arXiv · 2304.01704
Efficient parallelization of quantum basis state shift
Abstract
Basis state shift is central to many quantum algorithms, most notably the quantum walk. Efficient implementations are of major importance for achieving a quantum speedup for computational applications. We optimize the state shift algorithm by incorporating the shift in different directions in parallel. This provides a significant reduction in the depth of the quantum circuit in comparison to the currently known methods, giving a linear scaling in the number of gates versus working qubits in contrast to the quadratic scaling of the state-of-the-art method based on the quantum Fourier transform. For a one-dimensional array of size $2^n$ for $n > 4$, we derive the total number of $15n + 74$ two-qubit $CX$ gates in the parallel circuit, using a total of $2n-2$ qubits including an ancilla register for the decomposition of multi-controlled gates. We focus on the one-dimensional and periodic shift, but note that the method can be extended to more complex cases.
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Ljubomir Budinski, Ossi Niemimäki, Roberto Zamora-Zamora, Valtteri Lahtinen. 2023-04-04. Efficient parallelization of quantum basis state shift. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565%2Facfab7
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