Coherent Evolution in Noisy Environments

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Buchleitner, Andreas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hornberger, Klaus (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2002.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 611
• Subjects: Quantum physics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Quantum optics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Complex Systems.; Quantum Optics.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.
• Physical Description: XV, 293 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540458555
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45855-7

In the last two decades extraordinary progress in the experimental handling of single quantum objects has spurred theoretical research into investigating the coupling between quantum systems and their environment. Decoherence, the gradual deterioration of entanglement due to dissipation and noise fed into the system by the environment, has emerged as a central concept. The present set of lectures is intended as a high-level, but self-contained, introduction into the fields of quantum noise and dissipation. In particular their influence on decoherence and applications pertaining to quantum information and quantum communication are studied, leading the nonspecialist researchers and the advanced students gradually to the forefront of research.