Quantum Information, Computation and Cryptography An Introductory Survey of Theory, Technology and Experiments /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Benatti, Fabio (Editor), Fannes, Mark (Editor), Floreanini, Roberto (Editor), Petritis, Dimitri (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 808
• Subjects: Physics.; Coding theory.; Quantum physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Quantum Physics.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Coding and Information Theory.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

This multi-authored textbook addresses graduate students with a background in physics, mathematics or computer science. No research experience is necessary. Consequently, rather than comprehensively reviewing the vast body of knowledge and literature gathered in the past twenty years, this book conc...

Table of Contents:

• Hilbert Space Methods for Quantum Mechanics
• Classical Information Theory
• Quantum Probability and Quantum Information Theory
• Bipartite Quantum Entanglement
• Field-Theoretical Methods
• Quantum Entropy and Information
• Photonic Realization of Quantum Information Protocols
• Physical Realizations of Quantum Information
• Quantum Cryptography
• Quantum Algorithms.