The Physics of Quantum Information: Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Teleportation, Quantum Computation

✍ Scribed by D. Bouwmeester, A. Zeilinger (auth.), Dr. Dirk Bouwmeester, Prof. Artur Ekert, Prof. Anton Zeilinger (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 326
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Leading experts from The Physics of Quantum Information network, a European Commission initiative, bring together the most recent results from the emerging area of quantum technology. Written in a consistent style, the book introduces quantum cryptography, quantum teleportation, and quantum computation, considering both theory and the latest experiments. Thus scientists working in the field and advanced students will find it to be a rich source of information on this exciting new area.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
The Physics of Quantum Information: Basic Concepts....Pages 1-14
Quantum Cryptography....Pages 15-48
Quantum Dense Coding and Quantum Teleportation....Pages 49-92
Concepts of Quantum Computation....Pages 93-132
Experiments Leading Towards Quantum Computation....Pages 133-189
Quantum Networks and Multi-Particle Entanglement....Pages 191-220
Decoherence and Quantum Error Correction....Pages 221-259
Entanglement Purification....Pages 261-293
Back Matter....Pages 295-315

✦ Subjects

Quantum Physics;Laser Technology, Photonics;Quantum Optics;Communications Engineering, Networks;Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory;Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics