Shor's quantum algorithm using electrons in semiconductor nanostructures

Shor's factoring algorithm illustrates the potential power of quantum computation. Here, we present and numerically investigate a proposal for a compiled version of such an algorithm based on a quantum-wire network by exploiting the potential of fully coherent electron transport assisted by the surface acoustic waves. Specifically, a nonstandard approach is used to implement, in a simple form, the quantum circuits of the modular exponentiation execution for the simplest instance of Shor's algorithm, that is, the factorization of N = 15. The numerical procedure is based on a time-dependent solution of the multiparticle Schrodinger equation. The near-ideal algorithm performance and the large estimated fidelity indicate the efficiency of the protocol implemented, which also is almost insensitive to small destabilizing effects during quantum computation.