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Quantum mechanics for beginners : with applications to quantum communication and quantum computing / M. Suhail Zubairy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zubairy, M. Suhail (Muhammad Suhail), 1952- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quantum theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2020
- Summary:
- Quantum mechanics is a highly successful yet a mysterious theory. Quantum Mechanics for Beginners provides an introduction of this fascinating subject to someone with only a high school background in physics and mathematics. This book, except the last chapter on the Schrödinger equation, is entirely algebra-based. A major strength of this book is that, in addition to the foundation of quantum mechanics, it provides an introduction to the fields of quantum communication and quantum computing. The topics covered include wave-particle duality, the Heisenberg uncertainty relation, Bohr's principle of complementarity, quantum superposition and entanglement, Schrödinger's cat, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox, Bell theorem, quantum no-cloning theorem and quantum copying, quantum eraser and delayed choice, and quantum teleportation.
- Contents:
- What is this book about?
- Introductory Topics. Mathematical background
- Particle dynamics
- Wave theory
- Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics. Fundamentals of quantum mechanics
- Birth of quantum mechanics : Planck, Einstein, Bohr
- De Broglie waves : are electrons waves or particles?
- Quantum interference : wave-particle duality
- Simplest quantum devices : polarizers and beam splitters
- Quantum superposition and entanglement
- No-cloning theorem and quantum copying
- EPR and Bell theorem
- Quantum Communication. Quantum secure communication
- Optical communication with invisible photons
- Quantum Computing. Quantum computing I
- Quantum computing II
- The Schrödinger equation. The Schrödinger equation.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-188864-8
- 0-19-259639-X
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