Main Field of Study and progress level:
Physics: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Physics
Contents
The purpose of the course is to introduce students to a new interdisciplinary field of quantum information. The following subjects will be considered: Introduction: Basics of classical information and computation, error correction, data compression. Fundamentals of quantum computation: Quantum bits (qubits) and gates, quantum data compression. Quantum algorithms: Factorisation (Shor) search (Grover). Error correction algorithms. Quantum communication: Quantum cryptography. Quantum teleportation. Quantum hardware: Ion traps, nuclear magnetic resonance, optical cavities. Solid state implementations: Josephson junctions, quantum dots.
Required Knowledge
Solid State Physics, or equivalent.
Literature
Valid from:
2008 week 9
Feynman lectures on computation Feynman Richard Phillips, Hey Anthony J. G., Allen Robin W. London : Penguin : 1999 : xiv, 303 s. : ISBN: 0-14-028451-6 (pbk) Search the University Library catalogue
Quantum computation and quantum information Nielsen Michael A., Chuang Isaac L. Cambridge : Cambridge Univers. Press : 2000 : xxv, 676 s. : ISBN: 0-521-63235-8 (inb.) Search the University Library catalogue
Explorations in quantum computing Williams Colin P., Clearwater Scott H. New York : Springer : cop. 1998 : 307 s. : ISBN: 0-387-94768-X Search the University Library catalogue
