Matrix Decompositions and Entanglement Dynamics

Published

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

Stephen Bullock, G K. Brennen

Abstract

Given a closed system of quantum data, quantum computations are mathematically modeled by exponentially large unitary matrices. A matrix decomposition is an algorithm for factoring matrices, and in this context such an algorithm splits a quantum computation into a sequence of smaller, hopefully simpler subcomputations.This poster describes the concurrence canonical decomposition (C.C.D.), a unitary matrix decomposition developed by the authors. The matrix decomposition writes a computation u as a product of three factors:u=k1 a k2. Only the central factor has the ability to change the concurrence, a quantitative measure of the entanglement of a quantum data state. Thus, we may use the decomposition to study how entanglement changes over the course of a given quantum computation. Such entanglement dynamics are of great interest, since it is the entanglement of quantum data that allows theoretical quantum computers to outperform classical computers.The construction also leads to a deeper understanding of the concurrence itself, relating it to a time-reversal symmetry of quantum angular-momentum, i.e. a quantum-bit (qubit) flip. Further, the spin interpretation explains a surprising dissimilarity of the even-qubit and odd-qubit C.C.D. s. Specifically, this variation reflects a Kramer s degeneracy. Such a degeneracy arises since the total spin of the n-qubit system is integral or half-integral as n is even or odd.

Proceedings Title

Sigma Xi Postdoctoral Poster Presentations, 2004

Conference Dates

February 19-20, 2004

Pub Type

Conferences

Keywords

decompositions, dynamics, entanglement

Citation

Bullock, S. and Brennen, G. (2004), Matrix Decompositions and Entanglement Dynamics, Sigma Xi Postdoctoral Poster Presentations, 2004 (Accessed November 8, 2024)