Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
1997-08-28
Fortsch.Phys. 46 (1998) 423-442
Physics
Quantum Physics
21 pagaes Latex plus 5 postscript figures, submitted to Fortschritte der Physik
Scientific paper
Quantum Turing machines are discussed and reviewed in this paper. Most of the paper is concerned with processes defined by a step operator $T$ that is used to construct a Hamiltonian $H$ according to Feynman's prescription. Differences between these models and the models of Deutsch are discussed and reviewed. It is emphasized that the models with $H$ constructed from $T$ include fully quantum mechanical processes that take computation basis states into linear superpositions of these states. The requirement that $T$ be distinct path generating is reviewed. The advantage of this requirement is that Schr\"{o}dinger evolution under $H$ is one dimensional along distinct finite or infinite paths of nonoverlapping states in some basis $B_{T}$. It is emphasized that $B_{T}$ can be arbitrarily complex with extreme entanglements between states of component systems. The new aspect of quantum Turing machines introduced here is the emphasis on the structure of graphs obtained when the states in the $B_{T}$ paths are expanded as linear superpositions of states in a reference basis such as the computation basis $B_{C}$. Examples are discussed that illustrate the main points of the paper. For one example the graph structures of the paths in $B_{T}$ expanded as states in $B_{C}$ include finite stage binary trees and concatenated finite stage binary trees with or without terminal infinite binary trees. Other examples are discussed in which the graph structures correspond to interferometers and iterations of interferometers.
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