Single-qubit gates by graph scattering

ORAL

Abstract

Continuous-time quantum walkers with tightly peaked momenta can simulate quantum computations by scattering off finite graphs. We enumerate all single-qubit gates that can be enacted by scattering off a single graph on up to $n=9$ vertices at certain momentum values, and provide numerical evidence that the number of such gates grows exponentially with $n$. The single-qubit rotations are about axes distributed roughly uniformly on the Bloch sphere, and rotations by both rational and irrational multiples of $\pi$ are found.

*This work was supported by Alberta Innovates -- Technology Futures (MSU), and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Authors

  • Michael S. Underwood

    • IQIS, University of Calgary
  • Benjamin A. Blumer

    • IQIS, University of Calgary
  • David L. Feder

    • IQIS, University of Calgary