Quantum Computing
- The Basics
Covered in many meetings over the last year
References: The “Old Notes” - Quantum Teleportation
Tina presented this (for the 2nd time) on 21 May 2017
References: The “Old Notes” – Starting on page 61. - The Density Matrix, Measuring Entanglement
Meetings: 11 Dec 2016, 12 Feb 2017, 26 Feb 2017
References: The “New Notes”
- Grover’s Algorithm
Meeting on 9 April 2017
References: Emma Strubell’s Notes – Starting on page 20. - Superdense Coding
(Tentatively scheduled for 20 Aug 17)
References: Nielsen and Chuang – Starting on page 97. - (TBD) The Mach-Zehnder interferometer and its relationship to quantum circuits
Quantum Mechanics
- Basic facts about the Schrödinger equation
Covered on 9 July 2017
References: Any quantum mechanics textbook. - The transition from discrete to continuous vector spaces
Meeting on 23 July 2017
References: (None so far, unfortunately.) - Some basic solutions to the Schrödinger equation
- (TBD) Infinite Well
- (TBD) Finite Step
- (TBD) Review of the Classical Oscillator
- (TBD) Harmonic Oscillator
- (1st introduction to) Interpretations of Quantum Theory
- (TBD) The “textbook” interpretation
- (TBD) Problems:
– The ontological status of the quantum state
– The measurement problem
– The “locality” debate - Interpretations
– (TBD) Everett
– (TBD) Pilot Wave (de Broglie / Bohm)
– (TBD) The “no interpretation” interpretation
– (TBD) Others
Weird quantum scenarios
- (TBD) The Zeno and Inverse Zeno effects
- (TBD) The Delayed Choice experiment
- (TBD) The Elitzur–Vaidman bomb tester
- (TBD) The Double Slit experiment
Special Relativity
- 11 June 2017: Special Relativity #1
- 18 June 2017: Special Relativity #2
- (Tentatively scheduled for 13 Aug 2017) Special Relativity #3
General Relativity
- 04 June 2017: General Relativity #1
Quantum Aspects of Life
- 28 May 2017: Jonathan did Quantum Photosynthesis
– References: photosynthesis.pptx - Also, see: resources/quantum-aspects-of-life