Course Identification

Quantum information
20181131

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Prof. Roee Ozeri
Dr. Tom Manovitz

Course Schedule and Location

2018
First Semester
Tuesday, 11:15 - 13:00, Drori Auditorium

Tutorials
Monday, 11:15 - 12:00, Drori Auditorium
31/10/2017

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Lecture; 3.00 points
Chemical Sciences: 3.00 points

Comments

The lectures and tutorials in the course has been moved to Drori Auditorium, except for the following dates:
November 21st- Lecture
December 18th- Tutorial
On those dates the lecture & tutorial will be held in seminar room A.

Prerequisites

Reasonable knowledge of quantum mechanics (e.g. veterans of Quantum Mechanics 1 taught by Shimon Levit)

Restrictions

30

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

50%
50%
exercises given on each part

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

19/02/2018
Weissman, Seminar Rm A,Weissman, Seminar Rm B
1000-1400
N/A

Scheduled date 2

N/A
N/A
-
N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

N/A

Syllabus

  • The quantum bit and qubit registers
  • A universal gate set
  • Distances measures in Hilbert space
  • Quantum operations
  • Quantum state and Process tomography
  • Decoherence channels
  • Decoherence-free subspaces
  • Quantum Error Correction codes
  • Quantum fault tolerance 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

[1] Build their own quantum computer

Reading List

N/A

Website

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