Upon completing the course, students will possess the following skills. They are able to
- explain and summarize key concepts of quantum mechanics relevant to quantum information (k1/k2);
- describe and compare the properties of different physical implementations of qubits (k2);
- illustrate the working principles of quantum gates and circuits, and provide examples (k1/k2);
- present concepts relevant to quantum communication and quantum key distribution (k1/k2).
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During the course, students will acquire knowledge in the following areas of quantum computation and communication:
- short history of quantum information and basic concepts;
- axioms of quantum mechanics: quantum states, observables, measurements, dynamics, and composite systems;
- quantum bits and the Bloch sphere;
- open quantum systems and density operators;
- physical implementation of qubits;
- quantum circuits, 1- and 2-qubit gates;
- entanglement and mixing, Bell states, Bell’s theorem;
- classes of quantum algorithms and examples;
- the no-cloning theorem;
- quantum communication: quantum teleportation, entanglement swapping, quantum key distribution and main protocols.
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