Quantum Computing, Revised and Enlarged A

Second edition of the successful textbook which has emerged from a lecture series. The compact introduction addresses graduate students with a reasonably good background in physics, notably in quantum mechanics, plus some knowledge in introductory statistical mechanics and solid-state physics.The authors explain basic concepts from quantum mechanics and computer science which are used throughout the whole field of quantum computing and quantum communication. This second edition reflects the rapid development of the main ideas and techniques, e.g. by including the most recent experiments on cold atoms.

Dieter Suter is an experimentalist and well known for his NMR-work. He is currently working on quantum computation projects.

Juergen Stolze is an expert on the theory of quantum computation. His topic research area is quantum spin chains. Both authors are known to have excellent didactic skills.

Preface
Introduction and Survey
Information, Computers, and Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Computer Basics
History of Quantum Information Processing
Physics of Computation
Physical Laws and Information Processing
Limitations on Computer Performance
The Ultimate Laptop
Elements of Classical Computer Science
Bits of History
Boole an Algebra and LogicGates
Universal Computers
Complexity and Algorithms
Quantum Mechanics
General Structure
Quantum States
Measurement Revisited
Quantum Bits and Quantum Gates
Single-Qubit Gates
Two-Qubit Gates
Universal Sets of Gates
Feynman's Contribution
Simulating Physics with Computers
Quantum Mechanical Computers
Errors and Decoherence
Motivation
Decoherence
Error Correction
Avoiding Errors
Tasks for Quantum Computers
Quantum Versus Classical Algorithms
The Deutsch Algorithm: Looking at Both Sides of a Coin at the Same Time
The Shor Algorithm: It's Prime Time
The Grover Algorithm: Looking for a Needle in a Haystack
Quantum Simulations
How to Build a Quantum Computer
Components
Requirements for Quantum Information Processing Hardware
Converting Quantum to Classical Information
Alternatives to the Network Model
Liquid State NMR Quantum Computer
Basics of NMR
NMR as a Molecular Quantum Computer
NMR Implementation of Shor's Algorithm
Trapped Ions and Atoms
Trapping Ions
Interaction with Light
Quantum Information Processing with Trapped Ions
Experimental Implementations
Neutral Atoms
Interacting Atoms in Optical Lattices
Solid-State Quantum Computers
Solid State NMR/EPR
Superconducting Systems
Semiconductor Qubits
Photons for Quantum Information
"QuantumOnly" Tasks
A Few Bits of Classical Information Theory
A Few Bits of Quantum Information Theory
Appendix A Two Spins-1/2: Singlet and Triplet States
Bibliography
Index
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Quantum Computing, Revised and Enlarged A Short Course from Theory to Experiment

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