Depth-First Grover Search Algorithm on Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computer

Abstract

We demonstrated the detailed construction of the hybrid quantum-classical computer. Based on this architecture, the useful concept of amplitude interception is illustrated. It is then embedded into a combination of Depth-First Search and Grover's algorithm to generate a novel approach, the Depth-First Grover Search(DFGS), to handle multi-solution searching problems on unstructured databases with an unknown number of solutions. Our new algorithm attains an average complexity of $\mathcal{O}(m\sqrt{N})$ which performs as efficient as a normal Grover Search, and a $\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{p}N)$ complexity with a manually determined constant $p$ for the case with all elements are solutions, where a normal Grover Search will degenerate to $\mathcal{O}(N\sqrt{N})$. The DFGS algorithm is more robust and stable in comparison.