Quantum Information : An Overview

Gregg Jaeger

ISBN 10: 144192258X / ISBN 13: 9781441922588

Published by Springer New York, 2010

About this Item

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In one word, this is a responsible book; the rest is commentary. Around 1992 a few of us were led by Charles Bennett into a Garden of Eden of quantum information, communication, and computation. No sooner had we started exploring our surroundings and naming the birds and the beasts, than Peter Shor put an end to that apparent innocence by showing that factoring could be turned-by means of quantum hardware-into a po- nomial task. Fast factoring meant business; everybody seemed to be awfully interested in factoring. Not that anyone had any use for factoring per se, but it seemed that all the world's secrets were protected by factor-keyed padlocks. Think of all the power and the glory (and something else) that you might get by acting as a consultant to big businesses and government agencies, helping them pick everyone else's locks and at the same time build unpickable ones (well, nearly unpickable) for themselves. And if one can get an exponential advantage in factoring, wouldn't an exponential advantage be lying around the corner for practically any other computational task Quantum infor- tion 'and all that' has indeed blossomed in a few years into a wonderful new chapter of physics, comparable in avor and scope to thermodynamics. It has alsoturnedintoaveritable'industry'-producingpapers,conferences,exp- iments, e ects, devices-even proposals for quantum computer architectures.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quantum Information : An Overview
• Publisher: Springer New York
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144192258X
• ISBN 13: 9781441922588
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 17D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 464 grams

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Synopsis

This book gives an overview for practitioners and students of quantum physics and information science. Unlike other books in quantum information and computing, this book is intended to be concise and to the point. This makes it useful in practical context of reading journal articles, performing research calculations or problems in graduate courses in physics and engineering. It is designed to provide ready access to essential information on quantum information processing and communication, such as definitions, protocols and algorithms. Quantum information science is a rapidly expanding area of technology and research containing a diverse spectrum of mathematical tools rarely found in clear and concise form. This book brings together this information from its various sources. It allows researchers and students in a broad range of areas to have this vital material directly at hand when needed. This is made possible by a concise and thorough format.

About the Author

Dr. Jaeger is Associate Professor at Boston University. He research focus has been in quantum mechanics, particularly quantum computing, quantum cryptography, quantum metrology and the foundations of quantum mechanics. He was worked in academia and industry in the United States and Europe as a research director, theorist and experimentalist. He participated in the building of the world's first practical metropolitan area quantum cryptographic network, the DARPA Quantum Network Test-bed, as a member of the Quantum Imaging Laboratory (and more recently the Quantum Communication and Measurement Laboratory) with Boston University's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the BU Photonics Center, along with colleagues at Harvard University and BBN Technologies.