IISER Bhopal

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(January, 2024 - April, 2024)

Instructor: Dr. Phani Kumar


Learning Objectives

This course will provide an introduction to the concepts in quantum control, quantum metrology and quantum sensing.

Course Content

Qubits, Pauli matrices, Bloch sphere, Single qubit gates and rotations, Qubit manipulation: Rabi oscillations, Magnetic resonance phenomenon, Two-qubit states, Reversible and irreversible operations on classical bits, Classical gates and their quantum extensions, Quantum circuits, Universal set of gates, Quantum entanglement and its physical realization using exchange interaction, Qubit-environment interaction, Qubit errors, Open quantum systems, Density operator description of pure & mixed states, Reduced density operator, Decoherence of qubits - amplitude and phase damping, Longitudinal and transverse relaxation times, Lindblad master equation, Quantum sensing, Ramsey magnetometry, Quantum projection noise, Quantum metrology, Standard quantum limit for measurement

Last Updated: Apr 25, 2024