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Phys. Rev. A 71, 060312(R) (2005) [4 pages]

Robustness of the adiabatic quantum search

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Johan Åberg*, David Kult, and Erik Sjöqvist
Department of Quantum Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 518, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

Received 15 December 2004; published 29 June 2005

The robustness of the local adiabatic quantum search to decoherence in the instantaneous eigenbasis of the search Hamiltonian is examined. We demonstrate that the asymptotic time complexity of the ideal closed case is preserved, as long as the Hamiltonian dynamics is present. In the special case of pure decoherence where the environment monitors the search Hamiltonian, it is shown that the local adiabatic quantum search performs as the classical search.

© 2005 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.71.060312
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.71.060312
PACS:
03.67.Lx, 03.65.Yz

*Electronic address: johan.aaberg@kvac.uu.se

Electronic address: david.kult@kvac.uu.se

Electronic address: erik.sjoqvist@kvac.uu.se