Physical Society Colloquium
CAP Lecture
Quantum Computation - or How To Take Advantage of Quantum
Strangeness
Université de Sherbrooke
Quantum computers would take advantage of the most bizarre aspects of
quantum mechanics (superposition of states and entanglement) in order to,
in principle, perform calculations exponentially faster than any classical
computer could. The experimental realization of such a quantum computer is
however an enormous challenge. Assuming no knowledge of quantum mechanics,
I will present some of the fundamental ideas of quantum information. I
will also discuss how these ideas could be realized experimentally.
This seminar is oriented mainly towards undergraduate audience. The seminar
will be followed by a meeting with Prof Blais for the undergraduate students
beginning at 16:00 in RPB room 105 (free donuts and coffee).
This talk is sponsored by the Canadian Association of Physicists
Thursday, March 29th 2007, 14:00
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, R.E. Bell Conference Room (room 103)
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