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| diff --git a/source/know/concept/bernstein-vazirani-algorithm/index.md b/source/know/concept/bernstein-vazirani-algorithm/index.md index 85017dc..5f224dc 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/bernstein-vazirani-algorithm/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/bernstein-vazirani-algorithm/index.md @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ However, the Bernstein-Vazirani algorithm  allows a quantum computer to do it with only a single query.  It uses the following circuit: -{% include image.html file="bernstein-vazirani-circuit.png" width="52%" alt="Bernstein-Vazirani circuit" %} +{% include image.html file="bernstein-vazirani-circuit.png" width="52%" +    alt="Bernstein-Vazirani circuit" %}  Where $$U_f$$ is a phase oracle,  whose action is defined as follows, diff --git a/source/know/concept/bloch-sphere/index.md b/source/know/concept/bloch-sphere/index.md index 0ca6f1b..99ac45d 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/bloch-sphere/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/bloch-sphere/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ In quantum mechanics, particularly quantum information,  the **Bloch sphere** is an invaluable tool to visualize qubits.  All pure qubit states are represented by a point on the sphere's surface: -{% include image.html file="sketch-full.png" width="67%" alt="Bloch sphere" %} +{% include image.html file="sketch-full.png" width="67%" +    alt="Bloch sphere" %}  The $$x$$, $$y$$ and $$z$$-axes represent the components of a spin-1/2-alike system,  and their extremes are the eigenstates of the Pauli matrices: diff --git a/source/know/concept/deutsch-jozsa-algorithm/index.md b/source/know/concept/deutsch-jozsa-algorithm/index.md index 5f2f268..44b06ad 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/deutsch-jozsa-algorithm/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/deutsch-jozsa-algorithm/index.md @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ In other words, we only need to determine if $$f(0) = f(1)$$ or $$f(0) \neq f(1)  To do this, we use the following quantum circuit,  where $$U_f$$ is the oracle we query: -{% include image.html file="deutsch-circuit.png" width="48%" alt="Deutsch circuit" %} +{% include image.html file="deutsch-circuit.png" width="48%" +    alt="Deutsch circuit" %}  Due to unitarity constraints,  the action of $$U_f$$ is defined to be as follows, @@ -141,7 +142,8 @@ We are promised that $$f(x)$$ is either constant or balanced;  other possibilities are assumed to be impossible.  This algorithm is then implemented by the following quantum circuit: -{% include image.html file="deutsch-jozsa-circuit.png" width="52%" alt="Deutsch-Jozsa circuit" %} +{% include image.html file="deutsch-jozsa-circuit.png" width="52%" +    alt="Deutsch-Jozsa circuit" %}  There are $$N$$ qubits in initial state $$\Ket{0}$$, and one in $$\Ket{1}$$.  For clarity, the oracle $$U_f$$ works like so: diff --git a/source/know/concept/dispersive-broadening/index.md b/source/know/concept/dispersive-broadening/index.md index 9642737..55a31e6 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/dispersive-broadening/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/dispersive-broadening/index.md @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ This phenomenon is illustrated below for our example of a Gaussian pulse  with parameter values $$T_0 = 1\:\mathrm{ps}$$, $$P_0 = 1\:\mathrm{kW}$$,  $$\beta_2 = -10 \:\mathrm{ps}^2/\mathrm{m}$$ and $$\gamma = 0$$: -{% include image.html file="simulation-full.png" width="100%" alt="Dispersive broadening simulation results" %} +{% include image.html file="simulation-full.png" width="100%" +    alt="Dispersive broadening simulation results" %}  The **instantaneous frequency** $$\omega_\mathrm{GVD}(z, t)$$,  which describes the dominant angular frequency at a given point in the time domain, diff --git a/source/know/concept/fabry-perot-cavity/index.md b/source/know/concept/fabry-perot-cavity/index.md index c013f1d..c88e62d 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/fabry-perot-cavity/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/fabry-perot-cavity/index.md @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ We divide the $$x$$-axis into three domains: left $$L$$, center $$C$$, and right  The cavity $$C$$ has length $$\ell$$ and is centered on $$x = 0$$.  Let $$n_L$$, $$n_C$$ and $$n_R$$ be the respective domains' refractive indices: -{% include image.html file="sketch-full.png" width="70%" alt="Cavity structure" %} +{% include image.html file="sketch-full.png" width="70%" +    alt="Cavity structure" %} diff --git a/source/know/concept/feynman-diagram/index.md b/source/know/concept/feynman-diagram/index.md index ace8dbc..1f1c957 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/feynman-diagram/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/feynman-diagram/index.md @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ Let the subscript $$I$$ refer to the  and $$\mathcal{T}\{\}$$ denote the  [time-ordered product](/know/concept/time-ordered-product/): -{% include image.html file="fermion-light.png" width="60%" alt="Fermion line diagram" %} +{% include image.html file="fermion-light.png" width="60%" +    alt="Fermion line diagram" %}  $$\begin{aligned}      = i \hbar G_{s_2 s_1}^0(\vb{r}_2, t_2; \vb{r}_1, t_1) @@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ Less common is a **heavy fermion line**, representing  a causal Green's function $$G$$ for the entire Hamiltonian $$\hat{H}$$,  where the subscript $$H$$ refers to the [Heisenberg picture](/know/concept/heisenberg-picture/): -{% include image.html file="fermion-heavy.png" width="60%" alt="Heavy fermion line diagram" %} +{% include image.html file="fermion-heavy.png" width="60%" +    alt="Heavy fermion line diagram" %}  $$\begin{aligned}      = i \hbar G_{s_2 s_1}(\vb{r}_2, t_2; \vb{r}_1, t_1) @@ -72,7 +74,8 @@ which we assume to be instantaneous, i.e. time-independent  hence it starts and ends at the same time,  and no arrow is drawn: -{% include image.html file="boson.png" width="60%" alt="Boson/interaction line diagram" %} +{% include image.html file="boson.png" width="60%" +    alt="Boson/interaction line diagram" %}  $$\begin{aligned}      = \frac{1}{i \hbar} W_{s_2 s_1}(\vb{r}_2, t_2; \vb{r}_1, t_1) @@ -94,7 +97,8 @@ $$\begin{aligned}  One-body (time-dependent) operators $$\hat{V}$$ in $$\hat{H}_1$$  are instead represented by a special vertex: -{% include image.html file="impurity.png" width="35%" alt="One-body perturbation (e.g. impurity) diagram" %} +{% include image.html file="impurity.png" width="35%" +    alt="One-body perturbation (e.g. impurity) diagram" %}  $$\begin{aligned}      = \frac{1}{i \hbar} V_s(\vb{r}, t) @@ -171,7 +175,8 @@ Working in Fourier space allows us to simplify calculations.  Consider the following diagram and the resulting expression,  where $$\tilde{\vb{r}} = (\vb{r}, t)$$, and $$\tilde{\vb{k}} = (\vb{k}, \omega)$$: -{% include image.html file="example.png" width="40%" alt="Example: fermion-fermion interaction" %} +{% include image.html file="example.png" width="40%" +    alt="Example: fermion-fermion interaction" %}  $$\begin{aligned}      &= (i \hbar)^3 \sum_{s s'} \!\!\iint \dd{\tilde{\vb{r}}} \dd{\tilde{\vb{r}}'} diff --git a/source/know/concept/metacentric-height/index.md b/source/know/concept/metacentric-height/index.md index 3d81d44..97afff6 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/metacentric-height/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/metacentric-height/index.md @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ does not coincide with the origin in general,  as is illustrated in the following sketch  of our choice of coordinate system: -{% include image.html file="sketch-full.png" width="75%" alt="Boat's coordinate system" %} +{% include image.html file="sketch-full.png" width="75%" +    alt="Boat's coordinate system" %}  Here, $$B$$ is the **center of buoyancy**, equal to  the center of mass of the volume of water displaced by the boat diff --git a/source/know/concept/modulational-instability/index.md b/source/know/concept/modulational-instability/index.md index f1c246c..d646503 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/modulational-instability/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/modulational-instability/index.md @@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ $$\begin{aligned}      = \sqrt{P_0} \sech\!\Big(\frac{t}{T_0}\Big)  \end{aligned}$$ -{% include image.html file="simulation-full.png" width="100%" alt="Modulational instability simulation results" %} +{% include image.html file="simulation-full.png" width="100%" +    alt="Modulational instability simulation results" %}  Where $$L_\mathrm{NL} = 1/(\gamma P_0)$$ is the characteristic length of nonlinear effects.  Note that no noise was added to the simulation; diff --git a/source/know/concept/optical-wave-breaking/index.md b/source/know/concept/optical-wave-breaking/index.md index 3509bc2..1b6b558 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/optical-wave-breaking/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/optical-wave-breaking/index.md @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ Shortly before the slope would become infinite,  small waves start "falling off" the edge of the pulse,  hence the name *wave breaking*: -{% include image.html file="frequency-full.png" width="100%" alt="Instantaneous frequency profile evolution" %} +{% include image.html file="frequency-full.png" width="100%" +    alt="Instantaneous frequency profile evolution" %}  Several interesting things happen around this moment.  To demonstrate this, spectrograms of the same simulation @@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ After OWB, a train of small waves falls off the edges,  which eventually melt together, leading to a trapezoid shape in the $$t$$-domain.  Dispersive broadening then continues normally: -{% include image.html file="spectrograms-full.png" width="100%" alt="Spectrograms of pulse shape evolution" %} +{% include image.html file="spectrograms-full.png" width="100%" +    alt="Spectrograms of pulse shape evolution" %}  We call the distance at which the wave breaks $$L_\mathrm{WB}$$,  and want to predict it analytically. @@ -189,7 +191,8 @@ $$\begin{aligned}  This prediction for $$L_\mathrm{WB}$$ appears to agree well  with the OWB observed in the simulation: -{% include image.html file="simulation-full.png" width="100%" alt="Optical wave breaking simulation results" %} +{% include image.html file="simulation-full.png" width="100%" +    alt="Optical wave breaking simulation results" %}  Because all spectral broadening up to $$L_\mathrm{WB}$$ is caused by SPM,  whose $$\omega$$-domain behaviour is known, diff --git a/source/know/concept/quantum-fourier-transform/index.md b/source/know/concept/quantum-fourier-transform/index.md index 1c68ad0..217596b 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/quantum-fourier-transform/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/quantum-fourier-transform/index.md @@ -172,13 +172,15 @@ The quantum circuit to execute the mentioned steps is illustrated below,  excluding the swapping part to get the right order.  Here, $$R_m$$ means $$R_\phi$$ with $$\phi = 2 \pi / 2^m$$: -{% include image.html file="qft-circuit-noswap.png" width="100%" alt="QFT circuit, without final swap" %} +{% include image.html file="qft-circuit-noswap.png" width="100%" +    alt="QFT circuit, without final swap" %}  Again, note how the inputs $$\Ket{x_j}$$ and outputs $$\Ket{k_j}$$ are in the opposite order.  The complete circuit, including the swapping at the end,  therefore looks like this: -{% include image.html file="qft-circuit-swap.png" width="85%" alt="QFT circuit, including final swap" %} +{% include image.html file="qft-circuit-swap.png" width="85%" +    alt="QFT circuit, including final swap" %}  For each of the $$n$$ qubits, $$\mathcal{O}(n)$$ gates are applied,  so overall the QFT algorithm is $$\mathcal{O}(n^2)$$. diff --git a/source/know/concept/quantum-gate/index.md b/source/know/concept/quantum-gate/index.md index e8ff579..9704e53 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/quantum-gate/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/quantum-gate/index.md @@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ but not always in the basis of $$\Ket{0}_1$$, $$\Ket{1}_1$$, $$\Ket{0}_2$$ and $  With that said, the first two-qubit gate is $$\mathrm{SWAP}$$,  which simply swaps $$\Ket{\psi_1}$$ and $$\Ket{\psi_2}$$: -{% include image.html file="swap.png" width="22%" alt="SWAP gate diagram" %} +{% include image.html file="swap.png" width="22%" +    alt="SWAP gate diagram" %}  $$\begin{aligned}      \boxed{ @@ -231,7 +232,8 @@ $$\begin{aligned}  Next, there is the **controlled NOT gate** $$\mathrm{CNOT}$$,  which "flips" (applies $$X$$ to) $$\Ket{\psi_2}$$ if $$\Ket{\psi_1}$$ is true: -{% include image.html file="cnot.png" width="22%" alt="CNOT gate diagram" %} +{% include image.html file="cnot.png" width="22%" +    alt="CNOT gate diagram" %}  $$\begin{aligned}      \boxed{ @@ -256,7 +258,8 @@ More generally, from every one-qubit gate $$U$$,  we can define a two-qubit **controlled U gate** $$\mathrm{CU}$$,  which applies $$U$$ to $$\Ket{\psi_2}$$ if $$\Ket{\psi_1}$$ is true: -{% include image.html file="cu.png" width="22%" alt="CU gate diagram" %} +{% include image.html file="cu.png" width="22%" +    alt="CU gate diagram" %}  $$\begin{aligned}      \boxed{ diff --git a/source/know/concept/random-phase-approximation/index.md b/source/know/concept/random-phase-approximation/index.md index 0d0b428..03fd302 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/random-phase-approximation/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/random-phase-approximation/index.md @@ -71,17 +71,20 @@ leaving only the single most divergent one at each order $$n$$,  i.e. the ones where all $$n$$ interaction lines  carry the same momentum and energy: -{% include image.html file="self-energy.png" width="92%" alt="RPA self-energy definition" %} +{% include image.html file="self-energy.png" width="92%" +    alt="RPA self-energy definition" %}  Where we have defined the **screened interaction** $$W^\mathrm{RPA}$$,  denoted by a double wavy line: -{% include image.html file="interaction.png" width="95%" alt="RPA screened interaction definition" %} +{% include image.html file="interaction.png" width="95%" +    alt="RPA screened interaction definition" %}  Rearranging the above sequence of diagrams quickly leads to the following  [Dyson equation](/know/concept/dyson-equation/): -{% include image.html file="dyson.png" width="55%" alt="Dyson equation for screened interaction" %} +{% include image.html file="dyson.png" width="55%" +    alt="Dyson equation for screened interaction" %}  In Fourier space, this equation's linear shape  means it is algebraic, so we can write it out: @@ -98,7 +101,8 @@ with an internal wavevector $$\vb{q}$$, fermionic frequency $$i \omega_m^F$$, an  Abbreviating $$\tilde{\vb{k}} \equiv (\vb{k}, i \omega_n^B)$$  and $$\tilde{\vb{q}} \equiv (\vb{q}, i \omega_n^F)$$: -{% include image.html file="pairbubble.png" width="45%" alt="Internal variables of pair-bubble diagram" %} +{% include image.html file="pairbubble.png" width="45%" +    alt="Internal variables of pair-bubble diagram" %}  We isolate the Dyson equation for $$W^\mathrm{RPA}$$,  which reveals its physical interpretation as a *screened* interaction: diff --git a/source/know/concept/repetition-code/index.md b/source/know/concept/repetition-code/index.md index 89e6f4d..fa039a3 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/repetition-code/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/repetition-code/index.md @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ $$\begin{aligned}  Such a transformation is easy to achieve with the following sequence  of [quantum gates](/know/concept/quantum-gate/): -{% include image.html file="bit-flip-encode.png" width="32%" alt="Bit flip code encoder" %} +{% include image.html file="bit-flip-encode.png" width="32%" +    alt="Bit flip code encoder" %}  So, a little while after encoding the state $$\Ket{\psi}$$ like that,  a bit flip occurs on the 2nd qubit: @@ -180,7 +181,8 @@ without affecting $$\ket{\overline{\psi}}$$ itself,  by applying $$\mathrm{CNOT}$$s to some ancillary qubits  and then measuring those: -{% include image.html file="bit-flip-detect.png" width="62%" alt="Bit flip code decoder" %} +{% include image.html file="bit-flip-detect.png" width="62%" +    alt="Bit flip code decoder" %}  The two measurements, respectively representing $$ZZI$$ and $$IZZ$$,  yield $$\Ket{1}$$ if a bit flip definitely occurred, @@ -231,14 +233,16 @@ $$\begin{aligned}      = \alpha \Ket{+\!+\!+} + \beta \Ket{-\!-\!-}  \end{aligned}$$ -{% include image.html file="phase-flip-encode.png" width="40%" alt="Phase flip code encoder" %} +{% include image.html file="phase-flip-encode.png" width="40%" +    alt="Phase flip code encoder" %}  A phase flip along the $$Z$$-axis  corresponds to a bit flip along the $$X$$-axis $$\Ket{+} \to \Ket{-}$$.  In this case, the stabilizers are $$XXI$$ and $$IXX$$,  and the error detection circuit is as follows: -{% include image.html file="phase-flip-detect.png" width="70%" alt="Phase flip code decoder" %} +{% include image.html file="phase-flip-detect.png" width="70%" +    alt="Phase flip code decoder" %}  This system protects us against all single-qubit phase flips,  but not against bit flips. @@ -281,7 +285,8 @@ This encoding is achieved by the following quantum circuit,  which simply consists of the phase flip encoder,  followed by 3 copies of the bit flip encoder: -{% include image.html file="shor-code-encode.png" width="55%" alt="Shor code encoder" %} +{% include image.html file="shor-code-encode.png" width="55%" +    alt="Shor code encoder" %}  We thus use 9 physical qubits to store 1 logical qubit.  Fortunately, more efficient schemes exist. diff --git a/source/know/concept/rutherford-scattering/index.md b/source/know/concept/rutherford-scattering/index.md index 6f5a21f..edf391c 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/rutherford-scattering/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/rutherford-scattering/index.md @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Let 2 be initially at rest, and 1 approach it with velocity $$\vb{v}_1$$.  Coulomb repulsion causes 1 to deflect by an angle $$\theta$$,  and pushes 2 away in the process: -{% include image.html file="two-body-full.png" width="50%" alt="Two-body repulsive 'collision'" %} +{% include image.html file="two-body-full.png" width="50%" +    alt="Two-body repulsive 'collision'" %}  Here, $$b$$ is called the **impact parameter**.  Intuitively, we expect $$\theta$$ to be larger for smaller $$b$$. @@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ then by comparing $$t > 0$$ and $$t < 0$$  we can see that $$v_x$$ is unchanged for any given $$\pm t$$,  while $$v_y$$ simply changes sign: -{% include image.html file="one-body-full.png" width="60%" alt="Equivalent one-body deflection" %} +{% include image.html file="one-body-full.png" width="60%" +    alt="Equivalent one-body deflection" %}  From our expression for $$\vb{r}$$,  we can find $$\vb{v}$$ by differentiating with respect to time: diff --git a/source/know/concept/self-energy/index.md b/source/know/concept/self-energy/index.md index f233466..4120011 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/self-energy/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/self-energy/index.md @@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ that exactly $$2^m m!$$ diagrams at each order are topologically equivalent,  so we are left with non-equivalent diagrams only.  Let $$G(b,a) = G_{ba}$$: -{% include image.html file="expansion.png" width="90%" alt="Full expansion of G in Feynman diagrams" %} +{% include image.html file="expansion.png" width="90%" +    alt="Full expansion of G in Feynman diagrams" %}  A **reducible diagram** is a Feynman diagram  that can be cut in two valid diagrams @@ -215,7 +216,8 @@ At last, we define the **self-energy** $$\Sigma(y,x)$$  as the sum of all irreducible terms in $$G(b,a)$$,  after removing the two external lines from/to $$a$$ and $$b$$: -{% include image.html file="definition.png" width="90%" alt="Definition of self-energy" %} +{% include image.html file="definition.png" width="90%" +    alt="Definition of the self-energy" %}  Despite its appearance, the self-energy has the semantics of a line,  so it has two endpoints over which to integrate if necessary. @@ -234,7 +236,8 @@ Thanks to this recursive structure,  you can convince youself that $$G(b,a)$$ obeys  a [Dyson equation](/know/concept/dyson-equation/) involving $$\Sigma(y, x)$$: -{% include image.html file="dyson.png" width="95%" alt="Dyson equation in Feynman diagrams" %} +{% include image.html file="dyson.png" width="95%" +    alt="Dyson equation in Feynman diagrams" %}  This makes sense: in the "normal" Dyson equation  we have a one-body perturbation instead of $$\Sigma$$, diff --git a/source/know/concept/self-phase-modulation/index.md b/source/know/concept/self-phase-modulation/index.md index 931e10b..bc5a103 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/self-phase-modulation/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/self-phase-modulation/index.md @@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ $$\begin{aligned}      A(z, t) = \sqrt{P_0} \exp\!\Big(\!-\!\frac{t^2}{2 T_0^2}\Big) \exp\!\bigg( i \gamma z P_0 \exp\!\Big(\!-\!\frac{t^2}{T_0^2}\Big) \bigg)  \end{aligned}$$ -{% include image.html file="simulation-full.png" width="100%" alt="Self-phase modulation simulation results" %} +{% include image.html file="simulation-full.png" width="100%" +    alt="Self-phase modulation simulation results" %}  The **instantaneous frequency** $$\omega_\mathrm{SPM}(z, t)$$,  which describes the dominant angular frequency at a given point in the time domain, diff --git a/source/know/concept/self-steepening/index.md b/source/know/concept/self-steepening/index.md index fd48e0f..f96c020 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/self-steepening/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/self-steepening/index.md @@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ $$L_\mathrm{shock} = 0.847\,\mathrm{m}$$,  which turns out to be accurate,  although the simulation breaks down due to insufficient resolution: -{% include image.html file="simulation-full.png" width="100%" alt="Self-steepening simulation results" %} +{% include image.html file="simulation-full.png" width="100%" +    alt="Self-steepening simulation results" %}  Unfortunately, self-steepening cannot be simulated perfectly: as the  pulse approaches $$L_\mathrm{shock}$$, its spectrum broadens to infinite diff --git a/source/know/concept/shors-algorithm/index.md b/source/know/concept/shors-algorithm/index.md index 5ae5077..678d5d2 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/shors-algorithm/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/shors-algorithm/index.md @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ The period $$s$$ is the smallest integer satisfying $$f(x) = f(x+s)$$.  To do this, the following $$2q$$-qubit quantum circuit is used,  with $$q$$ chosen so that $$N^2 \le 2^q < 2 N^2$$: -{% include image.html file="shors-circuit.png" width="70%" alt="Shor's circuit" %} +{% include image.html file="shors-circuit.png" width="70%" +    alt="Shor's circuit" %}  Here, $$\mathrm{QFT}_q$$ refers to the $$q$$-qubit  [quantum Fourier transform](/know/concept/quantum-fourier-transform/), diff --git a/source/know/concept/simons-algorithm/index.md b/source/know/concept/simons-algorithm/index.md index 294912b..63bb808 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/simons-algorithm/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/simons-algorithm/index.md @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ A quantum computer needs to query $$f$$ only $$\mathcal{O}(n)$$ times,  although the exact number varies due to the algorithm's probabilistic nature.  It uses the following circuit: -{% include image.html file="simons-circuit.png" width="52%" alt="Simon's circuit" %} +{% include image.html file="simons-circuit.png" width="52%" +    alt="Simon's circuit" %}  The XOR oracle $$U_f$$ implements $$f$$,  and has the following action for $$n$$-bit $$a$$ and $$b$$: diff --git a/source/know/concept/step-index-fiber/index.md b/source/know/concept/step-index-fiber/index.md index 210a339..2d049a1 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/step-index-fiber/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/step-index-fiber/index.md @@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ $$\begin{aligned}      \end{cases}  \end{aligned}$$ -{% include image.html file="bessel-full.png" width="100%" alt="First few solutions to Bessel's equation" %} +{% include image.html file="bessel-full.png" width="100%" +    alt="First few solutions to Bessel's equation" %}  Looking at these solutions with our constraints for $$R_o$$ in mind,  we see that for $$\mu > 0$$ none of the solutions decay @@ -429,7 +430,8 @@ An example graphical solution of the transcendental equation  is illustrated below for a fiber with $$V = 5$$,  where red and blue respectively denote the left and right-hand side: -{% include image.html file="transcendental-full.png" width="100%" alt="Graphical solution of transcendental equation" %} +{% include image.html file="transcendental-full.png" version="2" width="100%" +    alt="Graphical solution of transcendental equation" %}  For the ground state the light is well-confined in the core,  but for higher modes it increasingly leaks into the cladding, diff --git a/source/know/concept/toffoli-gate/index.md b/source/know/concept/toffoli-gate/index.md index 9a99e69..23dc81e 100644 --- a/source/know/concept/toffoli-gate/index.md +++ b/source/know/concept/toffoli-gate/index.md @@ -16,29 +16,35 @@ of which it returns $$A$$ and $$B$$ unchanged,  and flips $$C$$ only if both $$A$$ and $$B$$ are true.  In circuit logic diagrams, its representation is: -{% include image.html file="toffoli.png" width="19%" alt="Toffoli gate symbol" %} +{% include image.html file="toffoli.png" width="19%" +    alt="Toffoli gate symbol" %}  This gate is reversible because $$A$$ and $$B$$ are preserved,  and it is universal because we can make a NAND gate from it: -{% include image.html file="nand.png" width="38%" alt="NAND gate made of Toffoli gate" %} +{% include image.html file="nand.png" width="38%" +    alt="NAND gate made of Toffoli gate" %}  A NAND is enough to implement every conceivable circuit.  That said, we can efficiently implement NOT, AND, and XOR using a single Toffoli gate too.  Note that NOT is a special case of NAND: -{% include image.html file="not.png" width="32%" alt="NOT gate made of Toffoli gate" %} +{% include image.html file="not.png" width="32%" +    alt="NOT gate made of Toffoli gate" %} -{% include image.html file="and.png" width="35%" alt="AND gate made of Toffoli gate" %} +{% include image.html file="and.png" width="35%" +    alt="AND gate made of Toffoli gate" %} -{% include image.html file="xor.png" width="35%" alt="XOR gate made of Toffoli gate" %} +{% include image.html file="xor.png" width="35%" +    alt="XOR gate made of Toffoli gate" %}  Using these, we can, as an example, make an OR gate  from three Toffoli gates,  thanks to the fact that $$A \lor B = \neg (\neg A \land \neg B)$$,  i.e. OR is NAND of NOT $$A$$ and NOT $$B$$: -{% include image.html file="or.png" width="50%" alt="OR gate made of Toffoli gates" %} +{% include image.html file="or.png" width="50%" +    alt="OR gate made of Toffoli gates" %}  Thanks to its reversibility and universality,  the Toffoli gate is interesting for quantum computing. | 
