Universität Wien

260118 VO Quantum Information I (2013W)

2.50 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 26 - Physik

Vorbesprechung: DI 01.10.2013 15.00-16.00 Ort: Ernst-Mach-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 2. Stk., 1090 Wien

MO wtl von 07.10.2013 bis 27.01.2014 10.30-12.00 Ort: Ernst-Mach-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 2. Stk., 1090 Wien

Anmeldung über Univis vom 09.09.2013 08:00 Uhr bis 15.10.2013 12:00 Uhr

Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Friday 31.01.2014 Monday 24.02.2014 Wednesday 26.02.2014 Wednesday 05.03.2014 Thursday 06.03.2014 Tuesday 11.03.2014 Monday 28.04.2014 Monday 12.01.2015

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

1. The qubit, polarization of photon, the density matrix, unitaries, Bloch vector representation of the qubit
2. One qubit algorithms: square-root of NOT operation, the Deutsch algorithm, interaction-free measurement
3. Two qubits, quantum gates, linear optics gates, entanglement, Schmidt decomposition
4. Bloch vector representation of two qubits, entanglement criteria and measures
5. Entanglement as a resource for quantum information: teleportation, dense coding, quantum key distribution
6. Quantum non-locality, Bell's inequalities, quantum communication complexity
7. Quantum theory of measurements: projective and generalized measurements, Positive Operator Valued Measures (POVMs)
8. Quantum maps, Kraus representation, quantum channels, impossible maps, the no-cloning theorem, the no-signaling theorem
9. Quantum alogorithms, Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm

Assessment and permitted materials

Final exam (oral)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Introduction into quantum information science

Examination topics

Lecture

Reading list

1. Preskill's lecture notes at www.theory.caltech.edu/people/preskill/ph229
2. M. A. Nielsen and I. L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
3. Hand notes that will be uploaded as the course progresses

Association in the course directory

MF 6, MaG 18, MaV 5, Dok 1.

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