Quantum Information Processing and Communication:
Strategic report on current status, visions and goals for research in Europe

Table of Content

1. Executive summary
   
2. Introduction: the major visions and goals of qipc
3. Different aspects of QIPC research in Europe
4. Assessment of current results and outlook on future efforts
   1. Quantum communication
      • Fiber based systems
      • Free space systems
      • Quantum interfaces and memory
   2. Quantum computing
      • Quantum computing with trapped ions
      • Atoms and cavity QED
      • Superconducting circuits
      • Semiconductor quantum dots
      • Linear optics quantum computation
      • Impurity spins in solids
   3. Quantum information science - theory
      • Introduction
      • Quantum algorithms & complexity
      • Computational models & architectures
      • Quantum simulations
      • Quantum error correction & purification
      • Theory of entanglement
      • Multi-party entanglement & applications
      • Noisy communication channels
      • Fundamental quantum mechanics and decoherence
      • Spin-off to other fields
      • European perspective
   4. Fundamental issues about QIPC physics
5. Prospects for applications and commercial exploitation
6. Appendix: quantum based technologies
   • Quantum imaging
   • Quantum optical measurement technologies