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Department: 59 - MICROTECHNOLOGY AND NANOSCIENCE
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Teaching language: English
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In programs
TTFYA ENGINEERING PHYSICS, Year 4 (elective)
FNMAS MSc PROGRAMME IN NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Year 1 (elective)
Examiner:
Professor
Mikael Fogelström
Replaces
FKA170
Quantum informatics
Eligibility:
For single subject courses within Chalmers programmes the same eligibility requirements apply, as to the programme(s) that the course is part of.
Course specific prerequisites
We assume that you followed an introductory course in
quantum physics. The lectures are given in a self-contained form,
introducing the necessary notation. A familiarity with the Dirac notation
of quantum mechanics is helpful but not crucial.
Aim
During the course we introduce the basics of quantum informatics
focusing on both theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum computing.
We discuss realizations of qubit systems and their viability or weakness.
Part of the material is devoted to quantum algorithms and their possible
realizations.
Goal
At the end of this course a solid introductory knowledge in to the
field of quanum informatics should be achieved. We will have discussed both
the theoretical basis of the qubit and of quantum algorithms as well as
made a survey of the experimental efforts and status of the current reaserch.
Content
1) What is quantum informatics? An introduction to the topic of quantum informatics and to the format of course.
2) Building blocks of quantum mechanics:
i) two-level systems
ii) time evolution
iii) entangled states, Bell states
iv) decoherence
3) Quantum algorithms
4) Potential qubit candidates. DiVincenzos criteria for a realizable quantum computer.
5) Quantum communication. Teleportation and cryptation
6) Error correction
Organisation
The course is given in form of lectures and exercises
Literature
Lecture notes and
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
Michael A. Nielsen and Isaac L. Chuang
Cambridge University Press (2000)
ISBN 0 521 63503 9
Examination
Oral or written exam and an essay with presentation in a "Qubit Battle"