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Phys. Rev. A 66, 062316 (2002) [6 pages]

Experimental implementation of the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm for three-qubit functions using pure coherent molecular superpositions

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Jiri Vala1 *, Zohar Amitay2 †, Bo Zhang2 ‡, Stephen R. Leone2 §, and Ronnie Kosloff1
1Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
2JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440

Received 5 July 2001; published 26 December 2002

The Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm is experimentally demonstrated for three-qubit functions using pure coherent superpositions of Li2 rovibrational eigenstates. The function’s character, either constant or balanced, is evaluated by first imprinting the function, using a phase-shaped femtosecond pulse, on a coherent superposition of the molecular states, and then projecting the superposition onto an ionic final state, using a second femtosecond pulse at a specific time delay.


©2002 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.062316
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.062316
PACS: 03.67.Lx, 82.53.-k, 82.50.Nd

* Present address: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
† Present address: Department of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
‡ Permanent address: Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
§ Present address: Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

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