Macroscopic Quantum Coherence and Quantum Computing -

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Macroscopic Quantum Coherence and Decoherence in SQUIDs.- Macroscopic Quantum Coherence in an Rf-SQUID.- Quantum-State Interference in a Cooper-Pair Box.- Macroscopic Quantum Superposition in a Three-Josephson-Junction Loop.- Bose-Einstein Condensation with Attractive Interaction: Fate of a False Vacuum.- Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena in Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates.- Phase-Coherent Electronic Transport in a Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotube.- Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena in Underdamped Josephson Junctions.- Superconducting Devices to Test Macroscopic Quantum Coherence on the Flux States of an Rf SQUID.- Biepitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-x Grain Boundary Josephson Junctions: 0-and ?-Rings for Fundamental Studies and Potential Circuit Implementation.- The Superconducting Single Electron Transistor: In Situ Variation of the Dissipation.- Superconducting Electrometer for Measuring the Single Cooper Pair Box.- Adiabatic Transport of Cooper Pairs in Arrays of Small Josephson Junctions.- Entangled States in a Josephson Charge QuBit Coupled to a Superconducting Resonator.- Cooper Pair Tunneling in Circuits with Substantial Dissipation: The Three-Junction R-Pump for Single Cooper Pairs.- Nonlocality in Superconducting Microstructures.- Characterisation of Cooper Pair Boxes for Quantum Bits.- Noise Measurements of a Superconducting Single Electron Transistor (SSET) at T=0.3 K.- Quantum Coherence and Decoherence in Magnetic Nanostructures.- MQT of Magnetic Particles.- Abrupt Transition between Thermally-Assisted and Pure Quantum Tunneling in MN12.- Quantum Effects in the Dynamics of the Magnetization in Single Molecule Magnets.- Quantum Coherence and Very Low Temperature Magnetic Experiments in Mesoscopic Magnets.- Quantum Gates and Networks with Cavity QED Systems.- Dual Josephson Phenomena:Interaction of Vortices with Non-Classical Microwaves.- Quantum Computation: Theory, Practice, and Future Prospects.- Reading-out a Quantum State: An Analysis of the Quantum Measurement Process.- Adiabatic Inversion in the SQUID, Macroscopic Coherence, and Decoherence.- Quantum Computing with Separable States?.- Spintronics and Quantum Computing with Quantum Dots.- Double Quantum Dot Coupled to Two Superconductors: Transport and Spin Entanglement.- Transport through Artificial Kondo Impurities.- Compensation of the Spin of a Quantum Dot at Coulomb Blockade.- Multi-Particle Entanglement in Quantum Computers.- Stabilization of Quantum Information: A Unified Dynamical-Algebraic Approach.- 1/F Noise during Manipulation of Josephson Charge Qubits.- Non-Markovian Dynamics in Continuous-Wave Atom Lasers.- Time-Correlated Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling of Solitons in Density Waves and Long Josephson Junctions.- The Non-Perturbative Quantum Behaviour of a SQUID Ring in a Strong Electromagnetic Field.- Noise Properties of the SET Transistor in the Co-Tunneling Regime.- Charge Fluctuations and Dephasing in Coulomb Coupled Conductors.- The Measurement of Photon Number States Using Cavity QED.- Abrupt Magnetoresistance Jumps in Ni-Wire Systems and Coulomb Blockade Under Elastic Environment in Single Junction/Carbon Nanotube System.- Spontaneous Generation of Flux in a Josephson Junction Loop.- Soliton Quantum Bit.