



02065nas a2200169   4500008004100000245007000041210006900111260001500180520154900195100001601744700001901760700002101779700001801800700001601818700002401834856003701858       2017                        eng d00aComplete 3-Qubit Grover Search on a Programmable Quantum Computer0 aComplete 3Qubit Grover Search on a Programmable Quantum Computer  c2017/03/303 a<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Searching large databases is an important problem with broad applications. The Grover search algorithm provides a powerful method for quantum computers to perform searches with a quadratic speedup in the number of required database queries over classical computers. It is an optimal search algorithm for a quantum computer, and has further applications as a subroutine for other quantum algorithms. Searches with two qubits have been demonstrated on a variety of platforms and proposed for others, but larger search spaces have only been demonstrated on a non-scalable NMR system. Here, we report results for a complete three-qubit Grover search algorithm using the scalable quantum computing technology of trapped atomic ions, with better-than-classical performance. The algorithm is performed for all 8 possible single-result oracles and all 28 possible two-result oracles. Two methods of state marking are used for the oracles: a phase-flip method employed by other experimental demonstrations, and a Boolean method requiring an ancilla qubit that is directly equivalent to the state-marking scheme required to perform a classical search. All quantum solutions are shown to outperform their classical counterparts. We also report the first implementation of a Toffoli-4 gate, which is used along with Toffoli-3 gates to construct the algorithms; these gates have process fidelities of 70.5% and 89.6%, respectively.</span></p>1 aFiggatt, C.1 aMaslov, Dmitri1 aLandsman, K., A.1 aLinke, N., M.1 aDebnath, S.1 aMonroe, Christopher  uhttps://arxiv.org/abs/1703.10535