Dieter Suter is an experimentalist and well known for his NMR-work. He is currently working on quantum computation projects. Joachim Stolze is an expert on the theory of quantum computation. His topic research area is quantum spin chains. Both authors are known to have excellent didactic skills.

It's a very good book - it's by far the best textbook at this level, and will become the principal text for our new course. Jonathan JonesOxford Centre for Quantum Computation "The authors, experimantalists, being themselves involved in the realization of quantum computers, present with this book a didactically well formed introduction to quantum information processing, including computer architecture, tested and proposed schemes. Clearly, in order to offer this extensive material in a space of only just over 200 pages, the authors had restricted themselves to basic of relevant ideas. The latter are well selected and guide readers attention engagingly in chosen directions. ... This textbook has the advantage that it contains both, theoretical as well as experimental, features of quantum computing, that the exposition is well organized, and for beginners that it omits more advanced mathematical tools. It gives ... a broad overview ... It is an introduction for beginners, a good one, and can be well recommended as such."Zentralblatt MATH

• 1. Introduction and Survey2. Physics of Computation3. Elements of Classical Computer Science4. Quantum Mechanics5. Quantum Bits and Quantum Gates6. Feynman's Contribution7. Errors and Decoherence8. Tasks for Quantum Computers9. How to Build a Quantum Computer10. Liquid State NMR Quantum Computer11. Trapped Ions and Atoms12. Solid state Quantum Computers13. Photons for Quantum InformationA. Two spins 1/2:Singlet and Triplet StatesB. BibliographyC. Index