Quantum Information Science The size of transistors decreases by
half every eighteen months Intels 20 and 45 nm transistor Laser MRI
Information Theory Information Theory Quantum Mechanics Quantum
Mechanics Slide 2 The Quantum Tree Applications of quantum
information science and technology Quantum Computing Quantum Key
Distribution Medicine Magnetometry Oil Exploration I. M. Curiosity
Metrology Quantum Communication Breaking codes Quantum
Teleportation New materials Drug design Quantum Sensors... Slide 3
Quantum Cryptography: Harnessing the Uncertainty Principle:
Observing a quantum system perturbs it The Quantum Advantage: Alice
and Bob can detect eavesdropping on their key. Only a secure key is
used to encode information. SECURITY GUARANTEED BY THE LAWS OF
PHYSICS Slide 4 Slide 5 Quantum Communication: Quantum
Communication across the Danube Ursin et al., Nature 30, 849, 2004
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