Algorithme de GroverEn informatique quantique, l’algorithme de Grover est un algorithme de recherche, permettant de rechercher un ou plusieurs éléments qui répondent à un critère donné parmi éléments non classés en temps proportionnel à et avec un espace de stockage proportionnel à . Il a été découvert par Lov Grover en 1996. Dans les mêmes conditions (recherche parmi des éléments non classés), un algorithme classique ne peut faire mieux qu'une recherche dans un temps proportionnel à , en testant successivement le critère sur chaque élément.
Quantum instrumentIn physics, a quantum instrument is a mathematical abstraction of a quantum measurement, capturing both the classical and quantum outputs. It combines the concepts of measurement and quantum operation. It can be equivalently understood as a quantum channel that takes as input a quantum system and has as its output two systems: a classical system containing the outcome of the measurement and a quantum system containing the post-measurement state.
Superconducting quantum computingSuperconducting quantum computing is a branch of solid state quantum computing that implements superconducting electronic circuits using superconducting qubits as artificial atoms, or quantum dots. For superconducting qubits, the two logic states are the ground state and the excited state, denoted respectively. Research in superconducting quantum computing is conducted by companies such as Google, IBM, IMEC, BBN Technologies, Rigetti, and Intel. Many recently developed QPUs (quantum processing units, or quantum chips) utilize superconducting architecture.
Quantum foundationsQuantum foundations is a discipline of science that seeks to understand the most counter-intuitive aspects of quantum theory, reformulate it and even propose new generalizations thereof. Contrary to other physical theories, such as general relativity, the defining axioms of quantum theory are quite ad hoc, with no obvious physical intuition. While they lead to the right experimental predictions, they do not come with a mental picture of the world where they fit.
Quantum nonlocalityIn theoretical physics, quantum nonlocality refers to the phenomenon by which the measurement statistics of a multipartite quantum system do not admit an interpretation in terms of a local realistic theory. Quantum nonlocality has been experimentally verified under different physical assumptions. Any physical theory that aims at superseding or replacing quantum theory should account for such experiments and therefore cannot fulfill local realism; quantum nonlocality is a property of the universe that is independent of our description of nature.
Observer effect (physics)In physics, the observer effect is the disturbance of an observed system by the act of observation. This is often the result of utilizing instruments that, by necessity, alter the state of what they measure in some manner. A common example is checking the pressure in an automobile tire, which causes some of the air to escape, thereby changing the pressure to observe it. Similarly, seeing non-luminous objects requires light hitting the object to cause it to reflect that light.
Opérateur non bornéEn analyse fonctionnelle, un opérateur non borné est une application linéaire partiellement définie. Plus précisément, soient X, Y deux espaces vectoriels. Un tel opérateur est donné par un sous-espace dom(T) de X et une application linéaire dont l'ensemble de définition est dom(T) et l'ensemble d'arrivée est Y. Considérons X = Y = L(R) et l'espace de Sobolev H(R) des fonctions de carré intégrable dont la dérivée au sens des distributions appartient, elle aussi, à L(R).
Mesure faibleEn mécanique quantique, une mesure faible (weak measurement en anglais) est une technique permettant de mesurer la valeur moyenne d'une observable d'un système quantique, en ne perturbant celui-ci que de manière négligeable. La théorie de ce type de mesure a été développé initialement par Yakir Aharonov, David Albert and Lev Vaidman en 1988.