Spring Term 2014
Lecture Notes
The main lecturer of this course is Prof. Andreas Wallraff [AW]. Guest and assistant lecturers are indicated.
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- Lecture 1 (2014-02-21) Organization (slides) & Introduction to QIP (notes - slides) [AW]
- Lecture 2 (2014-02-28) Introduction to QIP (notes) [AW]
- Lecture 3 (2014-03-07) Introduction to QIP (notes) [Assitance: CE]
- Lecture 4 (2014-03-14) Introduction to QIP (notes - slides) [AW]
- Lecture 5 (2014-03-21) Superconducting circuit (notes - slides) [AW]
- Lecture 6 (2014-03-28) Superconducting circuits (slides) [AW]
- Lecture 7 (2014-04-04) Superconducting circuits (slides) [AW]
- Lecture 8 (2014-04-11) Superconducting circuits (slides) [AW]/ Rydberg atoms (notes - slides) [TT]
- Lecture 9 (2014-05-02) Ions (slides) [AW]
- Lecture 10 (2014-05-09) NV-centers (slides) [AW]
- Lecture 11 (2014-05-16) Photons (notes - slides) [AW]
- Lecture 12 (2014-05-23) NMR (slides) [AW]
- Lecture 13 (2014-05-30) Lab tour and Summary session [AW]
A current rough draft of course notes written by Theo Walter is available for download here. The validity of the notes has not been reviewed. As new sections are added and reviewed the notes will be updated and reposted online. Any major errors, comments, or feedback for improving the notes can be directed to Theo via his email, thwalter@student.ethz.ch.
Exercise Classes
The exercise classes and the mentoring of the student presentations are shared between Christopher Eichler [CE] and Tobias Thiele [TT].
- Exercise 1 (2014-02-28) (pdf-Single Qubit Dynamics)(TT)
- Exercise 2 (2014-03-07) (pdf)(CE)
- Exercise 3 (2014-03-14) (pdf - Qubit And Environment)(TT)
- Exercise 4 (2014-03-21) (pdf)(CE)
- Exercise 5 (2014-03-28) (pdf)(TT)
- Exercise 6 (2014-04-04) (pdf)(CE)
- Exercise 7 (2014-04-11) Quantum Computing (talk), Quantum Feedback (talk)
- Exercise 8 (2014-05-02) Adiabatic Quantum Computing (abstract, talk), D-Wave (abstract, talk)
- Exercise 9 (2014-05-09) Quantum Simulation (abstract, talk), Quantum Networks (abstract, talk)
- Exercise 10 (2014-05-16) Decoherence and Noise (abstract, talk), Error correction (abstract, talk)
- Exercise 11 (2014-05-23) Bell tests (abstract, talk), Teleportation (abstract, talk)
- Exercise 12 (2014-05-30) Shor algorithm (Theory) (abstract, talk), Shor algorithm (Experiment) (notes)
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