The result of a lecture series, this textbook is oriented towards students and newcomers to the field and discusses theoretical foundations as well as experimental realizations in detail. The authors are experienced teachers and have tailored this book to the needs of students. They present the basics of quantum communication and quantum information processing, leading readers to modern technical implementations. In addition, they discuss errors and decoherence as well as methods of avoiding and correcting them.
Innehållsförteckning
1. Introduction and Survey
2. Physics of computation
3. Elements of classical computer science
4. Quantum Mechanics
5. Quantum bits and quantum gates
6. Feynman’s contribution
7. Errors and decoherence
8. Tasks for Quantum Computers
9. How to build a quantum computer
10. Liquid state NMR quantum computer
11. Solid state quantum computers
12. Quantum communication
A. Two spins 1/2:Singlet and triplet states
Om författaren
Prof. D. Suter is an experimentalist and well known for his NMR-work and currently working on quantum computation projects. He worked with Nobel laureate Ernst RR in Zurich.
Also Prof. J. Stolze is known to be a good teacher. As a theorist, his topic research area is quantum spin chains.