Faculty of Science

How to build quantum information processors
Provider: Science

Activity no.: 5923-24-11-31
	Enrollment deadline: 10/11/2024

Place	Niels Bohr Institute
Date and time	18.11.2024, at: 00:00 - 25.01.2025, at: 16:00
Regular seats	20
ECTS credits	7.50

Contact person	Stine Stenfatt West E-mail address: west@nbi.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	Anders Søndberg Sørensen E-mail address: anders.sorensen@nbi.ku.dk
Written language	English
Teaching language	English
Semester/Block	Block 2
Exam form	Oral examination

Aim and content The aim of this course is to give an introduction to how to build quantum information processors, both for quantum computation and quantum communication. To this end, we will study some of the leading platforms used in the field today. We will discuss the basic principles of the platforms and where they are today, as well as their imperfections and the challenges facing them. Formal requirements Recommended Academic Qualifications The participants should have a strong background in quantum mechanics corresponding to at least a bachelor’s in physics. It is an advantage, but not a necessity, to have knowledge of basic principles of quantum information processing. Learning outcome Knowledge: Fafter the course the participants will know how one can implement quantum information processing in physical systems. Specifically, the students should know this for considered experimental platform (see skills). Furthermore, they should know the status of current research in the field and how far we are in terms of building quantum information processors. Skills: After the course, the student should be able to describe how quantum information processing is implemented in various systems as well as their challenges and imperfections. Specifically the student should be able to: • Describe imperfections with the density matrix and master equation. • Explain how to realize quantum computation with trapped ions and superconducting qubits. • Explain simple quantum communication protocols, e.g. quantum repeaters, and how they are realized with atomic ensembles, NV centers and self-assembled quantum dots. • Discuss advantages and disadvantages of the various systems considered as well as the challenges facing them. • Be familiar with basic experimental techniques used for quantum information processing. Competences: After the course, the student will be familiar with state-of-the-art experiments in quantum information processing. Throughout the course, we will read scientific articles reporting progress on real implementations. This will give the students experience with reading original scientific literature. In addition, the students will acquire tools to describe open quantum systems and understand imperfections in real implementations. The combination of these things will give the participants a firm background for a PhD project within quantum information processing. Target group The course is aimed at the growing number of Ph.D. students working on quantum information processing. The goal will be to give an introduction on to how to build quantum information processors. This will be important to students working on this, but also to people working on applications of quantum information processing. Lecturers The course will bring in experts from the Niels Bohr Institute for specific topics which relate to their research field. Workload Preparation:107 Lectures:28 Laboratory:4 Theoretical Exercises:39 E-Learning:28 Please note that if you are a PhD student from outside Denmark, you cannot automatically sign up for this course. Please write to the course contact person for more information. Information about pricing for PhD courses: Pricing – PhD Courses at SCIENCE 2024

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