Quantum Error Correction: Theory and Experiment

在好奇心的驱使下，物理学家试图通过自然属性来了解我们周围的世界。一旦我们有了一定的了解，我们就开始能够预测具有这些特性的系统的行为，然后获得控制它们的能力。一旦得到控制，有时就有可能根据这些现象开发技术。其中一些不仅对我们的社会产生了深远的影响，而且通过提供探索不同规模或复杂性的其他自然属性的能力，它们还为这种循环的重复奠定了基础。回顾过去，火、蒸汽和电磁都是这些特性的例子。展望未来，有很多迹象表明量子力学现象将扮演类似的角色。

Driven by curiosity, physicists try to understand the world around us through the properties of nature. Once we have a certain understanding, we begin to be able to predict the behavior of systems with these properties and then gain the ability to control them. Once control is achieved, it is sometimes possible to develop technologies based on these phenomena. Some of these not only have profound impact on our society, they also lay down the basis for this cycle to repeat itself by providing the ability to explore other natural properties at a different scale or complexity. Looking at the past, fire, steam and electro-magnetism are examples of these properties. Turning towards the future, there are many hints that quantum mechanical phenomena will play a similar role.