arXiv:0809.3095 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Gate fidelity of arbitrary single-qubit gates constrained by conservation laws

Tokishiro Karasawa, Julio R. Gea-Banacloche, Masanao Ozawa

Published May 14, 2009• 26 citations

Abstract

Recent investigations show that conservation laws limit the accuracy of gate operations in quantum computing. The inevitable error under the angular momentum conservation law has been evaluated so far for the CNOT, Hadamard and NOT gates for spin-1/2 qubits, while the SWAP gate has no constraint. Here, we extend the above results to general single-qubit gates. We obtain an upper bound of the gate fidelity of arbitrary single-qubit gates implemented under arbitrary conservation laws, determined by the geometry of the conservation law and the gate operation on the Bloch sphere as well as the size of the ancilla.

DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/42/22/225303

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