Patent ID: 9047571
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B82Y,G03H,G06N

Abstract:
1. A method of encoding a quantum algorithm in an optical device, comprising: receiving an n by n unitary matrix operator representing the quantum algorithm, each row of the unitary matrix operator defining a superposition of n basis state vectors for transforming an input state into an output state; recording each row of the unitary matrix operator by applying, to a volume holographic element having first and second opposing and substantially parallel faces, a combination of an i wherein the n signal waves comprise a first set of n plane waves lying on a first conical surface having a first half angle and that extends from a selected point on a first face of the volume holographic element, wherein the n reference waves comprise a second set of n plane waves lying on a second conical surface with a second half angle different than the first half angle and that extends from the selected point, and wherein the first conical surface and the second conical surfaces are concentric.