Dirac Formulation for Universal Quantum Gates and Shor’s Integer Factorization in High-frequency Electric Circuits
Motohiko Ezawa · Journal of the Physical Society of Japan · 2020
Quantum computation may well be performed with the use of electric circuits. Especially, the Schrödinger equation can be simulated by the lumped-element model of transmission lines, which is applicable to low-frequency electric circuits. In this paper, we show that the Dirac equation is simulated by the distributed-element model, which is applicable to high-frequency electric circuits. Then, a set of universal quantum gates (the Hadamard, phase-shift and CNOT gates) are constructed by networks made of transmission lines. We demonstrate Shor's prime factorization based on electric circuits. It will be possible to simulate any quantum algorithms simply by designing networks of metallic wires.