Introduction to the Theory of Quantum Information Processing

✍ Scribed by János A. Bergou, Mark Hillery (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 157
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Introduction to the Theory of Quantum Information Processing provides the material for a one-semester graduate level course on quantum information theory and quantum computing for students who have had a one-year graduate course in quantum mechanics. Many standard subjects are treated, such as density matrices, entanglement, quantum maps, quantum cryptography, and quantum codes. Also included are discussions of quantum machines and quantum walks. In addition, the book provides detailed treatments of several underlying fundamental principles of quantum theory, such as quantum measurements, the no-cloning and no-signaling theorems, and their consequences. Problems of various levels of difficulty supplement the text, with the most challenging problems bringing the reader to the forefront of active research.

This book provides a compact introduction to the fascinating and rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field of quantum information theory, and it prepares the reader for doing active research in this area.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-8
The Density Matrix....Pages 9-21
Entanglement....Pages 23-47
Generalized Quantum Dynamics....Pages 49-58
Quantum Measurement Theory....Pages 59-81
Quantum Cryptography....Pages 83-91
Quantum Algorithms....Pages 93-116
Quantum Machines....Pages 117-131
Decoherence and Quantum Error Correction....Pages 133-148
Back Matter....Pages 149-150

✦ Subjects

Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics;Coding and Information Theory;Quantum Physics