Jurgen Audretsch studied physics at the Universities of Tubingen and Freiburg, Germany. In 1980, he was appointed to a professorship in theoretical physics at the University of Konstanz, Germany, where he still teaches. While putting a focus on research in general relativity and the quantum field theory in the past, he now concentrates on quantum optics and the quantum information theory. Professor Audretsch has published numerous articles in scientific journals and edited books. He is also the author of several popular science books.

• 1. The Mathematical Framework2. Basic Concepts of Quantum Theory3. The Simplest Quantum Systems: Qubits4. Mixed State and Density Operator5. Shannon's Entropy and Classical Information6. The von Neumann Entropy and Quantum Information7. Composite Systems8. Entanglement9. Correlations and Non-Local Measurements10. There is no (Local-Realistic) Alternative to the Quantum Theory11. Working with Entanglement12. The Quantum Computer13. General Measurements, POVM14. The General Evolution of an Open Qauntum System and Special Quantum Channels15. Decoherence and Approaches to the Description of the Quantum Measurement Process16. Two Implementations of Quantum Operations

"This book can be well recommended to students or other people who want to get acquainted with quantum information theory … .Well organized, highly instructive and readable." (Zentralblatt Math, 2008/14)

Jurgen Audretsch studied physics at the Universities of Tubingen and Freiburg, Germany. In 1980, he was appointed to a professorship in theoretical physics at the University of Konstanz, Germany, where he still teaches. While putting a focus on research in general relativity and the quantum field theory in the past, he now concentrates on quantum optics and the quantum information theory. Professor Audretsch has published numerous articles in scientific journals and edited books. He is also the author of several popular science books.

• 1. The Mathematical Framework2. Basic Concepts of Quantum Theory3. The Simplest Quantum Systems: Qubits4. Mixed State and Density Operator5. Shannon's Entropy and Classical Information6. The von Neumann Entropy and Quantum Information7. Composite Systems8. Entanglement9. Correlations and Non-Local Measurements10. There is no (Local-Realistic) Alternative to the Quantum Theory11. Working with Entanglement12. The Quantum Computer13. General Measurements, POVM14. The General Evolution of an Open Qauntum System and Special Quantum Channels15. Decoherence and Approaches to the Description of the Quantum Measurement Process16. Two Implementations of Quantum Operations

"This book can be well recommended to students or other people who want to get acquainted with quantum information theory … .Well organized, highly instructive and readable." (Zentralblatt Math, 2008/14)

Jurgen Audretsch studied physics at the Universities of Tubingen and Freiburg, Germany. In 1980, he was appointed to a professorship in theoretical physics at the University of Konstanz, Germany, where he still teaches. While putting a focus on research in general relativity and the quantum field theory in the past, he now concentrates on quantum optics and the quantum information theory. Professor Audretsch has published numerous articles in scientific journals and edited books. He is also the author of several popular science books.

• 1. The Mathematical Framework2. Basic Concepts of Quantum Theory3. The Simplest Quantum Systems: Qubits4. Mixed State and Density Operator5. Shannon's Entropy and Classical Information6. The von Neumann Entropy and Quantum Information7. Composite Systems8. Entanglement9. Correlations and Non-Local Measurements10. There is no (Local-Realistic) Alternative to the Quantum Theory11. Working with Entanglement12. The Quantum Computer13. General Measurements, POVM14. The General Evolution of an Open Qauntum System and Special Quantum Channels15. Decoherence and Approaches to the Description of the Quantum Measurement Process16. Two Implementations of Quantum Operations

"This book can be well recommended to students or other people who want to get acquainted with quantum information theory … .Well organized, highly instructive and readable." (Zentralblatt Math, 2008/14)