Quantum Optics And Quantum Information

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

The lectures are an introduction to quantum optics, atom optics,
quantum engineering, quantum information, and quantum computing.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Knowledge of the basic concepts and methods of quantum mechanics
is assumed. However, the course is essentially self-contained in
the concepts of quantum optics and quantum information.

Syllabus

Week 1 Introduction to quantum optics and quantum information

Week 2 Quantum interference: paradoxes and applications

Week 3 Squeezed states and detection of gravitational waves

Week 4 Schrödinger cat paradox and its applications

Week 5 Quasiprobabilities and tests of nonclassicality

Week 6 Quantum entanglement and quantum nonlocality

Week 7 Quantum teleportation, entanglement swapping, and dense coding

Week 8 Quantum tomography

Week 9 Two models of quantum computing via quantum gates and quantum annealing

Week 10 Superconducting quantum computers

Week 11 Linear-optical quantum computers

Week 12 Quantum error correction codes

Week 13 Quantum algorithms I

Week 14 Quantum algorithms II

Week 15 Quantum supremacy and the future of quantum technologies

Reading list

Scripts and presentations delivered by the lecturer and

[1] C.C. Gerry, P.L. Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics
(Cambridge University Press, 2004).
Polish edition: Wstęp do optyki kwantowej (PWN, 2007)

[2] M.A. Nielsen, I.L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
(Cambridge University Press, 2000)

[3] S. Haroche, J.M. Raimond, Exploring the Quantum: Atoms, Cavities, and Photons
(Oxford University Press, 2000).