We present the first demonstration of Jozsa's "counterfactual computation", using an optical Grover's search algorithm. We put the algorithm in a superposition of "running" and "not-running", obtaining information even though the algorithm does not run.


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    Title :

    Counterfactual quantum computation


    Contributors:
    Hosten, O. (author) / Rakher, M.T. (author) / Barreiro, J.T. (author) / Peters, N.A. (author) / Kwiat, P.G. (author)


    Publication date :

    2005-01-01


    Size :

    1623206 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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