This project investigates the discrete Wigner function for systems of qubits following Wootters's recent work. The general formalism is developed for n qubits and applied to systems of one and two qubits. Among the applications considered are: implementation of rotations and gates on 1- and 2-qubit systems and state reconstruction through quantum tomography. We discover that crossing two 1-qubit DWFs to form one 2-qubit DWF requires the use of different quantum nets. We also investigate reduction of the 2-qubit DWF.

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Creator

• Schudy, Warren J.
• Holmes, Michael J.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042805-084649

Advisor

• Aravind, Padmanabhan K.

Year

• 2005

Date created

• 2005-04-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Physics

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved