Low-cost realization of toffoli gate for the low-cost synthesis of quantum ternary logic functions

Abstract

Reversible quantum computer system is one of the best choices for future computer systems. Multiple-valued logic especially ternary logic is a good candidate for the realization of reversible quantum computer. An efficient logic synthesis mechanism is essential for the low-cost realization. Toffoli gate is an important gate for quantum logic synthesis. It is the basic element for the Galois Field Sum of Product (GFSOP) expression based logic synthesis mechanism. So, for low-cost realization of any ternary logic function, a low-cost implementation of Toffoli gate is very necessary. This paper shows a low-cost, practically realizable, and efficient realization of 3-qutrit ternary Toffoli gate by using ion-trap realizable Muthukrishnan-Stroud gate. This realization is more efficient and less costly than other realizations.