Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Introduction to Quantum Computing

  • Textbook
  • © 2021

Overview

Authors:
  1. Ray LaPierre

    1. Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Provides a comprehensive standalone text for an upper-undergraduate course on quantum computing
  • Assumes only basic knowledge in quantum mechanics, making it accessible to students in physics and engineering
  • Enhances learning with plenty of end-of-chapter exercises
  • Request lecturer material: sn.pub/lecturer-material

Part of the book series: The Materials Research Society Series (MRSS)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Superposition

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 1-17

  3. Quantization

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 19-34

  4. Spin

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 35-56

  5. Qubits

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 57-72

  6. Entanglement

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 73-90

  7. Quantum Key Distribution

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 91-99

  8. Quantum Gates

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 101-125

  9. Teleportation

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 127-131

  10. Tensor Products

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 133-138

  11. Quantum Parallelism and Computational Complexity

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 139-148

  12. Deutsch Algorithm

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 149-161

  13. Grover Algorithm

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 163-176

  14. Shor Algorithm

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 177-192

  15. Precession

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 193-207

  16. Electron Spin Resonance

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 209-216

  17. Two-State Dynamics

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 217-231

  18. Implementing Two-Qubit Gates

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 233-240

  19. DiVincenzo Criteria

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 241-244

  20. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

    • Ray LaPierre
    Pages 245-257
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book provides a self-contained undergraduate course on quantum computing based on classroom-tested lecture notes. It reviews the fundamentals of quantum mechanics from the double-slit experiment to entanglement, before progressing to the basics of qubits, quantum gates, quantum circuits, quantum key distribution, and some of the famous quantum algorithms. As well as covering quantum gates in depth, it also describes promising platforms for their physical implementation, along with error correction, and topological quantum computing. With quantum computing expanding rapidly in the private sector, understanding quantum computing has never been so important for graduates entering the workplace or PhD programs. Assuming minimal background knowledge, this book is highly accessible, with rigorous step-by-step explanations of the principles behind quantum computation, further reading, and end-of-chapter exercises, ensuring that undergraduate students in physics and engineering emerge well prepared for the future.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    Ray LaPierre

About the author

Ray LaPierre attended Dalhousie University, Canada, where he obtained a B.Sc. degree in Physics in 1992. He then completed his M.Eng. degree in 1994 and Ph.D. degree in 1997 in the Engineering Physics Department at McMaster University, Canada. His graduate work involved development of molecular beam epitaxy of compound semiconductor alloys for laser diodes in telecom applications. Upon completion of his graduate work in 1997, he joined JDS Uniphase, Canada, where he developed dielectric coatings for wavelength division multiplexing devices. In 2004, he rejoined McMaster University as an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Physics Department. He is currently Professor in the Engineering Physics Department at McMaster with interests in III-V nanowires, molecular beam epitaxy, and applications in photovoltaics, photodetectors and quantum information processing.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation