CHM696A

Quantum Computing

CHM696A

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Thermodynamics of computing, Shannon Theory, elementary information theory (2)

Basics of computers, Church-Turing hypothesis, basics of computing complexity (4)

Basic of quantum mechanics, Feynman-Block Pseudopolarization Vector Model, Time Dependent Schrodinger equation, basics of approximate quantum approaches (8)

Two-level Systems, Coherence, Superposition Principle, Density Matrix, Entanglement, Relaxation Processes.(6)

Quantum gates and circuits, Theory of Quantum Information and Computation, Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm, Shor's algorithm for factoring, Grover's search algorithm and its applications.(8)

Quantum Complexity, Quantum Turing Machine. (6)

Physical implementations of Quantum Computation, Light polarization, NMR, Cavity QED, Ion-Traps, Laser-matter interaction, Coherent Control. (8)

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Michael A. Nielsen and Isaac L. Chuang, QuantumComputationandQuantumInformation, Cambridge University Press, 2000
Jozef Gruska, QuantumComputing, McGraw Hill, 1999
Neil Gershenfeld, PhysicsofInformationTechnology, Cambridge University Press, 2000
Cohen-Tannoudji, Diu, and Laloë, Quantum Mechanics I, 2005.
Mika Hirvensalo, QuantumComputing, Springer-Verlag New York, 2000.
G. Alber, T. Beth, M. Horodecki, P. Horodecki, R. Horodecki, M. Rotteler, H. Weinfurter, R. Werner, A. Zeilinger, QuantumInformation:AnIntroductiontoBasicTheoreticalConceptsandExperiments, Springer, 2001.

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