Quantum computation and information is a new, rapidly developing interdisciplinary field. Its fundamental concepts and central results may not be easily understood without facing numerous technical details.

Building on the basic concepts introduced in Vol I, this second volume deals with various important aspects, both theoretical and experimental, of quantum computation and information in depth. The areas include quantum data compression, accessible information, entanglement concentration, limits to quantum computation due to decoherence, quantum error-correction, and the first experimental implementations of quantum information protocols. This volume also includes a selection of special topics: chaos and quantum to classical transition, quantum trajectories, quantum computation and quantum chaos, and the Zeno effect.

Contents:

• Quantum Information Theory
• Decoherence
• Quantum Error-Correction
• First Experimental Implementations

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Readership: Upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in physics, mathematics and computer science.

Reviews of Volume I: Basic Concepts

�The book by Benenti, Casati and Strini is an excellent introduction to the fascinating field of quantum computation and information. The reader is gently introduced to this field starting from the basics in computation and quantum mechanics to the more advanced topics of quantum computation of dynamical systems. The book is written in a very clear way, accessible both to undergraduate and graduate students in physics, computer science and engineering.�

Rosario Fazio Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa, Italy

�Besides giving an excellent introduction to the field, it provides a unique perspective on the blending and cross-fertilization between the methods of quantum information and quantum chaos, both areas in which the authors are leading experts.�

Marcos Saraceno Comisi�n Nacional de Energ�a At�mica, Argentina

�The authors have done a very good job, succeeding to present the main topics of this domain with remarkable concision and clarity.�