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arXiv:quant-ph/0208118 · Physical Review A

Universal quantum computation using exchange interactions and measurements of single- and two-spin observables

Lian-Ao Wu, Daniel A. Lidar

Published May 28, 2003• 13 citations
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Abstract

We show how to construct a universal set of quantum logic gates using control over exchange interactions and single- and two-spin measurements only. Single-spin unitary operations are teleported between neighboring spins instead of being executed directly, thus potentially eliminating a major difficulty in the construction of several of the most promising proposals for solid-state quantum computation, such as spin-coupled quantum dots, donor-atom nuclear spins in silicon, and electrons on helium. Contrary to previous proposals dealing with this difficulty, our scheme requires no encoding redundancy. We also discuss an application to superconducting phase qubits.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.67.050303

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We study the quantum computational power of a generic class of anisotropic solid-state Hamiltonians. A universal set of encoded logic operations are found, which do away with difficult-to-implement single-qubit gates in a number of quantum-computer proposals, e.g., quantum dots and donor atom spins with anisotropic exchange coupling, quantum Hall systems, and electrons floating on helium. We show how to make the corresponding Hamiltonians universal by encoding one qubit into two physical qubits, and by controlling nearest-neighbor interactions.
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