SH2381 Quantum Information
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Completed course in quantum mechanics, corresponding to the content of course SI2380.
English B / English 6
Physical and information theoretic principles of quantum intoformation technology.
Quantum mechanical measurements, time development for open quantum systems, density matrices.
Qubits, quantum gates and quantum circuits. Universal quantum gates.
Quantum mechanical entanglement and teleportation and quantum cryptography.
Examples of important quantum algorithms. Quantum superiority.
Interference, decoherence, bit errors and error correction.
After completion of the course, you should be able to:
- describe the principles of qubits, different types of quantum gates and quantum circuits
- analyze the properties of simpler quantum algorithms
- perform calculations of simpler quantum information processes
- describe the principles of quantum teleportation and quantum cryptography
- explain the mechanisms behind bit errors and quantum error correction
- perform and report on laboratory work related to quantum information
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