Jiannis K. Pachos (University of Leeds)

Introduction to Topological Quantum Computation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, a variety of different topics are presented together for the first time, forming a thorough introduction to topological quantum computation. Keeping high-level and technical language to a minimum, the author adopts a pedagogical style, making the book accessible to non-specialists and researchers from a variety of sub-disciplines.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9781107005044
• ISBN-10: 1107005043
• Artikelnr.: 34692606

Autorenporträt

Jiannis K. Pachos is a Reader in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leeds. He works on a variety of research topics, ranging from quantum field theory to quantum optics. Dr Pachos is a University Research Fellow of the Royal Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Introduction; 2. Geometric and topological phases; 3. Quantum computation; 4. Computational power of anyons; Part II. Topological Models: 5. Quantum double models; 6. Kitaev's honeycomb lattice model; 7. Chern-Simons quantum field theories; Part III. Quantum Information Perspectives: 8. The Jones polynomial algorithm; 9. Topological entanglement entropy; 10. Outlook; Index.