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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Apr 9

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 14:

Measurement-only dynamics: monitored transverse-field Ising model, entanglement phase transition & percolation, scrambling and unscrambling by measurement, monitored Kitaev model

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QCP.14: Measurement-only dynamics

Measurement-only dynamics: monitored transverse-field Ising model, entanglement phase transition, critical theory & percolation, monitored Kitaev model

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 13:

Measurement-induced phase transition: entangling vs. disentangling forces, scrambling & volume-law stability, critical dynamics, minimal cut, percolation

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QCP.13 measurement-induced phase transition

Measurement-induced phase transition: entangling vs. disentangling forces, scrambling, critical dynamics, minimal cuts & percolatio, purification transition

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 12:

Geometry of entanglement: minimal cut, KPZ physics

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QCP.12 geometry of entanglement

Geometry of entanglement: minimal cut, KPZ physics

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 11:

Random unitary circuits: unitary circuits, thermalization & entanglement dynamics, random circuits, entanglement growth

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QCP.11 random unitary circuits

Random unitary circuits: unitary circuits, thermalization & entanglement dynamics, random circuits, entanglement growth

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 10:

The year 2024 in quantum computational physics: four selected publications

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QCP.10 2024 paper highlights

The year 2024 in computational physics: four selected publications (arXiv:2309.02863, arXiv:2409.13025, arXiv:2408.13687, arXiv:2312.03982)

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 9:

Error thresholds: combinatorial decoders (MWPM, union find), coherent information, stat-mech perspective

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QCP.09 Error thresholds

Error thresholds, optimal decoder, coherent information, stat mech perspective

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 8:

Quantum error correction: stabilizer formalism, toric code, decoders

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QCP.08 Quantum error correction

Stabilizer formalism, quantum error correction (toric code), decoders

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 7:

Quantum memory: toric code, rotated surface code, repetition code

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QCP.07 Quantum memory

Quantum memory: topological order, logical qubits, rotated surface code, quantum error correction, repetition code

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 6:

Toric code: 4-qubit joint measurements, loop gas, topology

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QCP.06 Toric code (part II) / Nishimori physics

Toric code: topological invariants, long-range entanglement, Hamiltonian perspective, quantum phase transitions

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 5:

Nishimori physics and GHZ state preparation

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QCP.05 Nishimori physics / toric code (part I)

Nishimori physics and GHZ state preparation Toric code: 4-qubit joint measurements, loop gas, topology

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 4:

Weak measurements: imaginary-time evolution, weak parity checks, stability of (GHZ) state preparation, Nishimori physics

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QCP.04 Weak measurements

Computational Quantum Physics / Lecture 04 Weak measurements: imaginary-time evolution, weak parity checks, stability of (GHZ) state preparation, Nishimori physics

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 3:

Quantum measurements: Born's rule, single-qubit measurements, parity checks (joint measurements), GHZ state preparation

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QCP.03 Quantum measurements

Quantum Computational Physics / Lecture 03 Quantum measurements: Born's rule, single-qubit measurements, parity checks (joint measurements), GHZ state preparation

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 2:

Quantum circuits: qubits, unitary single-qubit gates, two-qubit gates, universal vs. Clifford quantum circuits

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QCP.02 Quantum circuits

Quantum Computational Physics / Lecture 02 Quantum circuits: qubits, unitary single-qubit gates, two-qubit gates, universal vs. Clifford quantum circuits

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lecture 1:

The dawn of quantum computing (1980-2000), building a quantum computer, overview of qubit platforms and quantum algorithms

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QCP.01 Introduction

Quantum Computational Physics / Lecture 01 Introduction: The dawn of quantum computing (1980-2000), building a quantum computer, overview of qubit platforms and…

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Jan 29

🎬… and cut. We are done recording lectures for my course “Quantum Computational Physics”.

Tune in if you want to do “quantum on quantum”: concepts, algorithms, and practical computational skills to simulate quantum many-body systems on digital quantum computing platforms.

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Dec 20

And if you want to add some magic to your reading list:

arxiv.org/abs/2412.15165

Experimental Demonstration of Logical Magic State Distillation

Realizing universal fault-tolerant quantum computation is a key goal in quantum information science. By encoding quantum information into logical qubits utilizing quantum error correcting codes, physi...

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Simon Trebst @simontrebst.bsky.social · Nov 21

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