Teaching quantum computing using a full adder as an example

Steffen Reichel1, L. König1, Kim Kappl2, C. Ludwig2, Ronny Nawrodt2
  1. 1Faculty of Engineering, Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences
  2. 25th Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart

steffen [dot] reichel [at] hs-pforzheim [dot] de

From a few experiments some basics of quantum physics and their mathematical background can be understood. We chose the full adder as an exemplary experiment to demonstrate how future engineers can learn about quantum computing and its applications.

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@inproceedings{reichel2026a11,
  author     = {Reichel, Steffen and König, L. and Kappl, Kim and Ludwig, C. and Nawrodt, Ronny},
  title      = {{Teaching quantum computing using a full adder as an example}},
  booktitle  = {DGaO-Proceedings 2026},
  series     = {DGaO-Proceedings},
  eventtitle = {127. Jahrestagung der DGaO},
  eventdate  = {2026-05-27/2026-05-29},
  venue      = {Hamburg},
  publisher  = {Deutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Optik e.V.},
  year       = {2026},
  pages      = {A11},
  langid     = {english},
  doi        = {10.83229/127-a011},
  url        = {https://dgao-proceedings.de/paper/127-a11}
}
127. Annual Conference of the DGaO · Hamburg · 2026