TY - CHAP
T1 - Quantum networks
T2 - From quantum cryptography to quantum architecture
AU - Curcic, Tatjana
AU - Filipkowski, Mark E.
AU - Chtchelkanova, Almadena
AU - D'Ambrosio, Philip A.
AU - Wolf, Stuart A.
AU - Foster, Michael
AU - Cochran, Douglas
PY - 2004/10
Y1 - 2004/10
N2 - As classical information technology approaches limits of size and functionality, practitioners are searching for new paradigms for the distribution and processing of information. Our goal in this Introduction is to provide a broad view of the beginning of a new era in information technology, an era of quantum information, where previously underutilized quantum effects, such as quantum superposition and entanglement, are employed as resources for information encoding and processing. The ability to distribute these new resources and connect distant quantum systems will be critical. We present an overview of network implications for quantum communication applications, and for quantum computing. This overview is a selection of several illustrative examples, to serve as motivation for the network research community to bring its expertise to the development of quantum information technologies.
AB - As classical information technology approaches limits of size and functionality, practitioners are searching for new paradigms for the distribution and processing of information. Our goal in this Introduction is to provide a broad view of the beginning of a new era in information technology, an era of quantum information, where previously underutilized quantum effects, such as quantum superposition and entanglement, are employed as resources for information encoding and processing. The ability to distribute these new resources and connect distant quantum systems will be critical. We present an overview of network implications for quantum communication applications, and for quantum computing. This overview is a selection of several illustrative examples, to serve as motivation for the network research community to bring its expertise to the development of quantum information technologies.
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U2 - 10.1145/1039111.1039117
DO - 10.1145/1039111.1039117
M3 - Chapter
VL - 34
SP - 3
EP - 8
BT - Computer Communication Review
ER -