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Compute the parity into the second wire, phase that wire with the T gate, then uncompute with the same controlled-NOT gate. The answer isFor computational bits $x,y$, the successive states are $|x,y⟩\mapsto |x,x\oplus y⟩\mapsto e^{i\pi (x\oplus y)/4}|x,x\oplus y⟩\mapsto e^{i\pi (x\oplus y)/4}|x,y⟩$. The parity $x\oplus y$ is one precisely on the two odd-parity inputs. Thus, in the ordered computational basis $00,01,10,11$, the matrix is exactly $\mathrm{diag}(1,e^{i\pi /4},e^{i\pi /4},1)$, with no omitted overall phase. This is a two-qubit parity phase gate.

A two-qubit parity phase gate multiplies odd-parity computational vectors by $e^{i\theta }$ and fixes even-parity ones. With $R_{\theta }=\mathrm{diag}(1,e^{i\theta })$,The first controlled-NOT gate computes $x\oplus y$ in the second wire, the phase gate multiplies by $e^{i\theta (x\oplus y)}$, and the last controlled-NOT gate restores the original bits. This compute-phase-uncompute construction leaves the data unchanged except for the desired phases. The more general Pauli-string phase by parity computation uses the same mechanism. In terms of the Pauli Z gate, $G_{\theta }=e^{i\theta /2}\exp [-i\theta (Z\otimes Z)/2]$; the scalar factor ensures equality as a matrix, rather than only up to global phase.