Date: Wednesday 26 April (as Tuesday is a Public Holiday)

Who: Alastair Kay

Seminar type: Tutorial Seminar - 2 of 2

Time 4-5pm

Where: Conference Room

Abstract:
In these tutorial sessions I will present an introduction to what optical lattices are, and how they can be manipulated for the purposes of quantum information processing. In the process, I will give some indication of what can be achieved in current experiments. I will also devote some time to describing the creation of the optical lattice, which can be achieved by means of a phase transition from a Bose-Einstein Condensate to a Mott Insulator.

Date: Friday 21 April

Who: Alastair Kay

Seminar type: Research Seminar

Time: 12 Midday

Where: Interaction Room

Abstract:
The purification of cluster states, and more generally graph states, is an important question for the implementation of quantum computation in a noisy environment. While existing purification protocols have been able to numerically demonstrate their performance, we present a purification protocol that is easily analysed, and prove it to be optimal in the presence of local noise.

Date: Tuesday 18 April

Who: Alastair Kay

Seminar type: Tutorial Seminar - I of 2

Time 4-5pm

Where: Conference Room

Abstract:
In these tutorial sessions I will present an introduction to what optical lattices are, and how they can be manipulated for the purposes of quantum information processing. In the process, I will give some indication of what can be achieved in current experiments. I will also devote some time to describing the creation of the optical lattice, which can be achieved by means of a phase transition from a Bose-Einstein Condensate to a Mott Insulator.