Quantum Africa 2010: Theoretical and Experimental Foundations of Recent Quantum Technology

The conference Quantum Africa 2010 addressed recent advances, both theoretical and experimental, in the rapidly progressing field of quantum technologies. In particular progress in the foundations of quantum cryptography, quantum computing as well as quantum metrology was reported.

List of contents

Decoherence in infinite quantum systems.- Thermodynamic and quantum entropy gain of frame averaging.- Quantum metrology with rotating matter waves in different geometries.- Less reality, more security.- Designing reservoirs for 1/t decoherence process in Jaynes-Cummings Model.- QKD standardization at ETSI.- Industrial application for global quantum communication.- Encoding many qubits in a rotor.- 1- and 2-photon absorption by laser-cooled 85Rb using an optical Nanofiber.- Nonequilibrium thermal entanglement for simple spin chains.- Toward spin squeezing with trapped ions.

About the author

Francesco Petruccione ist Professor für Theoretische Physik an der Universität von KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, Südafrika.

Product details

• Authors: Erwin Bruning
• Assisted by: Erwin Br Ning (Editor), Erwin Brüning (Editor), Thoma Konrad (Editor), Thomas Konrad (Editor), Francesco Petruccione (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9780735410763
• ISBN: 978-0-7354-1076-3
• No. of pages: 132
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 237 mm x 8 mm
• Series: AIP Conference Proceedings; Atomic, Molecular, Chemical Physics; AIP Conference Proceedings/Atomic, Molecular, Chemical Physics; AIP Conference Proceedings / A; AIP Conference Proceedings / A; AIP Conference Proceedings,; Atomic, Molecular, Chemical Physics; AIP Conference Proceedings / Atomic, Molecular, Chemical Physics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics