This experiment will let you perform a series of simple quantum computations on a two spin system, demonstrating one and two quantum-bit quantum logic gates, and a circuit implementing the Deutsch-Jozsa quantum algorithm. You will use NMR techniques and manipulate the state of a proton and a carbon nucleus in a chloroform molecule, measuring ensemble nuclear magnetization.
Warning: you should know MATLAB® well to successfully do this experiment! You will measure:
- The coupling constant describing the electron-mediated interaction between the proton and carbon nuclear spins of chloroform
- The classical input-output truth table for a controlled-NOT gate
- The numerical output of the Deutsch-Jozsa quantum algorithm, and
- Optionally, the output and oscillatory behavior of the Grover quantum search algorithm
Lab Guide (PDF)
A two spin system. (Image courtesy of Junior Lab staff.)
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