Quantum Computing and Quantum Communications [electronic resource] : First NASA International Conference, QCQC '98, Palm Springs, California, USA, February 17-20, 1998, Selected Papers /

Entanglement and Quantum Algorithms -- Multi-particle Entanglement via Two-Particle Entanglement -- Quantum Wavelet Transforms: Fast Algorithms and Complete Circuits -- Quantum Computation of Fluid Dynamics -- Quantum Entanglement and the Communication Complexity of the Inner Product Function -- Quantum Recurrent Networks for Simulating Stochastic Processes -- Correlation between Correlations: Process and Time in Quantum Networks -- Quantum Effects in Algorithms -- Automated Design of Quantum Circuits -- Quantum Search on Structured Problems -- Generalized Grover Search Algorithm for Arbitrary Initial Amplitude Distribution -- Quantum Database Search by a Single Query -- Quantum Computer Can Not Speed Up Iterated Applications of a Black Box -- Quantum Resonance for Solving NP-complete Problems by Simulations -- Computational Complexity and Physical Law -- The Hidden Subgroup Problem and Eigenvalue Estimation on a Quantum Computer -- A Diakoptic Approach to Quantum Computation -- Quantum Cryptography.-Practical Free-Space Quantum Cryptography -- Quantum Cryptography, Eavesdropping, and Unsharp Spin Measurement -- Quantum Copying and Quantum Information Theory -- Information-Theoretic Aspects of Quantum Copying -- Universal Optimal Cloning of Qubits and Quantum Registers -- Entanglement of Assistance -- What Information Theory Can Tell Us About Quantum Reality -- Quantum Generalization of Conditional Entropy and Information -- Accessible Information in Multi-access Quantum Channels -- Capacities of Quantum Channels and Quantum Coherent Information -- Strengthened Lindblad Inequality: Applications in Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and Quantum Information Theory -- Quantum Error Correction and Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing -- Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation with Higher-Dimensional Systems -- Quantum Convolutional Error Correction Codes -- On the Existence of Nonadditive Quantum Codes -- Quantum Error Correction Is Applicable for Reducing Spatially Correlated Decoherence -- Topological Quantum Computation -- Embodiments of Quantum Computers -- NMR GHZ -- Quantum Computing Using Electron-Nuclear Double Resonances -- Physical Implementations for Quantum Communication in Quantum Networks -- An Optical Approach to Quantum Computing -- Quantum Computation with Linear Optics -- Decoherence Control for Optical Qubits -- Adiabatic Controlled-NOT Gate for Quantum Computation -- Trapped Ion Quantum Computer Research at Los Alamos -- Arrays of Elliptical Ion Traps for Parallel Quantum Computing -- Simulating the Effect of Decoherence and Inaccuracies on a Quantum Computer -- Implementation of Quantum Controlled-NOT Gates Using Asymmetric Semiconductor Quantum Dots -- Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Quantum Computing Solid Dipole-Dipole Block Systems.