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1 A Quantum Mechanic's Toolbox |
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1.2 A Short Introduction to Linear Vector Spaces |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (15) |
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1.3.1 Dirac's Bra-Ket Notation |
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1.3.2 Outer Products and Operators '1 |
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1.3.3 Direct and Kronecker Products |
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14 | (6) |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (1) |
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2 Apples and Oranges: Matrix Representations |
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2.1 Matrix Representations |
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23 | (6) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (2) |
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29 | (5) |
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2.3 Polarization of Light: A Classical Qubit |
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34 | (4) |
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36 | (2) |
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38 | (6) |
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2.4.1 Non-commuting Observables and the Uncertainty Principle |
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40 | (4) |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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3 Circuit Model of Computation |
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49 | (28) |
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49 | (4) |
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52 | (1) |
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3.2 Our First Quantum Circuit |
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53 | (17) |
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57 | (3) |
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3.2.2 Deutsch's Algorithm |
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60 | (7) |
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3.2.3 Deutsch-Josza Algorithm |
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67 | (3) |
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3.3 Hamiltonian Evolution |
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70 | (2) |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (2) |
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4 Quantum Killer Apps: Quantum Fourier Transform and Search Algorithms |
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77 | (28) |
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77 | (1) |
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77 | (5) |
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4.2.1 Nyquist-Shannon Sampling |
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79 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Discrete Fourier Transform |
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79 | (3) |
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4.3 Quantum Fourier Transform |
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82 | (14) |
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85 | (4) |
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4.3.2 Period Finding with the QFT Gate |
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89 | (4) |
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93 | (3) |
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4.4 Grover's Search Algorithm |
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96 | (5) |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (2) |
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5 Quantum Mechanics According to Martians: Density Matrix Theory |
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105 | (20) |
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105 | (1) |
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5.2 Density Operators and Matrices |
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106 | (5) |
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5.3 Pure and Mixed States |
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111 | (2) |
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5.4 Reduced Density Operators |
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113 | (4) |
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114 | (3) |
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5.5 Schmidt Decomposition |
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117 | (3) |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (1) |
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6 No-Cloning Theorem, Quantum Teleportation and Spooky Correlations |
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125 | (24) |
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125 | (1) |
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6.2 On Quantum Measurements |
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126 | (1) |
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6.3 The No-Cloning Theorem |
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126 | (2) |
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6.4 Quantum Teleportation |
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128 | (4) |
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6.5 EPR and Bell Inequalities |
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132 | (8) |
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135 | (3) |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (6) |
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141 | (3) |
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144 | (1) |
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6.6.3 Quantum Dense Coding |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (2) |
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7 Quantum Hardware I: Ion Trap Qubits |
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149 | (34) |
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149 | (1) |
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7.1.1 The DiVincenzo Criteria |
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149 | (1) |
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7.2 Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics in a Nutshell |
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150 | (3) |
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7.2.1 Dynamics of a Translating Rotor |
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151 | (2) |
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7.3 Quantum Mechanics of a Free Rotor: A Poor Person's Atomic Model |
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153 | (9) |
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7.3.1 Rotor Dynamics and the Hadamard Gate |
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157 | (3) |
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160 | (2) |
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7.4 The Cirac-Zoller Mechanism |
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162 | (11) |
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7.4.1 Quantum Theory of Simple Harmonic Motion |
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164 | (2) |
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7.4.2 A Phonon-Qubit Pair Hamiltonian |
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166 | (1) |
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7.4.3 Light-Induced Rotor-Phonon Interactions |
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167 | (6) |
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173 | (8) |
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7.5.1 M0lmer-S0renson Coupling |
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178 | (3) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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8 Quantum Hardware II: cQED and cirQED |
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183 | (22) |
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183 | (2) |
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8.2 Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (cQED) |
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185 | (7) |
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8.2.1 Eigenstates of the Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (9) |
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8.3.1 Quantum LC Circuits |
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192 | (5) |
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197 | (1) |
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8.3.3 Superconducting Qubits |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (3) |
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204 | (1) |
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9 Computare Errare Est: Quantum Error Correction |
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205 | (22) |
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205 | (2) |
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9.2 Quantum Error Correction |
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207 | (6) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (8) |
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9.4.1 A Short Introduction to the Pauli Group |
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217 | (4) |
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9.4.2 Stabilizer Analysis of the Shor Code |
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221 | (2) |
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9.5 Fault Tolerant Computing and the Threshold Theorem |
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223 | (2) |
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225 | (1) |
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Appendix A Mathematica and Software Resources |
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227 | (2) |
Index |
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