{
  "id": "quant-ph/9702001",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1997-01-31T06:56:27.000Z",
  "updated": "1997-01-31T06:56:27.000Z",
  "title": "Quantum Computers and Dissipation",
  "authors": [
    "G. Massimo Palma",
    "Kalle-Antti Suominen",
    "Artur K. Ekert"
  ],
  "comment": "20 pages, Latex, 7 Postscript figures",
  "journal": "Proc.Roy.Soc.Lond. A452 (1996) 567-584",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We analyse dissipation in quantum computation and its destructive impact on efficiency of quantum algorithms. Using a general model of decoherence, we study the time evolution of a quantum register of arbitrary length coupled with an environment of arbitrary coherence length. We discuss relations between decoherence and computational complexity and show that the quantum factorization algorithm must be modified in order to be regarded as efficient and realistic.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1997-01-31T06:56:27.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum computers",
      "arbitrary coherence length",
      "quantum factorization algorithm",
      "general model",
      "decoherence"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article",
      "famous paper"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1098/rspa.1996.0029",
      "journal": "Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A",
      "year": 1996,
      "month": "Mar",
      "volume": 452,
      "number": 1946,
      "pages": 567
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "LaTeX",
      "pages": 20,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 440049,
      "adsabs": "1996RSPSA.452..567P"
    }
  }
}