This book aims to provide a pedagogical introduction to
the subjects of quantum information and computation.
Topics include non-locality of quantum mechanics, quantum computation,
quantum cryptography, quantum error correction, fault-tolerant quantum computation
as well as some experimental aspects of quantum computation and quantum cryptography.
Only knowledge of basic quantum mechanics is assumed.
Whenever more advanced concepts and techniques are used, they are introduced carefully.
This book is meant to be a seif-contained overview.
While basic concepts are discussed in detail, unnecessary technical details are excluded.
It is well-suited for a wide audience ranging from physics graduate students to advanced researchers.
This book is based on a lecture series held at Hewlett Packard Labs,
Basic Research Institute in the Mathematical Sciences (BRiMS), Bristol
from November 1996 to April 1997, but it also includes other contributions.
Contents
- Timothy P. Spiller. Basic elements of Quantum Information Theory. 1998
- Sandu Popescu, Daniel Rohrlich. The joy of entanglement. 1998
- Richard Jozsa. Quantum Information and its properties. 1998
- Hoi-Kwong Lo. Quantum cryptology. 1998
- Hugo Zbinden. Experimental quantum cryptography. 1998
- Andriano Barenco. Quantum computation: an introduction. 1998
- Andrew M. Steane. Quantum error correction. 1998
- John Preskill. Fault-tolerant quantum computation. 1998
- Thomas Pellizzari. Quantum computers, error-correction and networking: quantum optical approaches. 1998
- Isaac L. Chuang. Quantum computation with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 1998
- Charles H. Bennett. Future directions for Quantum Information Theory. 1998