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Chinese Physics B

A quantum search algorithm of two entangled registers to realize quantum discrete Fourier transform of signal processing

Chao-Yang Pang, Ben-Qiong Hu

Published Sep 1, 2008• 7 citations
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Abstract

The discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is the base of modern signal processing. 1-dimensional fast Fourier transform (ID FFT) and 2D FFT have time complexity O ( N log N ) and O ( N 2 log N ) respectively. Since 1965, there has been no more essential breakthrough for the design of fast DFT algorithm. DFT has two properties. One property is that DFT is energy conservation transform. The other property is that many DFT coefficients are close to zero. The basic idea of this paper is that the generalized Grover's iteration can perform the computation of DFT which acts on the entangled states to search the big DFT coefficients until these big coefficients contain nearly all energy. One-dimensional quantum DFT (ID QDFT) and two-dimensional quantum DFT (2D QDFT) are presented in this paper. The quantum algorithm for convolution estimation is also presented in this paper. Compared with FFT, ID and 2D QDFT have time complexity O(√ N ) and O ( N ) respectively. QDFT and quantum convolution demonstrate that quantum computation to process classical signal is possible.

DOI
10.1088/1674-1056/17/9/013

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The fast Fourier transform (FFT) is one of the most successful numerical algorithms of the 20th century and has found numerous applications in many branches of computational science and engineering. The FFT algorithm can be derived from a particular matrix decomposition of the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) matrix. In this paper, we show that the quantum Fourier transform (QFT) can be derived by further decomposing the diagonal factors of the FFT matrix decomposition into products of matrices with Kronecker product structure. We analyze the implication of this Kronecker product structure on the discrete Fourier transform of rank-1 tensors on a classical computer. We also explain why such a structure can take advantage of an important quantum computer feature that enables the QFT algorithm to attain an exponential speedup on a quantum computer over the FFT algorithm on a classical computer. Further, the connection between the matrix decomposition of the DFT matrix and a quantum circuit is made. We also discuss a natural extension of a radix-2 QFT decomposition to a radix-d QFT decomposition. No prior knowledge of quantum computing is required to understand what is presented in this paper. Yet, we believe this paper may help readers to gain some rudimentary understanding of the nature of quantum computing from a matrix computation point of view.
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Fourier Transform Evolution from DFT to FFT to QFT: the Journey of Cost Reduction from O(N2)O\left(N^{2}\right)O(N2) to O(Nlog⁡N)O(N \log N)O(NlogN) to O(log⁡2N)O\left(\log ^{2} N\right)O(log2N)
Paper provides description of methods for Discrete Fourier Transform computation from directO(N2)O\left(N^{2}\right)O(N2)approach to itsO(Nlog⁡N)O(N \log N)O(NlogN)evaluation with FFT, toO(log⁡2N)O\left(\log ^{2} N\right)O(log2N)complexity Quantum Fourier Transform algorithm. It can serve as an introduction for computational electromagnetics (CEM) engineers to quantum information processing using an example of a familiar algorithm. We also outline the key role of QFT in Quantum Phase Estimation method foundational to solution of matrix equations arising from Method of Moments (MoM) and Finite Element Method (FEM) on quantum computers.