A 2D Nearest-Neighbor Quantum Architecture for Factoring

Quantum Information and Computation | , Vol 13: pp. 937-962

Also available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.6655; also presented at Reversible Computing 2012

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We present a 2D nearest-neighbor quantum architecture for Shor’s factoring algorithm in polylogarithmic depth. Our implementation uses parallel phase estimation, constant-depth fanout and teleportation, and constant-depth carry-save modular addition. We derive asymptotic bounds on the circuit depth and width of our architecture and provide a comparison to all previous nearest-neighbor factoring implementations.