PIRSA:07060007

An Introduction to One-Way Patterns

(2007). An Introduction to One-Way Patterns. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/07060007

An Introduction to One-Way Patterns. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 01, 2007, https://pirsa.org/07060007 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:07060007,
            doi = {10.48660/07060007},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/07060007},
            author = {},
            keywords = {Quantum Information},
            language = {en},
            title = {An Introduction to One-Way Patterns},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2007},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:07060007 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
Talk numberPIRSA:07060007
DOI10.48660/07060007
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Talk Type Conference
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Abstract

The one-way measurement model is a model of quantum computation which is intriguing for its' potential as a means of implementing quantum computers, but also for theoretical purposes for the different way in which it allows quantum operations to be described. Instead of a sequence of unitary gates on an array of ``wires'', operations are described in terms of emph{patterns}, consisting of a graph of entanglement relations on a set of qubits, together with a collection of measurement angles for these qubits (except possibly for a subset which will support a final quantum state). In this introductory talk, I describe the relationship between patterns in the one-way measurement model to quantum circuits, and explore patterns which represent unitary operations but which emph{don't} have direct analogues in the circuit model.