Abstract
Single-spin measurements on the ground state of an interacting spin lattice can be used to perform a quantum computation. We show how such measurements can mimic renormalization group transformations and remove the short-ranged variations of the state that can reduce the fidelity of a computation. This suggests that the quantum computational ability of a spin lattice could be a robust property of a quantum phase. We illustrate our idea with the ground state of a rotationally invariant spin-1 chain, which can serve as a quantum computational wire not only at the Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki point, but within the Haldane phase.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 110502 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 105 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Sept 2010 |