arXiv:quant-ph/0102082

Efficient quantum computing insensitive to phase errors

Bertrand Georgeot, Dima L. Shepelyansky

Published Feb 16, 2001• 1 citation

Abstract

We show that certain computational algorithms can be simulated on a quantum computer with exponential efficiency and be insensitive to phase errors. Our explicit algorithm simulates accurately the classical chaotic dynamics for exponentially many orbits even when the quantum fidelity drops to zero. Such phase-insensitive algorithms open new possibilities for computation on realistic quantum computers.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0102082

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