Books

Books : reviews

Joachim Stolze, Dieter Suter.
Quantum Computing: a short course from theory to experiment.
Wiley-VCH. 2004

This is the first textbook on the topic which discusses theoretical foundations as well as experimental realizations in detail. The authors, both experienced teachers, didactically prepare the basics of quantum communication and quantum information processing, leading readers to modern technical implementations. They also discuss errors and decoherence as well as methods of avoiding and correcting them.

From the contents:
• Physics of computation
• Elements of classical computer science
• Quantum mechanics
• Quantum bits and quantum gates
• Feynman’s contribution
• Errors and decoherence
• Tasks for quantum computers
• How to build a quantum computer
• Liquid state NMR quantum computer
• Solid state quantum computers
• Quantum communication