Quantum Walk, Four Nodes - main.qasm

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main.qasm
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1OPENQASM 2.0;
2include "qelib1.inc";
3
4	// Initialization variables
5
6qreg q[3];  		// This creates three qubits. 
7					// The first two qubits, 0 and 1, representing the network of 4 nodes.
8  					// The last qubit, 2, represents the quantum coin
9    
10creg c[2];			// This creates two classical bits to store the outcome of measurements.
11
12
13	// Preparing the quantum coin
14h q[2]; 				// Rotate quantum coin into a superposition
15barrier q[0],q[1],q[2]; // Barriers are a way break circuit portions into sections.
16
17
18	// Quantum Walk Step
19
20cx q[2],q[0];	// Controlled-Not gate on qubit 0 conditioned on the coin. Also known as a shift.
21x q[2];			// Bit-flip (or X rotation) of the coin
22cx q[2],q[1]; 	// Controlled-Not gate on qubit 1 conditioned on the coin.
23barrier q[0],q[1],q[2];	// Barriers for readability of the quantum circuit
24
25	// This concludes one quantum walk step. 
26	// What would you have to do to have more steps on the walk?
27
28
29	// Measurements
30	// To finish, we measure the whole network to determine where is the quantum walker.
31
32measure q[0] -> c[0];	// Measure qubit 0, store the outcome in bit 0.
33measure q[1] -> c[1];	// Measure qubit 1, store the outcome in bit 1.
34
35	// After the measurements, we an read out where the walker is.
36  	// Since this is probabilistic, what yould you have to do to get statistics?
37
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