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Table 1 Geometric significance of quantum rotation

From: Quantum identity authentication based on the extension of quantum rotation

Initial state

Rotation direction1

Final quantum state2

|0〉

Clockwise

\(R(\theta )\vert 0\rangle =\cos(\frac{\theta}{2})\vert 0\rangle +\sin(\frac{\theta}{2})\vert 1\rangle \)

|0〉

Anti-clockwise

\(R(-\theta )\vert 0\rangle =\cos(\frac{\theta}{2})\vert 0\rangle -\sin(\frac{\theta}{2})\vert 1\rangle \)

|1〉

Clockwise

\(R(\theta )\vert 1\rangle =-\sin(\frac{\theta}{2})\vert 0\rangle +\cos(\frac{\theta}{2})\vert 1\rangle \)

|1〉

Anti-clockwise

\(R(-\theta )\vert 1\rangle =-\sin(\frac{\theta}{2})\vert 0\rangle -\cos(\frac{\theta}{2})\vert 1\rangle \)

  1. 1 Rotation direction refers to the direction in the quantum state rotates on the Bloch circle, which takes the direction of −y as the line of sight. 2 To better explain the geometric significance of quantum rotation, we denote \(s\theta _{n}\) as θ and set θ>0 in this table.