Complete Characterization of a Quantum Process: The Two-Bit Quantum Gate
- 13 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 78 (2), 390-393
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.78.390
Abstract
We show how to fully characterize a quantum process in an open quantum system. We particularize the procedure to the case of a universal two-qubit gate in a quantum computer. We illustrate the method with a numerical simulation of a quantum gate in the ion trap quantum computer.Keywords
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