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OPTI 646 (2024) INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM INFORMATION AND COMPUTATION
This course covers the Foundations of Quantum Information Science and and selected topics in Quantum Communication and Computation, including physical implementations.
Professor: Poul Jessen, Meinel 604. Email: jessen@optics.arizona.edu
Text: “Quantum Information and Computation”, lecture notes by John Preskill, Caltech 1998
Course Website: https://wp.optics.arizona.edu/OPTI 646
Detailed Course Description
Lectures: Meinel 305, Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-3:30pm
Office hours: Meinel 604, Wednesdays 2-3:30pm. If given a heads-up in advance, I can usually make time for a chat
Note: OPTI 646 is taught live in-person. Video and slides will be posted but are not meant to substitute for live attendance.
Grading: Homework (30%), Student Presentation or Term Paper (40%), and class participation (30%).In place of exams, each student is required to give a Lecture or submit a Term Paper on a topic related to Quantum Information Science.
Prerequisites: A solid knowledge and understanding of graduate level quantum mechanics is essential, as developed in, for example, OPTI/PHYS 570A “Quantum Mechanics”, or equivalent. The course uses the notation and conceptual language of the “Cohen-Tannoudji school of quantum mechanics”, adapted in the OPTI 570/544/646 series of graduate level courses.ites: