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Quantum Fourier Transform (3 qubit)

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The 3-qubit Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT), a key subroutine in Shor's algorithm and quantum phase estimation.

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1OPENQASM 2.0;
2include "qelib1.inc";
3qreg q[3];
4creg c[3];
5h q[0];
6cp(pi/2) q[1],q[0];
7cp(pi/4) q[2],q[0];
8h q[1];
9cp(pi/2) q[2],q[1];
10h q[2];
11swap q[0],q[2];
12measure q -> c;

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quantumcomputer.dev. "Quantum Fourier Transform (3 qubit)". quantumcomputer.dev/circuits/qft-3-qubit. 2026.