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Table 1 Summary of common single-qubit and two-qubit quantum gates

From: A novel image classification framework based on variational quantum algorithms

Quantum gate

Matrix expression

Symbol

Pauli-X gate

\(\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}\)

Pauli-Y gate

\(\begin{bmatrix} 0 & -i \\ i & 0 \end{bmatrix}\)

Pauli-Z gate

\(\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix}\)

\(R_x\) gate

\(\begin{bmatrix} \cos (\theta /2) & -i\sin (\theta /2) \\ -i\sin (\theta /2) & \cos (\theta /2) \end{bmatrix}\)

\(R_y\) gate

\(\begin{bmatrix} \cos (\theta /2) & -\sin (\theta /2) \\ \sin (\theta /2) & \cos (\theta /2) \end{bmatrix}\)

\(R_z\) gate

\(\begin{bmatrix} e^{-i\theta /2} & 0 \\ 0 & e^{i\theta /2} \end{bmatrix}\)

Hadamard gate

\(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 1 & -1 \end{bmatrix}\)

CNOT gate

\(\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}\)