Optimising Clifford circuits with Quantomatic
Fagan, Andrew and Duncan, Ross (2019) Optimising Clifford circuits with Quantomatic. Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, 287. pp. 85-105. ISSN 2075-2180 (https://doi.org/10.4204/EPTCS.287.5)
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Abstract
We present a system of equations between Clifford circuits, all derivable in the ZX-calculus, and formalised as rewrite rules in the Quantomatic proof assistant. By combining these rules with some non-trivial simplification procedures defined in the Quantomatic tactic language, we demonstrate the use of Quantomatic as a circuit optimisation tool. We prove that the system always reduces Clifford circuits of one or two qubits to their minimal form, and give numerical results demonstrating its performance on larger Clifford circuits.
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Item type: Article ID code: 69459 Dates: DateEvent29 January 2019Published29 January 2019AcceptedSubjects: Science > Mathematics > Electronic computers. Computer science Department: Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Science > Computer and Information SciencesDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 21 Aug 2019 15:37 Last modified: 08 Aug 2024 01:41 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/69459