin

We present a continuous time quantum search algorithm analogous to Grover's. In particular, the optimal search time for this algorithm is proportional to $\sqrt{N}$, where $N$ is the database size. This search algorithm can be implemented…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Romanelli , A. Auyuanet , R. Donangelo

We solve the unstructured search problem in constant time by computing with a physically motivated nonlinearity of the Gross-Pitaevskii type. This speedup comes, however, at the novel expense of increasing the time-measurement precision.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-14 David A. Meyer , Thomas G. Wong

In this paper we give a quantum mechanical algorithm that can search a database by a single query, when the number of solutions is more than a quarter. It utilizes modified Grover operator of arbitrary phase.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dong Pyo Chi , Jinsoo Kim

A binary constant weight code is a type of error-correcting code with a wide range of applications. The problem of finding a binary constant weight code has long been studied as a combinatorial optimization problem in coding theory. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-10 Kein Yukiyoshi , Naoki Ishikawa

Grover's search algorithm is the cornerstone of many applications of quantum computing, providing a quadratic speed-up over classical methods. One limitation of the algorithm is that it requires knowledge of the number of solutions to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-18 Samuel Cogan , Jonathan Raghoonanan , Tim Byrnes

It is found that Grover's quantum search algorithm is not robust against phase inversion and Hadmard transformation inaccuracies. Imperfect phase inversions and Hadmard-Walsh transformations in Grover's quantum search algorithm lead to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gui Lu Long , Yan Song Li , Wei Lin Zhang , Chang Cun Tu

We present an information geometric characterization of Grover's quantum search algorithm. First, we quantify the notion of quantum distinguishability between parametric density operators by means of the Wigner-Yanase quantum information…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Carlo Cafaro , Stefano Mancini

Quantum computing has advanced rapidly in recent years and has shown advantages in a variety of domains. In this paper, we investigate its potential for discrete simulation optimization in the fixed-confidence setting, a fundamental problem…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-30 Mingjie Hu , Jian-qiang Hu , Enlu Zhou

Search is one of the most commonly used primitives in quantum algorithm design. It is known that quadratic speedups provided by Grover's algorithm are optimal, and no faster quantum algorithms for Search exist. While it is known that at…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-07 Ansis Rosmanis

We establish a lower bound concerning the computational complexity of Grover's algorithms on fractal networks. This bound provides general predictions for the quantum advantage gained for searching unstructured lists. It yields a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-07-19 Stefan Boettcher , Shanshan Li , Tharso D. Fernandes , Renato Portugal

Grover's algorithm relies on the superposition and interference of quantum mechanics, which is more efficient than classical computing in specific tasks such as searching an unsorted database. Due to the high complexity of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-07 H. Sun , Z. Shi , S. Chen , G. Wang , X. Li , Y. Guan , Q. Zhang , Z. Shao

Grover search algorithm drives a quantum system from an initial state to a desired final state by using selective phase inversions of these two states. In (1), we studied a generalization of Grover algorithm which relaxes the assumption of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Avatar Tulsi

The Grover search algorithm is one of the two key algorithms in the field of quantum computing, and hence it is of significant interest to describe it in the most efficient mathematical formalism. We show firstly, that Clifford's formalism…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-01-10 James M. Chappell , M. A. Lohe , Lorenz von Smekal , Azhar Iqbal , Derek Abbot

Generic quantum search algorithm searches for target entity in an unsorted database by repeatedly applying canonical Grover's quantum rotation transform to reach near the vicinity of the target entity. Thus, upon measurement, there is a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-03-15 Ashish Mani , C. Patvardhan

A simple circuit implementation of the oracle for Grover's quantum search of a real unstructured classical database is proposed. The oracle contains a kind of quantumly accessible classical memory, which stores the database.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-18 Bogusław Broda

It is suggested that the individual outcomes of a measurement process can be understood within standard quantum mechanics in terms of the measuring apparatus, treated as a quantum computer, executing Grover's search algorithm.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Manoj K. Samal , Partha Ghose

The main approach to hybrid quantum-classical neural networks (QNN) is employing quantum computing to build a neural network (NN) that has quantum features, which is then optimized classically. Here, we propose a different strategy: to use…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Stefan-Alexandru Jura , Mihai Udrescu

The essential operations of a quantum computer can be accomplished using solely optical elements, with different polarization or spatial modes representing the individual qubits. We present a simple all-optical implementation of Grover's…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 P. G. Kwiat , J. R. Mitchell , P. D. D. Schwindt , A. G. White

The rapid progress of computer science has been accompanied by a corresponding evolution of computation, from classical computation to quantum computation. As quantum computing is on its way to becoming an established discipline of…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2010-03-10 D. K. Ningtyas , A. B. Mutiara