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dc.contributor.advisorKorolkova, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorMilne, Darran F.
dc.coverage.spatialix, 154en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-22T15:28:09Z
dc.date.available2012-10-22T15:28:09Z
dc.date.issued2012-11-30
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/3210
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis we explore the possibility of creating continuousvariable quantum systems that are capable of supporting universal quantum computation. We begin by examining the measurement-based model, which employs sequences of measurements on highly entangled resource states, known as a cluster states. We suggest a method for the construction of Gaussian cluster states based on ensembles of atoms and quantum non-demolition interactions. We then go on to expand our model to allow for the inclusion of light modes as part of the cluster. This yields a new class of states, the composite cluster states. This leads us to propose a new architecture for the measurement-based model that uses these composite clusters to increase resource e ciency and reduce computational errors. The second part of this thesis concerns topological quantum computation. In states exhibiting topological degrees of freedom, quantum information can be stored as a non-local property of the physical system and manipulated by braiding quasiparticles known as anyons. Here we show how these ideas can be extended to continuous variables. We establish a continuous variable analogue of the Kitaev toric code, show that excitations correspond to continuous versions of Abelian anyons and investigate their behaviour under the condition of nite squeezing of the resource state. Finally, we expand our continuous variable topological model to include non-abelian excitations by constructing superpositions of CV toric code anyons. We derive the fusion and braiding behaviour of these non-abelian excitations and nd that they correspond to a CV analog of Ising anyons. Using these resources, we go on to suggest a computational scheme that encodes qubits within the fusion spaces of the CV Ising anyons and derive one- and two-qubit quantum gates operations that are implemented in a topological manner.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.subject.lccQA76.889M5
dc.subject.lcshQuantum computersen_US
dc.subject.lcshQuantum theory--Mathematical modelsen_US
dc.titleTowards universal quantum computation in continuous-variable systemsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US


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