| Issue |
EPL
Volume 93, Number 2, March 2011
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 20005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | General | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/93/20005 | |
| Published online | 07 February 2011 | |
A quantum no-reflection theorem and the speeding up of Grover's search algorithm
Low Temperature Laboratory, Aalto University - P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland, EU
Received:
17
August
2010
Accepted:
10
January
2011
We prove that it is impossible to built a universal quantum machine that produces reflections about an unknown state. We then point out a connection between this result and the optimality of Grover's search algorithm: if such reflection machines were available, it would be possible to accelerate Grover's search algorithm to exponential speedups.
PACS: 03.67.Ac – Quantum algorithms, protocols, and simulations
© EPLA, 2011
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