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Depicting the Transformation O-gate

Understand the O-gate transformation applied to qubits and its reversible nature. Learn how different functions affect qubit states, including behavior on superpositions. Discover how the quantum oracle gate enables efficient problem solving through quantum algorithms like Deutsch's.

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The following figure depicts the transformation gate OiO_i:

Let’s say, i=0i=0. In that case, we’ll apply the function f0f_0. Per definition, f0(x)=0f_0(x)=0. When we insert this into the above equation, we can see the output of OiO_i is equal to its input:

O0(xy)=xyf0(x)=xy0=xyO_0(|x\rangle\otimes|y\rangle)=|x\rangle\otimes|y\oplus|f_0(x)\rangle=|x\rangle\otimes|y\oplus|0\rangle=|x\rangle\otimes|y\rangle

We can safely state that not changing a state is reversible.

When i=1i=1, we apply the function f1f_1, which returns 0 for x=0x=0 and 1 for x=1x=1. Thus, f1(x)=xf_1(x)=x.

O1(xy)=xyf1(x)=xyxO_1(|x\rangle\otimes|y\rangle)=|x\rangle\otimes|y\oplus f_1(x)\rangle=|x\rangle\otimes|y\oplus x\rangle ...