Fundamentals of Quantum Information - Quantum Computation, Communication, Decoherence and All That

Quantum information science is a rapidly developing field that not only promises a revolution in computer sciences but also touches deeply the very foundations of quantum physics. This book consists of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field that bridges the gap between standard textbook material and the research literature, thus providing the necessary background for postgraduate students and non-specialist researchers wishing to familiarize themselves with the subject thoroughly and at a high level. This volume is ideally suited as a course book for postgraduate students, and lecturers will find in it a large choice of material for bringing their courses up to date.

List of contents

A Guide for the Reader.- Qubits, Cbits, Decoherence, Quantum Measurement and Environment.- to Quantum Computation.- Environment-Induced Decoherence and the Transition from Quantum to Classical.- Quantum Information Science Using Photons.- Quantum Information: Entanglement, Purification, Error Correction, and Quantum Optical Implementations.- Spintronics, Quantum Computing, and Quantum Communication in Quantum Dots.

Summary

Quantum information science is a rapidly developing field that not only promises a revolution in computer sciences but also touches deeply the very foundations of quantum physics. This book consists of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field that bridges the gap between standard textbook material and the research literature, thus providing the ne- cessary background for postgraduate students and non-specialist researchers wishing to familiarize themselves with the subject thoroughly and at a high level. This volume is ideally suited as a course book for postgraduate students, and lecturers will find in it a large choice of material for bringing their courses up to date.

Product details

• Assisted by: Diete Heiss (Editor), Dieter Heiss (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.10.2002
• EAN: 9783540433675
• ISBN: 978-3-540-43367-5
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 244 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 597 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 266 p.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics; Lecture Notes in Physics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; B, Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen, Informationstheorie, Theoretische Informatik, Data Structures and Information Theory, Applications of Mathematics, Quantum Physics, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Physics and Astronomy, Algorithms & data structures, Information theory, Applied mathematics, Quantum computers, Data structures (Computer science), Spintronics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Information and Communication, Circuits