Quantum Computation and Information: From Theory to Experiment

✍ Scribed by Andris Ambainis, Kazuo Iwama, Akinori Kawachi, Rudy Raymond, Shigeru Yamashita (auth.), Hiroshi Imai, Masahito Hayashi (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 287
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics 102
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Recently, the field of quantum computation and information has been developing through a fusion of results from various research fields in theoretical and practical areas. This book consists of the reviews of selected topics charterized by great progress and cover the field from theoretical areas to experimental ones. It contains fundamental areas, quantum query complexity, quantum statistical inference, quantum cloning, quantum entanglement, additivity. It treats three types of quantum security system, quantum public key cryptography, quantum key distribution, and quantum steganography. A photonic system is highlighted for the realization of quantum information processing.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Quantum Identification of Boolean Oracles....Pages 3-18
Query Complexity of Quantum Biased Oracles....Pages 19-42
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Quantum Statistical Inference....Pages 45-61
Quantum Cloning Machines....Pages 63-109
Entanglement and Quantum Error Correction....Pages 111-132
On Additivity Questions....Pages 133-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Quantum Computational Cryptography....Pages 167-184
Quantum Key Distribution: Security, Feasibility and Robustness....Pages 185-233
Why Quantum Steganography Can Be Stronger Than Classical Steganography....Pages 235-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Photonic Realization of Quantum Information Systems....Pages 243-275

✦ Subjects

Quantum Computing, Information and Physics; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis