Quantum Information (QI)

PHSCS 513R, Fall 2011Tue-Thu 9:00-9:50 a.m.

261 ROTChttp://www.physics.byu.edu/faculty/vanhuele/Teaching/five/513QI-11/outline.htm

Introductions

Who am I?

Why am I here?

What do I hope to achieve in 513R?

What special skills do I have?

Quantum – What does that mean?

Classical Physics…GalileoQuantum Physics…Planck

Classical Computation…TuringClassical Information…Shannon

Quantum computation…FeynmanQuantum measurement…von Neumann

Quantum Foundations… (Einstein &) J.S. BellEntanglement…Schroedinger

Perspectives: The road to QI

Special Topics in Physics(PHSCS 222 prerequisite)

What are frontier topics in physics?

Do they impact QI?

Are they impacted by QI?

How do I pass this 513R class?

What will we do?CP, HW, IP, MT, F

How do you communicate?Sources for QI?

(Linear Algebra prerequisite)What is Linear Algebra?

Sources: pop, intro, grad• David Deutsch: The fabric of reality• Louisa Gilder: Quantum Entanglement• Robert Scully: The Demon and the Quantum• Anton Zeilinger: Dance of the Photons• Arthur Greenstein: The Quantum Challenge• Sagawa and Yoshida: Fundamentals of QI• Valerio Scarani: Six Quantum Pieces• Vlatko Vedral: Introduction to QI• Gennnaro Auletta: Foundation and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics• Benenti, Casati, and Strini: Principles of Q Computation and Information• Eugen Merzbacher: Quantum Mechanics• Nielsen and Chuang: Q Computation and QI• Maximilian Schlosshauer: Decoherence• Mark Silverman: Quantum Superposition