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260118 VO Quantum Information I (2015W)

2.50 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 26 - Physik

Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 05.10. 14:00 - 15:00 Lise-Meitner-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1. Stk., 1090 Wien (Kickoff Class)
  • Wednesday 07.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 14.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 21.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 28.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 04.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 11.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 18.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 25.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 02.12. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 09.12. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 16.12. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 13.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 20.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Wednesday 27.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien

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: Tu 14.11.2023 00:23