Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Basics of quantum mechanics, superposition, qubits, entanglement; Different physical systems for implementing quantum protocols – photons, atoms, superconducting qubits, etc. and their comparison; Photons and their properties for encoding quantum information and applications in computation, communication and simulations; Different integrated photonics platforms and their comparison for quantum information tasks; Devices for generation photon qubits using non- linear optical processes; Solid state photon emitters; Devices for manipulation of quantum states of light using linear optical circuits; Implementation of quantum gates using optics; Detectors for inferring quantum properties, superconducting detectors; Quantum sensing using photos.