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Quantum Logic Operations Using Single Photons and the Zeno Effect

J. D. Franson, B. C. Jacobs, T. B. Pittman

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0401133

Abstract

We show that the quantum Zeno effect can be used to implement several quantum logic gates for photonic qubits, including a gate that is similar to the square-root of SWAP operation. The operation of these devices depends on the fact that photons can behave as if they were non-interacting fermions instead of bosons in the presence of a strong Zeno effect. These results are discussed within the context of several no-go theorems for non-interacting fermions or bosons.

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