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Course Name Quantum Communication
Course Code 26QTS234M
Credits 4
Campus Amaravati, Amritapuri, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Chennai

Syllabus

Syllabus

Classical vs. Quantum Information – Basics of Quantum Information: Qubits and Superposition – Quantum Entanglement and Non-Locality – Bells Inequality – Shannon entropy, quantum entropy – noise and quantum channels- No-Cloning Theorem – Quantum Teleportation protocol Quantum Dense coding, Quantum Key Distribution (QKD): QKD Protocols: BB84, E91, BBM92, B92, DPS, COW Distributed quantum computing: Quantum memory, repeater chains – Free space communications – Satellite based communications – Fibre optics-based communications – Quantum Internet , Hardware implementations

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives

  1. To study classical and quantum information, including qubits, superposition, entanglement, and entropy.
  2. To develop understanding of quantum communication principles such as Bell’s inequality, quantum channels, noise, and the no-cloning theorem.
  3. To explore quantum communication protocols including quantum teleportation, dense coding, and various QKD protocols (BB84, E91, B92, etc.).
  4. Understand the quantum repeaters, quantum memory, satellite and fiber-based communication, and quantum internet technologies.

Course Outcomes

  • CO1: Explain the classical and quantum information concepts including qubits, superposition, entanglement, and entropy measures.
  • CO2: Analyze quantum communication principles such as Bell’s inequality, quantum channels, noise, and no-cloning theorem.
  • CO3: Design the quantum communication protocols including quantum teleportation,dense coding and QKD protocols (BB84, E91, etc.).
  • CO4: Evaluate quantum communication systems and infrastructure through Circuit design.

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Evaluation Pattern

EvaluationPattern: 70: 30

Assessment Internal/External Weightage (%)
Assignments (Minimum 2) Internal 30
Quizzes (Minimum 2) Internal 20
Mid-Term Examination Internal 20
Term Project/ End Semester Examination External 30

Text Books / References

TEXTBOOKS

  1. A Pathak, Boca Raton, Elements of Quantum Computation and Quantum Communication, CRC Press, 2015
  2. Quantum computation and quantum information, Nielsen and Chuang Cambridge, University Press, Cambridge (2010)

REFERENCES

  1. Nielsen and Chuang, Quantum computation and quantum information, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010
  2. Wei, Shi-Hai, Towards real-world quantum networks: a review. Laser & Photonics Reviews 16.3 (2022): 2100219.
  3. Rajiv Chopra, Quantum Computing and Techniques, Khanna Publishing House, 2024.

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