LOS ALAMOS SCIENCE, NUMBER 27, 2002

Information, Science, and Technology in a Quantum World

Cover and contents (PDF 3.9Mb)
John Wheeler on Quantum Theory and Information (PDF 1.2Mb)
Richard Feynman on Quantum Physics and Computer Simulation (PDF 898Kb)
Preface (PDF 3.9Mb)
About This Volume and Quantum Research at Los Alamos (PDF 413Kb)

Concepts in Quantum Information Science
Quantum Information Processing: A Hands-on Primer (PDF 3.1Mb)

20 Questions, Quantum Computers, and Cryptography (PDF 483Kb)
Quantum State Entanglement: Creation, characterization, and application (PDF 2.1Mb)
A New Face for Cryptography (PDF 4.4Mb)

Quantum Science
Decoherence and the Transition from Quantum to Classical—Revisited (PDF 3.4Mb)
The Emergence of Classical Dynamics in a Quantum World (PDF 3.7Mb)
Quantum Feedback Control: How Can We Control Quantum Systems without Disturbing Them? (PDF 2.5Mb)
Atom-Trap BECs: A New Laboratory for Studying Superfluidity, Quantum Fluctuations, and Other Quantum Phenomena (PDF 2.6Mb)
Schrödinger Cats in Atom-Trap BECs (PDF 553Kb)
Experiments on Cold Trapped Atoms (PDF 2.4Mb)
Quantum Information with Trapped Strontium Ions (PDF 2.3Mb)
Theory of Single-Spin Detection with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope (PDF 1.2Mb)

Quantum Computation
Introduction to Quantum Error Correction (PDF 2.9Mb)
NMR and Quantum Information Processing (PDF 2.4Mb)

Ion-Trap Quantum Computation (PDF 1.9Mb)
Toward a Silicon-Based Nuclear-Spin Quantum Computer: Developing the Technology for a Scalable, Solid-State Quantum Computer (PDF 2.9Mb)
Fabricating a Qubit Array with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope (PDF 7.2Mb)

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