Fundamentals of Quantum Information Quantum Computation, Communication, Decoherence and All That /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Heiss, Dieter (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, 587
• Subjects: Quantum physics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Information theory.; Data structures (Computer science).; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Information and Communication, Circuits.; Data Structures and Information Theory.

Quantum information science is a rapidly developing field that not only promises a revolution in computer sciences but also touches deeply the very foundations of quantum physics. This book consists of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field that bridges the gap between standard textbook m...

Table of Contents:

• A Guide for the Reader
• Qubits, Cbits, Decoherence, Quantum Measurement and Environment
• to Quantum Computation
• Environment-Induced Decoherence and the Transition from Quantum to Classical
• Quantum Information Science Using Photons
• Quantum Information: Entanglement, Purification, Error Correction, and Quantum Optical Implementations
• Spintronics, Quantum Computing, and Quantum Communication in Quantum Dots.