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Universal Continuous Variable Quantum Computation in the Micromaser

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Unconventional Computation (UC 2010)

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We present universal continuous variable quantum computation (CVQC) in the micromaser. With a brief history as motivation we present the background theory and define universal CVQC. We then show how to generate a set of operations in the micromaser which can be used to achieve universal CVQC. It then follows that the micromaser is a potential architecture for CVQC but our proof is easily adaptable to other potential physical systems.

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  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, LS2 9JT

    Rob C. Wagner, Viv M. Kendon & Martin L. Jones

  2. National Institute of Informatics, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8430, Japan

    Mark S. Everitt

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, Science Centre, 38 Princes Street, 1142, Auckland, New Zealand

    Cristian S. Calude

  2. Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Department of Computer Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656, Tokyo, Japan

    Masami Hagiya

  3. Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Information Engineering, Hiroshima University, 739-8527, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

    Kenichi Morita

  4. Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333, Leiden, CA, The Netherlands

    Grzegorz Rozenberg

  5. Department of Computer Science and Department of Electronics, University of York, YO10 5DD, Heslington, York, UK

    Jon Timmis

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Wagner, R.C., Everitt, M.S., Kendon, V.M., Jones, M.L. (2010). Universal Continuous Variable Quantum Computation in the Micromaser. In: Calude, C.S., Hagiya, M., Morita, K., Rozenberg, G., Timmis, J. (eds) Unconventional Computation. UC 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6079. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13523-1_17

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