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We Belong Together, Adiabatically

Category: Paper DanceQuantum Computing
Posted on: December 14, 2009 11:29 AM, by Dave Bacon

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A paper dance today! Yes, indeed, it's another slow dance (scirate, arXiv:0912.2098):

Adiabatic Cluster State Quantum Computing
Authors: Dave Bacon, Steven T. Flammia

Abstract: Models of quantum computation are important because they change the physical requirements for achieving universal quantum computation (QC). For example, one-way QC requires the preparation of an entangled "cluster" state followed by adaptive measurement on this state, a set of requirements which is different from the standard quantum circuit model. Here we introduce a model based on one-way QC but without measurements (except for the final readout), instead using adiabatic deformation of a Hamiltonian whose initial ground state is the cluster state. This opens the possibility to use the copious results from one-way QC to build more feasible adiabatic schemes.

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1

Yey, bedtime reading! :)

Posted by: Suz G | December 14, 2009 1:19 PM

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So... do you want us to try to build this thing? What would you do with it (ie if you had to pick a specific algorithm to run what would you pick)?

Posted by: Geordie | December 14, 2009 1:42 PM

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Like all theorists, of course I want to build it! ..but sadly I will probably just stand by as experimentalists ignore me :(

Posted by: Dave Bacon | December 15, 2009 11:17 AM

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