Phys. Rev. A 68, 022312 (2003) [32 pages]

Measurement-based quantum computation on cluster states

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Robert Raussendorf, Daniel E. Browne *, and Hans J. Briegel
Theoretische Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

Received 18 February 2003; published 25 August 2003

We give a detailed account of the one-way quantum computer, a scheme of quantum computation that consists entirely of one-qubit measurements on a particular class of entangled states, the cluster states. We prove its universality, describe why its underlying computational model is different from the network model of quantum computation, and relate quantum algorithms to mathematical graphs. Further we investigate the scaling of required resources and give a number of examples for circuits of practical interest such as the circuit for quantum Fourier transformation and for the quantum adder. Finally, we describe computation with clusters of finite size.


©2003 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.022312
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.022312
PACS: 03.67.Lx

* Present address: QOLS, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK.

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