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@inbook{James:2023:10.1007/978-3-030-73893-8_85,
author = {James, DFV and Knight, PL and Scheel, S},
booktitle = {Springer Handbooks},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-73893-8_85},
pages = {1259--1271},
title = {Quantum Information},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73893-8_85},
year = {2023}
}
TY - CHAP
AB - Since its inception over a century ago, quantum mechanics has been an indispensable tool for understanding atomic structure and has been used very successfully in the calculation energy levels, natural lifetimes, and cross sections; but for the most part, the philosophical interpretation of quantum mechanics has been left to others. However, after the work of Bell in the 1960s showed that the peculiarly nonlocal nature of quantum correlations could be tested in the lab, a number of atomic physicists turned to the experimental study of entanglement and quantum measurement. By the mid 1990s, it was becoming increasingly apparent that the peculiar quantum correlations and quantum superpositions might be exploited in quantum information processing, and that practical devices to exploit this potential might well be within the grasp of current experimental techniques. This led to an explosive growth of the subject over the past 25 years, fueled by the long-term prospects of quantum computing, quantum-enhanced metrology, and quantum cryptography. Today, quantum information is a vast area, embracing physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, material science, mathematics, and computer science. In this chapter, we introduce some of the basics of the subject, with an emphasis on atomic, molecular, and optical physics.
AU - James,DFV
AU - Knight,PL
AU - Scheel,S
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-73893-8_85
EP - 1271
PY - 2023///
SP - 1259
TI - Quantum Information
T1 - Springer Handbooks
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73893-8_85
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