OPT/KOKT Conceptual Issues of Quantum Theory

Lecturer: Miloslav Dušek
Lecture: 2 hours/week
Credits: 3
Winter semester
Form of course completion: exam

• Quantum interference, Superposition principle, Quantum measurement
• State preparations and quantum tests, Projection operators, Density matrix, POVM
• Interaction-free measurement, Quantum Zeno effect
• Wave-function collapse, Decoherence
• Interpretations of quantum theory
• Indistinguishable particles
• EPR paradox, Hidden variables, Bell's inequalities, Quantum correlations and non-locality, Entanglement, Impossibility of instantaneous information transfer
• Parametric down-conversion, Interferometric test of Bell's inequalities and other interesting quantum optical experiments
• Quantum teleportation, Quantum cryptography, Quantum computing