An introduction to quantum information processing: applications and realizations

TY - JOUR

T1 - An introduction to quantum information processing

T2 - applications and realizations

AU - Spiller, Timothy P.

AU - Munro, William J.

AU - Barrett, Sean D.

AU - Kok, Pieter

PY - 2005/11/1

Y1 - 2005/11/1

N2 - The ideas behind Quantum Information Processing (QIP) began to appear about twenty years ago and theoretical developments have been appearing ever since. Over the last decade quantum experiments have begun to realize QIP and point the way towards the routes for future quantum information technology. This review is a simple introduction to QIP for non-experts. It discusses the basic ideas of and the underpinning quantum theory needed to understand them, as well as various applications and algorithms, and some of the main candidate routes for realizing QIP.

AB - The ideas behind Quantum Information Processing (QIP) began to appear about twenty years ago and theoretical developments have been appearing ever since. Over the last decade quantum experiments have begun to realize QIP and point the way towards the routes for future quantum information technology. This review is a simple introduction to QIP for non-experts. It discusses the basic ideas of and the underpinning quantum theory needed to understand them, as well as various applications and algorithms, and some of the main candidate routes for realizing QIP.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=29144476164&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/00107510500293261

DO - 10.1080/00107510500293261

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:29144476164

SN - 0010-7514

VL - 46

SP - 407

EP - 436

JO - Contemporary Physics

JF - Contemporary Physics

IS - 6

ER -