Introduction to Quantum Computing

Ray LaPierre attended Dalhousie University, Canada, where he obtained a B.Sc. degree in Physics in 1992. He then completed his M.Eng. degree in 1994 and Ph.D. degree in 1997 in the Engineering Physics Department at McMaster University, Canada. His graduate work involved development of molecular beam epitaxy of compound semiconductor alloys for laser diodes in telecom applications. Upon completion of his graduate work in 1997, he joined JDS Uniphase, Canada, where he developed dielectric coatings for wavelength division multiplexing devices. In 2004, he rejoined McMaster University as an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Physics Department. He is currently Professor in the Engineering Physics Department at McMaster with interests in III-V nanowires, molecular beam epitaxy, and applications in photovoltaics, photodetectors and quantum information processing.

Chapter 1: Superposition.- Chapter 2: Quantization.- Chapter 3: Spin.- Chapter 4: Qubits.- Chapter 5: Entanglement.- Chapter 6: Quantum Key Distribution.- Chapter 7: Quantum Gates.- Chapter 8: Teleportation.- Chapter 10: Computational Complexity.- Chapter 11: Deutsch Algorithm.- Chapter 12: Grover Algorithm.- Chapter 13: Shor Algorithm.- Chapter 14: Physical Implementation of Single-Qubit Gates.- Chapter 15: Electron Spin Resonance.- Chapter 16: Two-state Dynamics.- Chapter 17: Physical Implementation of Two-qubit Gates.- Chapter 18: DiVincenzo Criteria.- Chapter 19: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.- Chapter 20: Solid-state Spin Qubits.- Chapter 21: Trapped Ion Quantum Computing.- Chapter 22: Superconducting Qubits.- Chapter 23: Adiabatic Quantum Computing.- Chapter 24: Optical Quantum Computing.- Chapter 25: Quantum Error Correction.- Chapter 26: Topological Quantum Computing.