PHY7097: Quantum Error-Correcting Codes

One-semester introduction to classical and quantum error-correcting codes.

Prerequisite: Graduate-Level Quantum Mechanics

• Michael A. Nielsen and Isaac L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2011

Course Information

• Books on Classical and Quantum Error-Correcting Codes
• Notes: Lecture 1 Information and Entropy
• Notes: Lecture 2 Classical Error Correction
• Notes: Lecture 3 Foaming at the Bit
• Notes: Lecture 4 Five ... Qubits
• Notes: Lecture 5 It's Quantum Mechanics!
• Notes: Lecture 6 Quantum Cryptography?

Class and Contact Information

Lecturer: Pierre Ramond

Lectures: MWF period 6 (12:50-1:40 pm), NPB 1200

email: pierre.ramond@gmail.com

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