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In liquid-state NMR quantum computing, use two distinguishable spin- atomic nuclei in one molecule as the two qubits. Their different resonance frequencies permit selective radiofrequency pulses for one-qubit rotations. In a suitable rotating frame, refocusing removes unwanted one-spin terms while the NMR scalar coupling supplies
Assuming , free evolution for implements . Define . Then
This equality follows directly by evaluating the four diagonal entries: the first three are and the entry is . Negative can be handled by refocusing or reversing the effective interaction sign. The global phase can be ignored.
Thus the marked-state phase oracle for requires scalar-coupling evolution and calibrated one-spin rotations. For a marked word , conjugate by , realized as selective pulses. The Grover diffusion operator uses the same entangling operation with additional one-qubit pulses. Liquid-state NMR quantum computing usually reads an ensemble signal and often prepares an effective pseudo-pure deviation from a large mixed background; that reproduces this small quantum algorithm's signal without providing a scalable source of pure initialized qubits.

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