Overview
- Broadens knowledge of young researchers studying quantum information and coherence
- Contains the latest research and establishes future trends in quantum information and coherence
- Provides advanced lectures from highly-distinguished and acknowledged experts in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Scottish Graduate Series (SGS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book offers an introduction to ten key topics in quantum information science and quantum coherent phenomena, aimed at graduate-student level. The chapters cover some of the most recent developments in this dynamic research field where theoretical and experimental physics, combined with computer science, provide a fascinating arena for groundbreaking new concepts in information processing.
The book addresses both the theoretical and experimental aspects of the subject, and clearly demonstrates how progress in experimental techniques has stimulated a great deal of theoretical effort and vice versa. Experiments are shifting from simply preparing and measuring quantum states to controlling and manipulating them, and the book outlines how the first real applications, notably quantum key distribution for secure communication, are starting to emerge. The chapters cover quantum retrodiction, ultracold quantum gases in optical lattices, optomechanics, quantum algorithms, quantum key distribution, quantum control based on measurement, orbital angular momentum of light, entanglement theory, trapped ions and quantum metrology, and open quantum systems subject to decoherence.
The contributing authors have been chosen not just on the basis of their scientific expertise, but also because of their ability to offer pedagogical and well-written contributions which will be of interest to students and established researchers.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Erika Andersson
School of Engineering and Physical Science
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
EH14 4AS
Dr Patrik Öhberg
School of Engineering and Physical Science
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
EH14 4AS
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Information and Coherence
Editors: Erika Andersson, Patrik Öhberg
Series Title: Scottish Graduate Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04063-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04062-2Published: 19 March 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34297-9Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04063-9Published: 08 July 2014
Series ISSN: 2199-4617
Series E-ISSN: 2155-2207
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 285
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Quantum Physics, Quantum Gases and Condensates, Quantum Optics, Quantum Computing