Quantum Computing: a Short Course from Theory to Experiment - Softcover

Joachim Stolze; Dieter Suter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3527404384 ISBN 13: 9783527404384

Publisher: Wiley VCH, 2004

Synopsis

The result of a lecture series, this textbook is oriented towards students and newcomers to the field and discusses theoretical foundations as well as experimental realizations in detail. The authors are experienced teachers and have tailored this book to the needs of students. They present the basics of quantum communication and quantum information processing, leading readers to modern technical implementations. In addition, they discuss errors and decoherence as well as methods of avoiding and correcting them.

About this title

About the Author

Prof. D. Suter is an experimentalist and well known for his NMR work and currently working on quantum computation projects. He worked with Nobel laureate Ernst RR in Zurich. Also Prof. J. Stolze is known to be a good teacher. As a theorist, his topic research area is quantum spin chains.

From the Back Cover

First textbook on the topic which discusses theoretical foundations as well as experimental realizations in detail. The authors, both experienced teachers, didactically prepare the basics of quantum communication and quantum information processing, leading readers to modern technical implementations. They also discuss errors and decoherence as well as methods of avoiding and correcting them.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley VCH
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3527404384
• ISBN 13: 9783527404384
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 255