At the beginning of the twentieth century quantum physics forever changed our understanding of the world. The counterintuitive features of quantum physics transformed the understanding of concepts such as reality or observation, and blurred differences between discrete particles and continuous waves. The light is an ideal physical system where it is possible to observe both wave and particle properties. Quantum optics is thus extremely well suited for investigations of fundamental quantum phenomena and their practical exploitation. In particular, quantum properties of light can improve the performance of modern telecommunication systems or enhance precision of optical metrology.
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Today's computers and communication systems are based on the concepts of classical information theory. But what happens if we encode information into the states of quantum systems? It turns out that this approach allows to transmit and process information in ways that are impossible or extremely time consuming using traditional methods. For example, quantum cryptography guarantees unconditionally secure encrypted communication and quantum computers would enable efficient simulation of complex physical systems and could efficiently solve certain important classical computational problems. Quantum information processing has been developing rapidly over the last two decades. It is a modern interdisciplinary field that combines the approaches from the fields of physics, mathematics and computer science. In addition to numerous practical applications, quantum informatics offers a fresh new perspective on quantum theory and facilitates better understanding of the fundamental physical laws.
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