Quantum Programming With Mixed States

d abstract) Paolo Zuliani 1 Department of Computer Science Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544, USA In this paper we offer a programming approach to quantum computation using mixed states. Mixed-state quantum systems generalise standard (pure) quantum systems by allowing the state of the system to be a probabilistic distribution of pure states. We build on previous work by Aharonov et al. and generalise their results from quantum circuits to probabilistic (and quantum) programs. Key words: Quantum programming, mixed state, probabilistic computation, quantum circuit.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: ENTCS
• Authors: Paolo Zuliani
• Keywords: ENTCS 2007, Mixed-state Quantum Systems, Quantum, Quantum Systems