Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Experiment: Detecting Single Quantum Objects
- 2 Description of Quantum Systems in Terms of the Density Matrix
- 3 Experiment: Quantum Processes
- 4 Evolution
- 5 Measurement
- 6 Experiment: Bipartite Systems
- 7 Entanglement
- 8 Experiment: Continuous Quantum Fluctuations
- 9 Continuous Variable Systems
- 10 Experiment: Parameter Estimation
- 11 Theory: Parameter Estimation
- A Basic Postulates of QuantumMechanics: a Reminder
- B Generalized Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
- C Description of Composite Systems
- D Qubits
- E Quantum Particle
- F Quantum Electromagnetic Field
- G Interaction between Light and Atoms
- H Interaction between Light Beams and Linear OpticalMedia
- I Interaction between Light Beams and Nonlinear OpticalMedia
- J Optomechanics
- K Basics of Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
- References
- Index
D - Qubits
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Experiment: Detecting Single Quantum Objects
- 2 Description of Quantum Systems in Terms of the Density Matrix
- 3 Experiment: Quantum Processes
- 4 Evolution
- 5 Measurement
- 6 Experiment: Bipartite Systems
- 7 Entanglement
- 8 Experiment: Continuous Quantum Fluctuations
- 9 Continuous Variable Systems
- 10 Experiment: Parameter Estimation
- 11 Theory: Parameter Estimation
- A Basic Postulates of QuantumMechanics: a Reminder
- B Generalized Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
- C Description of Composite Systems
- D Qubits
- E Quantum Particle
- F Quantum Electromagnetic Field
- G Interaction between Light and Atoms
- H Interaction between Light Beams and Linear OpticalMedia
- I Interaction between Light Beams and Nonlinear OpticalMedia
- J Optomechanics
- K Basics of Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
- References
- Index
Summary
Appendix D: two-level quantum mechanical systems, or qubits. Description in terms of Bloch vector. Poincaré sphere. Expression of purity. Projection noise in an energy measurement. Description of a set of N coherently driven qubits by a collective Bloch vector.
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- Quantum Processes and MeasurementTheory and Experiment, pp. 222 - 226Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023