| Unit name | Quantum Information 301 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHYS32013 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Nick Brook |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Normally 120 credit points of level I Physics or Chemical Physics units including PHYS22030 or PHYS22020 |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Physics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
The course aims to give an introduction to this area accessible to Physics students in year 3 of any of its programmes. The course will begin with a brief overview of the relevant background from quantum mechanics and information theory, including the idea of qubits, the quantum version of the basic units of classical information, bits. The main theme of the course is the concept of quantum information and the fundamental idea of quantum entanglement, which underlies most aspects of the subject. Topics will include quantum teleportation, processes for entanglement manipulation and quantum cryptography.
