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Quantum Information Processing is a young and rapidly growing field of research at the intersection of physics, mathematics, and computer science. Its ultimate goal is to harness quantum physics to conceive -- and ultimately build -- quantum computers that would dramatically overtake the capabilities of today's classical computers. One example of the power of a quantum computer is its ability to efficiently find the prime factors of a larger integer, thus shaking the supposedly secure foundations of standard encryption schemes. This comprehensive textbook on the rapidly advancing field introduces readers to the fundamental concepts of information theory and quantum entanglement, taking into account the current state of research and development. It thus covers all current concepts in quantum computing, both theoretical and experimental, before moving on to the latest implementations of quantum computing and communication protocols. With its series of exercises, this is ideal reading for students and lecturers in physics and informatics, as well as experimental and theoretical physicists, and physicists in industry.

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Author:   Dagmar Bruss ,  Gerd Leuchs
Publisher:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.208kg
ISBN:  

9783527405275

ISBN 10:   3527405275
Pages:   634
Publication Date:   20 December 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Classical Information Theory - Classical Information Theory and Classical Error Correction (M. Grassl) - Computational Complexity (S.Mertens) 2. Foundations of Quantum Information Theory - Discrete Quantum States versus Continuous Variables (J. Eisert) - Approximate Quantum Cloning (D. Bruss, C. Macchiavello) - Channels and Maps (M. Keyl, R. Werner) - Quantum Algorithms (J. Kempe) - Quantum Error Correction (M. Grassl) 3. Theory of Entanglement - The Seperability versus Eentanglement Problem (A. Sen (De), U. Sen, M. Lewenstein, A. Sanpera) - Entanglement Theory with Continuous Vvariables (P. van Loock) - Entanglement Measures (M. Plenio, S. Virmani) - Purifiaction and Distillation (H.-J. Briegel, W. Durr) - Bound Entanglement (P. Horodecki) - Multi-Particle Entanglement (J. Eisert, D. Gross) 4. Quantum Communication - Teleportation (L. C. Davila Romero, N. Korolkova) - Quantum Communication Experiments with Discrete Variables (H. Weinfurter) - Continuous Variable Quantum Communication (U. L. Andersen, G. Leuchs) 5. Quantum Computing: Concepts - Requirements for a Quantum Computer (A. Ekert, A. Kay) - Probabilitistic Quantum Cumputation and Linear Optical Realization (N. Lutkenhaus) - One-way Quantum Computation ( D. E. Browne, H.-J. Briegel) - Holonomic Quantum Computing (A. C. M. Carollo, V. Vedral) 6. Quantum Computing: Implementations - Quantum Computing with Cold Ions and Atoms: Theory (D. Jaksch, J. J. Garca-Ripoll, J. I. Cirac, P. Zoller) - Quantum Computing with Cold Ions and Atoms: Experiments with Ion Traps (F. Schmidt-Kaler) - Quantum Computing with Solid State Systems ( G. Burkart, D. Loss) - Quantum Computing Implemented via Optimal Control: Theory and Application to Spin and Pseudo-Spin Systems (T. Schulte-Herbruggen, A. K. Spoerl, R. Marx, N. Khaneja, J. M. Myers, A. F. Fahmy, S. J. Glaser) 7. Transfer of Quantum Information between Different Types of Implementations - Quantum Repeater (W. Dur, H.-J. Briegel, P. Zoller) - Quantum Interface between Light and Atomic Ensembles (E. S. Polzik, J. Fiurasek) - Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics: Quantum Information Processing with Atoms and Photons (J.-M. Raimond, G. Rempe) - Quantum Electrodynamics of a Qubit (G. Alber, G. M. Nikolopoulos) 8. Towards Quantum Technology Applications - Quantum Interferometry (O. Goeckl, U. L. Andersen, G. Leuchs) - Quantum Imaging (C. Fabre, N. Treps)

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Dagmar Bruss graduated at RWTH University Aachen, Germany, and received her PhD in theoretical particle physics from the University of Heidelberg in 1994. As a research fellow at the University of Oxford she started to work in quantum information theory. Another fellowship at ISI Torino, Italy, followed. While being a research assistant at the University of Hannover she completed her habilitation. Since 2004 Professor Bruss has been holding a chair at the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Germany. Gerd Leuchs studied physics and mathematics at the University of Cologne, Germany, and received his Ph.D. in 1978. After two research visits at the University of Colorado in Boulder, USA, he headed the German gravitational wave detection group from 1985 to 1989. He became technical director at Nanomach AG in Switzerland. Since 1994 Professor Leuchs has been holding the chair for optics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. His fields of research span the range from modern aspects of classical optics to quantum optics and quantum information. Since 2003 he has been Director of the Max Planck Research Group for Optics, Information and Photonics at Erlangen.

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