How much of one-way computation is just thermodynamics?

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 506-522

  Anders, Janet ^a,b   Hajdušek, Michal ^c   Markham, Damian ^d,e   Vedral, Vlatko ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

One way quantum computation; Phase transitions; Quantum mechanics; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849130539     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-008-9218-0     Document Type: Article

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