The goals of the 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Quantum Information Science, which are embodied in this volume, were to promote and strengthen the interactions and exchange of knowledge among researchers of the Asia-Pacific region in the rapidly advancing field of quantum information science. The volume contains many leading researchers’ latest experimental and theoretical findings, which together constitute a valuable contribution to this fascinating area.

Contents:

• Realistic Simulations of Single-Spin Measurement via Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy (T A Brun & H-S Goan)
• Continuous Variable Teleportation of Quantum Fields (H J Carmichael)
• Silicon-Based Nuclear Spin Quantum Computer (H-S Goan)
• Robust Dynamical Decoupling: Feedback-Free Error Correction (D A Lidar & K Khodjasteh)
• A Bell Inequality Based on Correlation Functions for Three Qubits (C-F Wu et al.)
• Minimum-Error Discrimination among Mixed Quantum States (C-L Chou)
• Security of Quantum Key Distribution with Strong Phase-Reference Pulse (M Koashi)
• Limitation on the Accessible Information for Quantum Channels with Inefficient Measurements (K Jacobs)
• Codes for Key Generation in Quantum Cryptography (B-G Englert et al.)
• W State Generation and Effect of Cavity Photons on the Purification of Dot-Like Single Quantum Well Excitons (C-M Li et al.)
• A Universal Quantum Estimator (L C Kwek et al.)
• Towards a Practical Environment for Quantum Programming (S Yamashita et al.)
• Decoy State Quantum Key Distribution (Abstract Only) (H-K Lo)
• Mixed-State Entanglement in the Light of Pure-State Entanglement Constrained by Superselection Rules (S D Bartlett et al.)
• Quantum Computation Based on Electron Spin Qubits without Spin-Spin Interaction (Y-Z Wu et al.)
• Infrared Wavelength Quantum Communications Based on Single Electron Transistors (D M T Kuo)
• Recent Results in Experiments with Josephson Qubits (O Astafiev et al.)
• Pulsed Endor-Based Quantum Information Processing (R Rahimi et al.)
• Utilization of Polarized Electron Spin of Organic Molecules in Quantum Computing (T-S Lin et al.)
• Quantum System Identification (L-Y Hsu)
• Organic Semiconductor Micro-Pillar Processed by Focused Ion Beam Milling (W-C Hung et al.)
• Optimal Design of Single-Photon Source Emission from a Quantum-Dot in Micro-Pillar Microcavity (Y-L D Ho et al.)