Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
It's a very good book - it's by far the best textbook at this level, and will become the principal text for our new course.
Jonathan Jones
Oxford Centre for Quantum Computation
"The authors, experimantalists, being themselves involved in the realization of quantum computers, present with this book a didactically well formed introduction to quantum information processing, including computer architecture, tested and proposed schemes. Clearly, in order to offer this extensive material in a space of only just over 200 pages, the authors had restricted themselves to basic of relevant ideas. The latter are well selected and guide readers attention engagingly in chosen directions. ... This textbook has the advantage that it contains both, theoretical as well as experimental, features of quantum computing, that the exposition is well organized, and for beginners that it omits more advanced mathematical tools. It gives ... a broad overview ... It is an introduction for beginners, a good one, and can be well recommended as such."
Zentralblatt MATH
Review
It's a very good book—it's by far the best textbook at this level, and will become the principal text for our new course.
—Jonathan Jones, Oxford Centre for Quantum Computation
Synopsis
Im Bereich Quanteninformation wurden in den letzten Jahren enorme Fortschritte in der Forschung erreicht - und die Dynamik h lt an. Das Interesse an diesem Feld erstreckt sich schon lange nicht mehr nur auf einen berschaubaren Kreis von Spezialisten, auch im Lehrbuchsegment ist das Thema mittlerweile angekommen. Doch was dieses Buch bietet, sucht man auf dem Lehrbuchmarkt bisher in aller Regel vergeblich: eine Verbindung von Erl uterungen zu den theoretischen Grundlagen mit deren Umsetzungen in Experimenten. Die nunmehr zweite Auflage beinhaltet, dem rasanten Entwicklungstempo des Gebiets folgend, neueste Erkenntnisse zu theoretischen wie zu technischen Fragen. Unter anderem werden die Ergebnisse der j ngsten Experimente mit kalten Atomen pr sentiert. All dies verstehen die Autoren, beide erfahrene Dozenten und Praktiker im Bereich Quantencomputing, in didaktisch ansprechender Form zu pr sentieren.
Synopsis
"The book gives an impressive description of current experiments. Despite of the high density of information, the authors succeeded to describe the fundamental concepts and methods. As it contains numerous references and links, this book also forms a solid starting point for further studies."
Quoted from Physik Journal on the first edition
New to this edition
- Working with single Photons
- Report on progress in the trapping and manipulation of neutral particles
- Quantum simulations of strongly correlated many-particle models
- End-of-chapter problems
About the Author
Dieter Suter is an experimentalist and well known for his NMR-work. He is currently working on quantum computation projects. Joachim 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.
Table of Contents
Preface.1 Introduction and Survey.
1.1 Information, Computers, and Quantum Mechanics.
1.2 Quantum Computer Basics.
1.3 History of Quantum Information Processing.
2 Physics of Computation.
2.1 Physical Laws and Information Processing.
2.2 Limitations on Computer Performance.
2.3 The Ultimate Laptop.
3 Elements of Classical Computer Science.
3.1 Bits of History.
3.2 Boole an Algebra and LogicGates.
3.3 Universal Computers.
3.4 Complexity and Algorithms.
4 Quantum Mechanics.
4.1 General Structure.
4.2 Quantum States.
4.3 Measurement Revisited.
5 Quantum Bits and Quantum Gates.
5.1 Single-Qubit Gates.
5.2 Two-Qubit Gates.
5.3 Universal Sets of Gates.
6 Feynman’s Contribution.
6.1 Simulating Physics with Computers.
6.2 Quantum Mechanical Computers.
7 Errors and Decoherence.
7.1 Motivation.
7.2 Decoherence.
7.3 Error Correction.
7.4 Avoiding Errors.
8 Tasks for Quantum Computers.
8.1 Quantum Versus Classical Algorithms.
8.2 The Deutsch Algorithm: Looking at Both Sides of a Coin at the Same Time.
8.3 The Shor Algorithm: It’s Prime Time.
8.4 The Grover Algorithm: Looking for a Needle in a Haystack.
8.5 Quantum Simulations.
9 How to Build a Quantum Computer.
9.1 Components.
9.2 Requirements for Quantum Information Processing Hardware.
9.3 Converting Quantum to Classical Information.
9.4 Alternatives to the Network Model.
10 Liquid State NMR Quantum Computer.
10.1 Basics of NMR.
10.2 NMR as a Molecular Quantum Computer.
10.3 NMR Implementation of Shor’s Algorithm.
11 Trapped Ions and Atoms.
11.1 Trapping Ions.
11.2 Interaction with Light.
11.3 Quantum Information Processing with Trapped Ions.
11.4 Experimental Implementations.
11.5 Neutral Atoms.
11.6 Interacting Atoms in Optical Lattices.
12 Solid-State Quantum Computers.
12.1 Solid State NMR/EPR.
12.2 Superconducting Systems.
12.3 Semiconductor Qubits.
13 Photons for Quantum Information.
13.1 “QuantumOnly” Tasks.
13.2 A Few Bits of Classical Information Theory.
13.3 A Few Bits of Quantum Information Theory.
Appendix.
A Two Spins-1/2: Singlet and Triplet States.
Bibliography.
Index.