Some simple tips for getting comfortable with the quantum state of a qubit. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series is at...

Describes a simple single-qubit quantum gate, the quantum NOT gate. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined" . The full series is at: http:...

Describes a simple quantum gate, the Hadamard gate. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series is at: http://www.youtube.com...

Explains how to extract information from a qubit. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series is at: http://www.youtube.com/u...

Describes the most general type of single-qubit quantum gates. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series is at: http://www....

Why unitary matrices are the only matrices which preserve length. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series is at: http://w...

Describes several concrete examples of single-qubit quantum gates, useful for quantum computation and other quantum information processing tasks. Part of a s...

Describes a fundamental gate for quantum computation, the controlled-NOT gate. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series is...

Explains what a quantum computer is, using the quantum circuit model of computation. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series is at: http://www.youtube.com/user/mnielsencourses?feature=mhum#p/c/1826E60FD05B44E4

Explains the superdense coding protocol, which lets someone send two classical bits of information using just a single quantum bit. Part of a series on "Quan...

Explains why there's always a quantum circuit to prepare any quantum state, including the Bell state used in the superdense coding protocol. Part of a series...

Explains what quantum entanglement is, and why it's so important for quantum computing. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full ...

Explains the result that it is always possible to distinguish orthonormal quantum states, and how this lets us better understand the superdense coding protoc...

Puts together all the elements of the superdense coding protocol. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series is at: http://w...

Explains what happens when you measure just part of a quantum system. This will be used later in our discussion of quantum teleportation. Part of a series on...

Explains what happens when you measure just part of a quantum system, in an arbitrary orthonormal basis. This is the final concept needed for our discussion of quantum teleportation. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series…

Describes how to do quantum teleportation. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series is at: http://www.youtube.com/user/mnielsencourses?feature=mhum#p/c/1826E60FD05B44E4

Discusses the properties of the quantum teleportation protocol. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series is at: http://www.youtube.com/user/mnielsencourses?feature=mhum#p/c/1826E60FD05B44E4

Describes the first postulate of quantum mechanics - the postulate which deals with the state of a physical system. Part of a series on "Quantum computing for the determined". The full series is at: http://www.youtube.com/user/mnielsencourses?feature=…

Describes the second postulate of quantum mechanics - the postulate which tells us how to describe how quantum states change over time. Part of a series on "...