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Quantum Computing: Information Processed through the Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Prof Tien Kieu
Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Swinburne University of Technology
3.30pm, Friday 18 May 2001, Seminar Room (AR103), Graduate Research School
After three quarters of a century the exotic properties of quantum systems are now being examined
for the processing of information and computing. In a model of quantum computing, quantum bits (or qubits) -- the generalisation
of conventional bits-- are the smallest units of information to be manipulated according to the principles of uperposition,
entanglement and finally measurement. In the few quantum algorithms available today, the quantum mechanical way proves to be
far superior to the present-day classical computation. Such promising potential has prompted many gallant efforts around the
world trying to overcome the decoherence problem in the realisation of quantum computers. This talk covers a brief introduction
to quantum computing, including the quantum computer halting dilemma, and related issues of quantum mechanics, including those
of measurement and quantum logic.
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