Patent ID: 8234103

Claim:
A quantum processor comprising: a first set of qubits; a second set of qubits; a first set of coupling devices that are selectively operable to couple information between a first basis A 1 in a first qubit in the first set of qubits and a first basis B 1 in a second qubit in the first set of qubits thereby defining a first coupled basis A 1 B 1 ; and a second set of coupling devices that are selectively operable to couple information between a second basis A 2 in a first qubit in the second set of qubits and a second basis B 2 in a second qubit in the second set of qubits thereby defining a second coupled basis A 2 B 2 , wherein at least one qubit in the first set of qubits is communicably coupled with at least one qubit in the second set of qubits, and wherein the first coupled basis A 1 B 1 and the second coupled basis A 2 B 2 do not commute.