Tuesday, February 26, 2013

1302.5842 (S. M. Girvin)

Basic Concepts in Quantum Information    [PDF]

S. M. Girvin
In the last 25 years a new understanding has evolved of the role of information in quantum mechanics. At the same time there has been tremendous progress in atomic/optical physics and condensed matter physics, and particularly at the interface between these two formerly distinct fields, in developing experimental systems whose quantum states are long-lived and which can be engineered to perform quantum information processing tasks. These lecture notes will present a brief introduction to the basic theoretical concepts behind this `second quantum revolution.' These notes will also provide an introduction to `circuit QED.' In addition to being a novel test bed for non-linear quantum optics of microwave electrical circuits which use superconducting qubits as artificial atoms, circuit QED offers an architecture for constructing quantum information processors.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.5842

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