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Quantum Computing and Communication

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Author(s)

Paul E. Black, David R. Kuhn, Carl J. Williams

Abstract

A quantum computer, if built, will be to an ordinary computer as a hydrogen bomb is to gunpowder, at least for some types of computations. Today no quantum computer exists, beyond laboratory prototypes capable of solving only tiny problems, and many practical problems remain to be solved. Yet the theory of quantum computing has advanced significantly in the past decade, and is becoming a significant discipline in itself. This article explains the concepts and basic mathematics behind quantum computers and some of the promising approaches for building them. We also discuss quantum communication, an essential component of future quantum information processing, and quantum cryptography, widely expected to be the first practical application for quantum information technology.
Citation
Advances in Computers
Publisher Info
Academic Press, San Diego, CA
Pub Type
Book Chapters

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Keywords

quantum computing, error correcting codes, entanglement, superposition, quantum cryptography, quantum communication, quantum information
Quantum communications, Information technology and Quantum information science

Citation

Black, P. , Kuhn, D. and Williams, C. (2002), Quantum Computing and Communication, Advances in Computers, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=51022 (Accessed October 24, 2025)

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Created June 28, 2002, Updated February 19, 2017
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