Advanced Topics in Quantum Information Theory – FS 2012

Lecturers: Prof. Matthias Christandl, Prof. Atac Imamoglu, and Prof. Renato Renner

Monday 13:45-15:30, HIT K 51 (Lecture)

Thursday 15:45-16:30, HIT J 51 (Exercise Lesson)

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News

Solutions to Exercise 3 and 4 are now available. Exercise 3 has been updated.

Material

• Last year's ATQT lecture notes on decoherence free subspaces and topological quantum computing.
• Lecture notes of the Symmetries in Quantum Information course.

Exercise Lesson

Assistants for each section are:

• Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerant Computation: Normand Beaudry
• Dissipation and Topological Order: Normand Beaudry and Michael Walter
• Topological Codes: Michael Walter

Testat

The testat condition is to give a talk. The schedule of talks is as follows. Talks should be 45 minutes, including questions.

Exercises

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

Exercise 6

Exercise 7

Solutions

For the solution to Exercise 1.1, please contact nbeaudry@phys.ethz.ch. For the solutions to Exercises 5 and 6, please contact waltemic@phys.ethz.ch.

Solution 1

Solution 2

Solution 3

Solution 4

Solution 7