Academic Catalog

IAM510 QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY

Course Code: 9700510
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Institute Of Applied Mathematics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. OÐUZ YAYLA
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The aim of this course is to introduce the basic of quantum information theory with an emphasis on quantum cryptography and quantum algorithms. A short review of classical information theory. Basic notions of quantum mechanics: Hilbert spaces. postulates of quantum mechanics. qubits. density operator. entanglement. EPR and Bell inequality. Quantum gates. quantum circuits. Quantum Fourier transform. Quantum algorithms: Deutsch`s. Deutsch-Jozsa. Grover`s and Shor`s algorithms. Quantum cryptography: quantum key distribution. BB84. B92. and EPR protocols.