Computing with Molecules: A New Type of Quantum Molecular Computation
Sorin Comorosan · ResearchSpace (University of Auckland) · 2005
The computation concept, as used in computers, is basically derived from the quantum measurement process. Actually one “measures” two “states” of the silicon atoms, labeled 0 & 1. In this context the classic theory is elaborated with Dirac’s formalism, in which the “state” of the system is represented by a special vector, |a in a N-dimensional complex space. An operator  in this space is defined as: |b =Â|a〉 , i.e. the operator “action” is to obtain from the “state” |a 〉 the “state” |b 〉 .