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Assignments

ASSIGNMENTS READINGS
Problem set 1 (PDF)

For probability review

Shapiro, Jeffrey H. Optical Propagation, Detection, and Communication. Unpublished manuscript, chapter 3.

For linear algebra review

Buy at Amazon Nielsen, Michael A., and Isaac L. Chuang. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2000, section 2.1. ISBN: 9780521635035.

Problem set 2 (PDF)

For basic Dirac-notation quantum mechanics

Buy at Amazon Nielsen, Michael A., and Isaac L. Chuang. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2000, section 2.2. ISBN: 9780521635035.

Buy at Amazon Louisell, William H. Quantum Statistical Properties of Radiation. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1973, sections 1.1-1.16. Reprint, New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 1990. ISBN: 9780471523659.

Problem set 3 (PDF)  
Problem set 4 (PDF)  

Problem set 5 (PDF)

For normally-ordered forms

Buy at Amazon Louisell, William H. Quantum Statistical Properties of Radiation. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1973, section 3.2. Reprint, New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 1990. ISBN: 9780471523659.

Problem set 6 (PDF)  
Problem set 7 (PDF)  
Problem set 8 (PDF)

For entanglement and measures of entanglement

Buy at Amazon Mandel, Leonard, and Emil Wolf. Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1995, section 12.14. ISBN: 9780521417112.

Buy at Amazon Bouwmeester, Dirk, Artur Ekert, and Anton Zeilinger, eds. The Physics of Quantum Information: Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Teleportation, and Quantum Computation. New York, NY: Springer Verlag, 2000, sections 3.4 and 3.5. ISBN: 9783540667780.

For qubit teleportation

Buy at Amazon Gerry, Christopher C., and Peter L. Knight. Introductory Quantum Optics. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2005, section 11.3. ISBN: 9780521527354.

Buy at Amazon Bouwmeester, Dirk, Artur Ekert, and Anton Zeilinger, eds. The Physics of Quantum Information: Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Teleportation, and Quantum Computation. New York, NY: Springer Verlag, 2000, sections 3.3 and 3.7. ISBN: 9783540667780.

For quadrature teleportation

Buy at Amazon Bouwmeester, Dirk, Artur Ekert, and Anton Zeilinger, eds. The Physics of Quantum Information: Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Teleportation, and Quantum Computation. New York, NY: Springer Verlag, 2000, section 3.9. ISBN: 9783540667780.

For optimum binary hypothesis testing

Buy at Amazon Helstrom, C. W. Quantum Detection and Estimation Theory. New York, NY: Academic Press, 1976, sections 4.2 and 6.1. ISBN: 9780123400505.