Quantum Information II (WS2011/2012)
Thursdays October 13-February 2 (15 lectures).
Lecture at 14.45-16.00 in Room 26C 401, Physikzentrum. Exercise session in Room 26C 401 from 13.45-14.30.
Reference Book: 'Quantum Computation and Quantum Information' by M.A. Nielsen and I.L. Chuang (Cambridge University Press).
For students who did not follow Quantum Information I, it is recommended to review some quantum mechanics/quantum information formalism prior to the course: Chapter 2 of the Nielsen & Chuang book (NC), in particular section 2.1, 2.2 and 2.4.
Problem Sets
- Lecture 1+2. Problem Set 1. Problem Set 2. NC Reading: Chapter 8.2-8.3. Chapter 9.2
- Lecture 3. Problem Set 3. NC Reading: Chapter 8.4. Additional material - Matthias Christandl script: Chapter 1 (decoherence free subspace).
- Lecture 4: Problem Set 4.
- Lecture 5: Problem Set 5. Additional Reading for lectures 5,6,7,8: Spins in Few-Electron Quantum Dots
- Lecture 6: Problem Set 6.
- Lecture 7: Problem Set 7.
- Lecture 8: Problem Set 8 - Special Chocolate Event!
- Lecture 9: Problem Set 9.
- Lecture 10: Problem Set 10.
- Lecture 11: Problem Set 11.
- Lecture 12-13: Problem Set 12.
Background reading material
Beyond NC, other good books or background sources of information are:
Book Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction by David Mermin (Cambridge University Press 2007).
Book Quantum Information by Stephen M. Barnett (Oxford University Press 2009).
Lectures Notes of Quantum Computation Course by John Preskill at Caltech, see www.theory.caltech.edu/~preskill/ph219/index.html
Book Fundamentals of Quantum Information: Quantum Computation, Communication, Decoherence and All That by Dieter Heiss (Ed.) (Springer - Verlag 2002).