Physics 680.01
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
Spring 2012

MoWe 9AM - 10:20AM

Physics Building, P122


  • Richard Feynman On quantum physics and computer simulation .
  • Quantum Mechanics: Photons Corpuscles of Light by Richard Feynman
  • Claude Shannon Father of the Information Age
  • A ALAN TURING
  • A popular lecture by Michael Freedman
  • Quantum Information Processing with Superconducting Circuits
  • D-wave

  • The course is divided into five main sections:

    • 1. Advanced quantum mechanics
    2. Information theory [classical and quantum]
    3. Quantum cryptography
    4. Quantum algorithms: Grover, Shor ...
    5. Models of quantum computation: circuit, adiabatic, topological, measurement based
    6. Tensor networks

    Instructors: Vladimir Korepin and Tzu-Chieh Wei : phy680; quantum
    Office: Physics 6-116B
    Web page: http://max2.physics.sunysb.edu/~korepin/
    Office Hours: Wed 12-1
    Help room: A-129 Mon 5-7


    Course description

    The course is based on graduate course of quantum mechanics. The course will start with advanced quantum mechanics of open systems. Master equation and Lindblad operators will be explained. Measurements theory and Bell inequalities also will be explained. Classical and quantum information theory will follow [Shannon theorems on channel capacity]. Important subject is algorithm theory: Shor's and Grover's quantum algorithms. Different approaches to physical implementations of quantum computers will be mentioned: solid state and quantum optics. Different models of quantum computation will be explained: circuit, adiabatic approach, topological quantum computation and measurement based quantum computation.

    Course requirements

    Only enrolled students can attend. Attendance is expected. Home work has to be turned in time.

    Mid Term Exam

  • Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information

    • Main textbooks

    Entanglement in quantum spin chains

  • Isotropic XY model
  • XY model
  • Renyi entropy in XY model
  • Entanglement in AKLT model
  • AKLT on arbitrary graph

    Feather reading

  • Anyons in one dimension
  • Quantum algorithm for partial search
  • Algebraic Bethe Ansatz and Tensor networks.

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    Last updated Tuesday, 15-May-2012 10:48:37 EDT