Product Description

This volume describes a new technology based on harnessing the irreducible uncertainty of the quantum world. Quantum technology manipulates nature at the most elementary level. The first chapter gives the essential principles of quantum mechanical theory using simple geometric arguments. No mathematical knowledge or treatment is assumed. The book then describes various examples of present and future quantum technologies such as schemes to manipulate and trap single atoms with beams of light, quantum nanocircuits and the most powerful computers we can envisage based on quantum theory.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3094967 in Books
• Published on: 1996-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 204 pages

About the Author
Gerard Milburn is Professor in Theoretical Physics at the University of Queensland. He is a co-author of the textbook Quantum Optics, published by Springer, and has written over 100 scientific papers.

Customer Reviews

Very in-depth, not one for those expecting an easy read!
Quantum Technology outlines the uses that quantum mechanincs may have in technology (and indeed is already at the research stage).

Gerard Milburn describes clearly concepts such as tunnelling and wave functions, bringing them into the real world by explaining where these phenomena may be exploited (scanning tunnelling microscopy and quantum cryptography).

Especially good for those of you physicists that have an interest in cryptology and electronics. Overall, a pretty damn good read but be prepared to think!