Phd in Physics

Quantum communication

15- Quantum communication

Academic year 2021/2022

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Program

a) Introduction to quantum information
The qubit concept
Qubit practical realisations
No-cloning theorem
Quantum state tomography

b) Quantum Cryptography with single photons
Quantum key distribution
Experimental implementations
Von Neumann Entropy vs. Shannon Entropy
Eavesdropping strategy and security criteria

c) Quantum entanglement
Entangled states and their properties
Practical realisations
Bell’s inequality

d) Quantum Cryptography by entangled states
Protocols
Experimental implementations

e) Quantum protocols
Teleportation of qubits
Teleportation of entanglement: entanglement swapping
Quantum dense coding
Experimental implementations of Bell’s state analysis

f) Generalized evolution of quantum systems
Quantum operations
Tomography of quantum operations

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Note

Students wishing to take this course must register with the teacher via email

Teacher

Ivo Degiovanni i.degiovanni@inrim.it

Period

TBD

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