Abstracts


B.van den Broek (Greifswald)
Entanglement and positive maps
(Introductory talk)
K.H.Fichtner (Jena)
On some models of quantum teleportation

P.Gawron, J Miszczak (Gliwice)
Simulation of quantum computers: state of the art and perspectives

Problem of simulation of quantum computers will be discussed. We will also present our quantum-octave package that perform simulation with use of density matrices model. Some its application will be presented.
G.Giedke (Zürich)
On the role of entanglement in quantum information processing
(Introductory talk)
G.Giedke (Zürich)
Quantum computing with nuclear spins in quantum dots
R.Gohm (Greifswald)
Noncommutative symbolic coding

We give a noncommutative generalization of classical symbolic coding in the presence of a synchronizing word. This is done by a scattering theory for asymptotically complete transitions. A criterion for completeness is given in terms of an associated extended transition operator. This is joint work with B.Kümmerer and T.Lang.
D.Janzing (Karlsruhe)
Quantum computers as nanoscopic heat engines and refrigerators -
understanding thermodynamics from its most elementary models
(Introductory talk)

It is well-known that the theory of heat and the theory of information are strongly related since the concept `entropy' is essential for both. However, it is often believed that this relation is rather academic and of minor relevance from the pragmatic point of view. In contrast, the relation is obvious in modern quantum computing research since the same physical process may have a computer science and a physics interpretation. For instance, a process which is a cooling mechanism for physicists, may be considered as a data compression algorithm for the computer scientist.
I will present a very elementary model which allows to consider appropriate quantum algorithms as heat engines or refrigerators on the nanoscale. The talk does not assume that thermodynamics is already known, it should rather help to understand it.
D.Janzing (Karlsruhe)
Decomposition of time-covariant operations on quantum systems
with continuous and/or discrete energy spectrum

Every completely positive map $G$ that commutes which the Hamiltonian time evolution is an integral or sum over CP-maps $G_\sigma$ where $\sigma$ is the energy that is transferred to or taken from the environment.
If the spectrum is non-degenerated each $G_\sigma$ is an {\it energy shift} followed by a {\it dephasing} channel. The Kraus operator of the energy shift is a partial isometry which defines a translation on $\R$ with respect to a non-translation-invariant measure. The dephasing is given by the Hadamard product of the density operator with a positive operator.
As an example, I calculate this decomposition explicitly for the gaussian channel on a single mode.
For a special type of channels, a lower bound on the quantum capacity is derived using the Fourier transform of the CP-map-valued measure $(G_\sigma)$.
B.Kümmerer (Darmstadt)
Noncommutative symbolic coding and preparation of states
D.Schlingemann (Braunschweig)
On the implementation of graph-codes on a one-way quantum computer

For realizing a quantum memory the encoded quantum information can be protected against decoherence via repeated decoding and re-encoding operations. This requires to perform fast encoding and the decoding operations. We discuss the computational model of the one-way quantum computer that provides fast implementations for encoding and decoding operations. This is based on the graph code representation for stabilizer codes, on the one hand, and the relation between graph (cluster) states and graph codes, on the other hand.
P.Singh (Calgary)
Analysis of quantum dots in a modified Coulomb potential
(Introductory Talk)
P.Singh (Calgary)
Quantum digital signatures using fingerprinting coding states



Last change: Rolf Gohm, 07.09.04