Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2002-05-31
Physics
Quantum Physics
PhD Thesis, Stanford University, July 2001, 238 pages (hardcopies available upon request)
Scientific paper
We have taken significant steps towards the realization of a practical quantum computer: using nuclear spins and magnetic resonance techniques at room temperature, we provided proof of principle of quantum computing in a series of experiments which culminated in the implementation of the simplest instance of Shor's quantum algorithm for prime factorization (15=3x5), using a seven-spin molecule. This algorithm achieves an exponential advantage over the best known classical factoring algorithms and its implementation represents a milestone in the experimental exploration of quantum computation. These remarkable successes have been made possible by the synthesis of suitable molecules and the development of many novel techniques for initialization, coherent control and readout of the state of multiple coupled nuclear spins. Furthermore, we devised and implemented a model to simulate both unitary and decoherence processes in these systems, in order to study and quantify the impact of various technological as well as fundamental sources of errors. In summary, this work has given us a much needed practical appreciation of what it takes to build a quantum computer. While liquid NMR quantum computing has well-understood scaling limitations, many of the techniques that originated from this research may find use in other, perhaps more scalable quantum computer implementations.
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