Quantum Information An Introduction /

• Main Author: Hayashi, Masahito (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Engineering.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Engineering, general.

Recently, quantum information theory has been developing through a fusion of results from various research fields. This requires that understanding of basic results on diverse topics, and derived from different disciplinary perspectives, is required for appreciating the overall picture. Intended to...

Table of Contents:

• Prologue
• Mathematical Formulation of Quantum Systems
• Information Quantities and Parameter Estimation in Classical Systems
• Quantum Hypothesis Testing and Discrimination of Quantum States
• Classical-Quantum Channel Coding (Message Transmission)
• State Evolution and Trace-Preserving Completely Positive Maps
• Quantum Information Geometry and Quantum Estimation
• Quantum Measurements and State Reduction
• Entanglement and Locality Restrictions
• Analysis of Quantum Communication Protocols
• Source Coding in Quantum Systems.