Questions tagged [pauli-gates]
For questions about Pauli matrices in general or Pauli gates in particular, as relevant to quantum computing and/or quantum information theory. The Pauli matrices are a set of three 2 × 2 complex matrices which are Hermitian and unitary. The three Pauli gates are: Pauli-X gate, Pauli-Y gate & Pauli-Z gate. X = {{0,1},{1,0}}; Y = {{0,-i},{i,0}}; Z = {{1,0},{0,-1}}.
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Where is the factor of $-i$ in rotation gates coming from?
As I understand it the Pauli-X, Y and Z gates are the same as their rotational gates with a rotation of $\pi$. But given the expression for those gates, I find that there is a factor of $-i$ in each ...
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How does the actual measurement collapsing an error to an orthogonal basis look like?
An error can be written as a linear combination of $\Bbb I$, $X$, $Z$, $XZ$ Pauli matrices. So when measuring an errand state we aim at collapsing the error into one of these four possibilities. How ...
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Fast way to check if two state vectors are equivalent up to Pauli operations
I'm looking for fast code, or a fast algorithm, for checking if a given state vector $A$ can be transformed into another state vector $B$ using only the Pauli operations $X$, $Y$, $Z$.
The naive ...
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Shorthand notation for the sign flip gate
I need to use the following matrix gate in a quantum circuit:
$$\text{Sign Flip}=\left[\begin{matrix}0 & -1 \\ -1 & 0\end{matrix}\right]$$
$\text{Sign Flip}$ can be decomposed as (in terms ...
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