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Multi-valued Logic Gates for Quantum Computation

arXiv:quant-ph/0002033 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.62.052309

Abstract

We develop a multi-valued logic for quantum computing for use in multi-level quantum systems, and discuss the practical advantages of this approach for scaling up a quantum computer. Generalizing the methods of binary quantum logic, we establish that arbitrary unitary operations on any number of d-level systems (d > 2) can be decomposed into logic gates that operate on only two systems at a time. We show that such multi-valued logic gates are experimentally feasible in the context of the linear ion trap scheme for quantum computing. By using d levels in each ion in this scheme, we reduce the number of ions needed for a computation by a factor of log d.

Revised version; 8 pages, 3 figures; to appear in Physical Review A

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