Universität Wien

260118 VO Quantum Information I (2014W)

2.50 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 26 - Physik

Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Friday 06.02.2015 Monday 09.02.2015 Monday 13.04.2015 Thursday 30.04.2015 Monday 04.05.2015 Thursday 27.08.2015 Friday 02.10.2015 Tuesday 22.12.2015 Friday 19.02.2016 Wednesday 08.06.2016 Friday 17.06.2016 Thursday 11.05.2017

Lecturers

Classes

Vorbesprechung: MO 06.10.2014 14.00-15.00 Ort: Ludwig-Boltzmann-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien;

MO wtl 10.30-12.00 Ort: Ernst-Mach-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 2. Stk., 1090 Wien. Beginn: 13.10.14

Registrierung über Univis von Mo 15.09.14 08:00 Uhr bis Sa 31.01.15 23:00 Uhr.

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.

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:41