{"id":1248,"date":"2024-08-26T12:43:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T19:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/opti646\/?page_id=1248"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:26:50","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti646\/","title":{"rendered":"HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OPTI 646 (2026) INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM INFORMATION AND COMPUTATION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This course covers the foundations of quantum information science and selected topics in quantum communication and computation, including physical implementations. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Text: <\/strong> &#8220;Quantum Information and Computation&#8221;, lecture notes by John Preskill, Caltech 1998. &nbsp;A copy can be downloaded here: &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti646\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/08\/Preskills-notes-copy.pdf\">Preskills notes copy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Course Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/OPTI 646<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schedule for Student Lectures and Term Papers, including Names and Topics to be posted at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Detailed Course Description<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OPTI 646 Course Outline 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lectures:<\/strong> Meinel 307, Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-3:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Office hours:<\/strong> Meinel 604, Wednesdays 2-3:30pm. If given a heads-up in advance, I can usually fit in a chat at some other time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note: <\/strong>OPTI 646 is taught live in-person. Video and slides will be posted but are not meant to substitute for live attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grading<\/strong>: Class participation (30%), Reading Assignments (30%), Student Presentation or Term Paper (40%). 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong> A solid knowledge and understanding of graduate level quantum mechanics is essential, as developed in, for example, OPTI\/PHYS 570A \u201cQuantum Mechanics\u201d, or equivalent. The course uses the notation and conceptual language of the &#8220;Cohen-Tannoudji school of quantum mechanics&#8221;, adapted in the OPTI 570\/544\/646 series of graduate level courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPTI 646 (2026) INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM INFORMATION AND COMPUTATION This course covers the foundations of quantum information science and selected topics in quantum communication and computation, including physical implementations. Text: &#8220;Quantum Information and Computation&#8221;, lecture notes by John Preskill, Caltech 1998. &nbsp;A copy can be downloaded here: &nbsp; &nbsp; Preskills notes copy&nbsp;&nbsp; Course Website: https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/OPTI 646 Schedule for Student Lectures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti646\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti646\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti646\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti646\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti646\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti646\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1750,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti646\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti646\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}