QSIT (FS 2016) - Lecture Notes

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  (2017-02-23) Organization (slides) & Introduction to QIP (notes slides) [AW] 
  • Lecture   2  (2017-03-02) Introduction to QIP (notes) [AW]
  • Lecture   3  (2017-03-09Introduction to QIP (notes - slides) [AW]
  • Lecture   4  (2017-03-16Superconducting circuits (notes - slides) [SK]
  • Lecture   5  (2017-03-23Superconducting circuits (notes - slides[AW]
  • Lecture   6  (2017-03-30Superconducting circuits (notes - slides) [AW]
  • Lecture   7  (2017-04-06Superconducting circuits (slides) [AW]
  • Lecture   8  (2017-04-13Rydberg atoms (notes - slides) [TT] 
  • Lecture   9  (2017-04-27Photons (notes - slides) [AW]
  • Lecture 10  (2017-05-04NMR (slides) [AW]
  • Lecture 11  (2017-05-11NV-centers (slides) [AW]
  • Lecture 12  (2017-05-18Ions (slides) [AW]
  • Lecture 13  (2017-06-01) 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 Sebastian Krinner [SK] and Tobias Thiele [TT].  Please write to SK or TT if you find a mistake in the solutions. 

  • Exercise   1 (2017-02-27) (pdf-Single Qubit Dynamics-Solutions-Solutions.nb)
  • Exercise   2 (2017-03-06) Density Matrix and State Tomography (Abstract - Talk)
  • Exercise   3 (2017-03-13) Student Presentation: Grover Algorithm  (Abstract - Talk) & Shor Algorithm (Abstract Talk)
  • Exercise   4 (2017-03-20) Student Presentation: Transmon Qubit  (Abstract Talk) & Dissipation (Abstract Talk)
  • Exercise   5 (2017-03-27Student Presentation: Circuit QED Theory (Abstract - Talk) & Experiment (Abstract - Talk)
  • Exercise   6 (2017-04-03) Student Presentation: Error Correction 1 (Abstract - Talk) & 2 (Abstract - Talk) 
  • Exercise   7 (2017-04-10Student Presentation: Adiabatic Q-Computation (Talk) & D-Wave (Talk) 
  • Exercise   8 (2017-04-24Student Presentation: Rydberg Atoms I (Abstract - Talk) & II (Abstract - Talk) 
  • Exercise   9 (2017-05-08Student Presentation: Photons 1 (Abstract - Talk) & 2 (Abstract - Talk) 
  • Exercise 10 (2016-05-15Student Presentation: NMR 1 (Abstract - Talk) & 2 (Abstract - Talk) 
  • Exercise 11 (2016-05-22) Student Presentation: NV-Centers 1 & 2 
  • Exercise 12 (2016-05-29) Student Presentation: Ions (Talk)

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