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PHYS-453: Quantum electrodynamics and quantum optics

This course develops the quantum theory of electromagnetic radiation from the principles of quantum electrodynamics. It will cover historic developments (coherent states, squeezed states, quantum theo

COM-611: Quantum Information Theory and Computation

Today one is able to manipulate matter at the nanoscale were quantum behavior becomes important and possibly information processing will have to take into account laws of quantum physics. We introduce

PHYS-550: Quantum information theory

After recapping the basics of quantum theory from an information theoretic perspective, we will cover more advanced topics in quantum information theory. This includes introducing measures of quantum

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A broad view of the diverse aspects of the field is provided: quantum physics, communication, quantum computation, simulation of physical systems, physics of qubit platforms, hardware technologies. St

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The course introduces the paradigm of quantum computation in an axiomatic way. We introduce the notion of quantum bit, gates, circuits and we treat the most important quantum algorithms. We also touch

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PHYS-464: Solid state systems for quantum information

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PHYS-344: Quantum mechanics for non-physicists

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PHYS-207: Quantum mechanics I

The objective of this course is to familiarize the student with the concepts, methods and consequences of quantum physics.

PHYS-502: Interacting quantum matter

This course presents modern aspects of theoretical condensed matter physics with interfaces to statistical physics, quantum information theory, quantum field theory and quantum simulation.

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CS-630: Fault-tolerant quantum computing

The course explains how to execute scalable algorithms on fault-tolerant quantum computers. It describes error correction used to build reliable logical operations from noisy physical operations, and

PHYS-470: Nonlinear optics for quantum technologies

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