Bouwmeester, Dik; Howell, John C.; Lamas-Linares, Antia Quantum information science using photons. (English) Zbl 1049.81517 Heiss, Dieter (ed.), Fundamentals of quantum information. Quantum computation, communication, decoherence and all that. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 3-540-43367-8/hbk). Lect. Notes Phys. 587, 149-197 (2002). Summary: Quantum optics provides an ideal medium for implementing some of the most interesting quantum information schemes. This chapter gives an overview of photons as carriers of quantum information and their use in protocols such as quantum teleportation, quantum cryptography and quantum cloning.For the entire collection see [Zbl 1001.00012]. Cited in 10 Documents MSC: 81P68 Quantum computation 81V80 Quantum optics PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{D. Bouwmeester} et al., Lect. Notes Phys. 587, 149--197 (2002; Zbl 1049.81517)