quantum gate directory
Pauli-Y Gate
Symbol
$Y$
Description:
The Pauli-Y gate is similar to the classical NOT gate, but introduces an imaginary $i$ sending $|0\rangle \to i|1\rangle$ and $|1\rangle \to -i|0\rangle$.
| Notation(s) | $Y$, $\sigma_y$, $\sigma_2$ |
| Matrix | $\begin{bmatrix}0 & -i \\ i & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ |
| Arity | 1 |
| Group | $\mathsf{U}(2)$ |
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