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In this Letter, we present two analytic expressions that most generally simulate $n$-qubit controlled-$U$ gates with standard one-qubit gates and CNOT gates using exponential and polynomial complexity respectively. Explicit circuits and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-08-27 Yang Liu , Gui Lu Long , Yang Sun

While the question ``how many CNOT gates are needed to simulate an arbitrary two-qubit operator'' has been conclusively answered -- three are necessary and sufficient -- previous work on this topic assumes that one wants to simulate a given…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vivek V. Shende , Igor L. Markov

We present optimized quantum circuits for GF$(2^m)$ multiplication and division operations, which are essential computing primitives in various quantum algorithms. Our ancilla-free GF multiplication circuit has the gate count complexity of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Noureldin Yosri , Dmytro Gavinsky , Dmitri Maslov

We show that with the assistance of a third level of the qubits an n-qubit phase gate can be constructed from $2n-4$ two-qutrit conditional swap gates, a single qutrit-qubit controlled phase gate, and two single-qutrit operations. Unlike…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-20 Shi Biao Zheng

As the effort to scale up existing quantum hardware proceeds, it becomes necessary to schedule quantum gates in a way that minimizes the number of operations. There are three constraints that have to be satisfied: the order or dependency of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-28 Gian Giacomo Guerreschi , Jongsoo Park

NISQ devices have inherent limitations in terms of connectivity and hardware noise. The synthesis of CNOT circuits considers the physical constraints and transforms quantum algorithms into low-level quantum circuits that can execute on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-03 Xinyu Chen , Mingqiang Zhu , Xueyun Cheng , Zhijin Guan , Shiguang Feng , Pengcheng Zhu

We propose a method of compiling that permits to identify quantum circuits able to simulate arbitrary $n$-qubit unitary operations via the adjustment of angles in single-qubit gates therein. The method of compiling itself extends older…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-06 Rahul P. Singh , A. Mandilara

We present a scalable set of universal gates and multiply controlled gates in a qudit basis through a bijective mapping from N qubits to qudits with D = 2^N levels via rotations in U(2). For each of the universal gates (H, CNOT, and T), as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-16 Pamela Rambow , Mingzhen Tian

Efficiently implementing Clifford circuits is crucial for quantum error correction and quantum algorithms. Linear reversible circuits, equivalent to circuits composed of CNOT gates, have important applications in classical computing. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Mark Webster , Stergios Koutsioumpas , Dan E Browne

We propose how to realize a three-step controlled-phase gate of one qubit simultaneously controlling $n$ qubits in a cavity or coupled to a resonator. The $n$ two-qubit controlled-phase gates, forming this multiqubit phase gate, can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-09 Chui-Ping Yang , Yu-xi Liu , Franco Nori

The ability to implement the Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT) efficiently on a quantum computer facilitates the advantages offered by a variety of fundamental quantum algorithms, such as those for integer factoring, computing discrete…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-09 Yunseong Nam , Yuan Su , Dmitri Maslov

Quantum circuits composed of CNOT and $R_z$ are fundamental building blocks of many quantum algorithms, so optimizing the synthesis of such quantum circuits is crucial. We address this problem from a theoretical perspective by studying the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-15 Yixin Cao , Yiren Lu , Junhong Nie , Xiaoming Sun , Guojing Tian

Entangling gates between qubits are a crucial component for performing algorithms in quantum computers. However, any quantum algorithm must ultimately operate on error-protected logical qubits encoded in high-dimensional systems. Typically,…

In this note we present explicit canonical forms for all the elements in the two-qubit CNOT-Dihedral group, with minimal numbers of controlled-S (CS) and controlled-X (CX) gates, using the generating set of quantum gates [X, T, CX, CS]. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-10 Shelly Garion , Andrew W. Cross

CNOT gates are fundamental to quantum computing, as they facilitate entanglement, a crucial resource for quantum algorithms. Certain classes of quantum circuits are constructed exclusively from CNOT gates. Given their widespread use, it is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Riccardo Romanello , Daniele Lizzio Bosco , Jacopo Cossio , Dusan Sutulovic , Giuseppe Serra , Carla Piazza , Paolo Burelli

The use of a few intermediate qutrits for efficient decomposition of 3-qubit unitary gates has been proposed, to obtain an exponential reduction in the depth of the decomposed circuit. An intermediate qutrit implies that a qubit is operated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-13 Ritajit Majumdar , Amit Saha , Amlan Chakrabarti , Susmita Sur-Kolay

A crucial requirement for scalable quantum-information processing is the realization of multiple-qubit quantum gates. Universal multiple-qubit gates can be implemented by a set of universal single qubit gates and any one kind of two-qubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 Hai-Ou Li , Gang Cao , Guo-Dong Yu , Ming Xiao , Guang-Can Guo , Hong-Wen Jiang , Guo-Ping Guo

In the paper, we consider quantum circuits for Quantum fingerprinting (quantum hashing) and quantum Fourier transform (QFT) algorithms. Quantum fingerprinting (quantum hashing) is a well-known technique for comparing large objects using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Kamil Khadiev , Aliya Khadieva , Zeyu Chen , Junde Wu

Using error correcting codes and fault tolerant techniques, it is possible, at least in theory, to produce logical qubits with significantly lower error rates than the underlying physical qubits. Suppose, however, that the gates that act on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-06 M. B. Hastings

We present a formalism based on tracking the flow of parity quantum information to implement algorithms on devices with limited connectivity without qubit overhead, SWAP operations or shuttling. Instead, we leverage the fact that entangling…