arXiv · 2512.15349
A Quantum Bluestein's Algorithm for Arbitrary-Size Quantum Fourier Transform
Abstract
We propose a quantum analogue of Bluestein's algorithm (QBA) that implements an exact $N$-point Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT) for arbitrary $N$. Our construction factors the $N$-dimensional QFT unitary into three diagonal quadratic-phase gates and two standard radix-2 QFT subcircuits of size $M = 2^m$ (with $M \ge 2N - 1$). This achieves asymptotic gate complexity $O((\log N)^2)$ and uses $O(\log N)$ qubits, matching the performance of a power-of-two QFT on $m$ qubits while avoiding the need to embed into a larger Hilbert space. We validate the correctness of the algorithm through a concrete implementation in Qiskit and classical simulation, confirming that QBA produces the exact $N$-point discrete Fourier transform on arbitrary-length inputs.
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Nan-Hong Kuo, Renata Wong. 2025-12-17. A Quantum Bluestein's Algorithm for Arbitrary-Size Quantum Fourier Transform. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.15349
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