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Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: from Photons to Quantum Computers
Reinhold Blumel, PhD, Charlotte Augusta Ayres Professor of Physics, Wesleyan University, Connecticut
ISBN: 9780763776282
$88.95 (Sugg. US List)
Hardcover
331 Pages
© 2010
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- Without neglecting the “machinery” of quantum mechanics, typically found in traditional quantum mechanics textbooks, this book focuses on the “non-classical” aspects of quantum mechanics, for instance EPR correlations and Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance”.
- Contains chapters on modern quantum topics, for instance, interaction-free measurement, no-cloning theorem, the quantum Zeno effect, Mermin's reality machine, quantum code-breaking, and quantum computing, not found in traditional quantum mechanics textbooks.
- Discusses the process of teleportation, no longer science fiction, but firmly grounded in experiment.
- Presents key quantum algorithms such as the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm, Shor’s factoring algorithm, and Grover’s data-base search algorithm that demonstrate convincingly how quantum computers outclass any conceivable classical computer.
- Contains a chapter that presents in-depth, and quantitatively, the physics of an actual quantum computer recently demonstrated in the laboratory.
- Includes more than 200 exercises at the end of each section to test the acquired knowledge.
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