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As the field of the quantum internet advances, a comprehensive guide to navigate its complexities has become increasingly crucial. While quantum computing shares foundational principles with the quantum internet, distinguishing between the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-22 Vinay Kumar , Claudio Cicconetti , Marco Conti , Andrea Passarella

This is the draft version of a textbook, which aims to introduce the quantum information science viewpoints on condensed matter physics to graduate students in physics (or interested researchers). We keep the writing in a self-consistent…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-02-27 Bei Zeng , Xie Chen , Duan-Lu Zhou , Xiao-Gang Wen

Rapid ongoing progress in quantum information science makes this an apt time for a Solvay Conference focused on The Physics of Quantum Information. Here I review four intertwined themes encompassed by this topic: Quantum computer science,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-18 John Preskill

Quantum technology is an emerging cutting-edge field which offers a new paradigm for computation and research in the field of physics, mathematics and other scientific disciplines. This technology is of strategic importance to governments…

Physics Education · Physics 2023-06-01 Sanjay Vishwakarma , Shalini D , Srinjoy Ganguly , Sai Nandan Morapakula

To learn quantum mechanics, one must become adept in the use of various mathematical structures that make up the theory; one must also become familiar with some basic laboratory experiments that the theory is designed to explain. The…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2016-11-30 Scott N. Walck

One area of physics education research has focused on the nature of ontologies (mental categorizations of concepts, substances and processes), and how they might be used to gain insight into student thinking when learning classical physics.…

Physics Education · Physics 2014-10-01 Charles Baily , Noah D. Finkelstein

In this paper a didactic approach is described which immediately leads to an understanding of those postulates of quantum mechanics used most frequently in quantum computation. Moreover, an interpretation of quantum mechanics is presented…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-01-22 Christian Jansson

Contribution: In this study, an alternative educational approach for introducing quantum computing to a wider audience is highlighted. The proposed methodology considers quantum computing as a generalized probability theory rather than a…

Physics Education · Physics 2021-05-31 Özlem Salehi , Zeki Seskir , İlknur Tepe

I argue that quantum mechanics is fundamentally a theory about the representation and manipulation of information, not a theory about the mechanics of nonclassical waves or particles. The notion of quantum information is to be understood as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jeffrey Bub

This is a graduate course on elementary quantum mechanics written for the benefit of undergraduate and graduate students. It is the English version of physics/0003106, which I did at the suggestion of several students from different…

Physics Education · Physics 2016-09-08 H. C. Rosu

Quantum computing is a growing field at the intersection of physics and computer science. This module introduces three of the key principles that govern how quantum computers work: superposition, quantum measurement, and entanglement. The…

Physics Education · Physics 2021-03-30 Anastasia Perry , Ranbel Sun , Ciaran Hughes , Joshua Isaacson , Jessica Turner

This course of lectures has been taught for several years at the Lomonosov Moscow State University; its modified version in 2021 is read in the Zhejiang University (Hangzhou), in the framework of summer school on quantum computing. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-23 Yuri I. Ozhigov

In this contribution we discuss how to develop a physics curriculum for undergraduate students that includes computing as a central element. Our contribution starts with a definition of computing and pertinent learning outcomes and…

Physics Education · Physics 2018-02-27 Marcos Daniel Caballero , Morten Hjorth-Jensen

The purpose of these lecture notes is to provide readers, who have some mathematical background but little or no exposure to quantum mechanics and quantum computation, with enough material to begin reading the research literature in quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Samuel J. Lomonaco , jr

We provide an example of a quantum system which solves a numerical problem more efficiently than a classical computer. The example uses the Aharonov-Bohm effect, and can be integrated into standard quantum mechanics courses. The aim is to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Anna Liv Paludan Bjerregaard , Kim Splittorff

For a century, quantum theorists have been reading the mathematical entrails of quantum mechanics (QM) to divine the nature of quantum reality. But to little avail. In this paper a different approach is taken, namely to identify and explain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 David Ellerman

There is some evidence that conceptual inquiry-based introductory physics lab curricula, such as RealTime Physics, may improve students' understanding of physics concepts. Thus, these curricula may be attractive for instructors who seek to…

Physics Education · Physics 2022-04-05 Danny Doucette , Russell Clark , Chandralekha Singh

This is a short introduction to quantum computers, quantum algorithms and quantum error correcting codes. Familiarity with the principles of quantum theory is assumed. Emphasis is put on a concise presentation of the principles avoiding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Christof Zalka

An introduction to loop quantum gravity is given, focussing on the fundamental aspects of the theory, different approaches to the dynamics, as well as possible future directions. It is structured in five lectures, including exercises, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-19 Norbert Bodendorfer