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Semiclassical Fourier Transform for Quantum Computation

Robert B. Griffiths, Chi-Sheng Niu

abstract: Shor's algorithms for factorization and discrete logarithms on a quantum computer employ Fourier transforms preceding a final measurement. It is shown that such a Fourier transform can be carried out in a semi-classical way in which a ``classical'' (macroscopic) signal resulting from the measurement of one bit (embodied in a two-state quantum system) is employed to determine the type of measurement carried out on the next bit, and so forth. In this way the two-bit gates in the Fourier transform can all be replaced by a smaller number of one-bit gates controlled by classical signals. Success in simplifying the Fourier transform suggests that it may be worthwhile looking for other ways of using semi-classical methods in quantum computing.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/9511007
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
Latex 6 pages, two figures on one page in uuencoded Postscript
doi:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.3228
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/9511007
journal_ref:
Phys.Rev.Lett. 76 (1996) 3228-3231
created:
1995-11-07

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