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Graphical description of the action of local Clifford transformations on graph states

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: We translate the action of local Clifford operations on graph states into transformations on their associated graphs, i.e., we provide transformation rules, stated in purely graph theoretical terms, which completely characterize the evolution of graph states under local Clifford operations. As we will show, there is essentially one basic rule, successive application of which generates the orbit of any graph state under local unitary operations within the Clifford group.

Source: Physical Review A

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.69.022316

Authors: Maarten Van den Nest, Jeroen Dehaene, Bart De Moor

Institution: KU Leuven

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Information and Cryptography

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green