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Lecture (Click for lecture notes)
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Assignments
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January 17
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Course introduction and introduction to superconducting phenomena
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January 22
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Phenomenological theories of superconductivity
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January 24
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Microscopic theory of superconductivity
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HW1 due at the start of class
Solutions to HW1
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January 29
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Second quantization & Cooper pairs
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January 31
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BCS Theory 1
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February 5
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BCS Theory 2
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February 7
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No class
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February 12
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Time-dependent Perturbation Theory & Tunneling between metals
Tinkham, Introduction to Superconductivity Chapter 3.8
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February 14
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Tunneling between superconductors
Schrieffer, Theory of Superconductivity Chapter 3.6
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HW2 due at the start of class
Solutions to HW2
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February 19
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Andreev scattering/Josephson effect
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February 21
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The Josephson effect/Magnetic effects on Josephson junctions
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February 26
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Beyond BCS superconductivity
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February 28
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Topological superconductivity/Class presentations
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HW3 due at the start of class
Solutions to HW3
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March 4
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Class presentations
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March 6
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No class
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March 18
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Introduction to quantum information/electrical circuits
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March 20
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Overview of quantum electrical circuits
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March 25
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Superconducting charge-based qubits
1. Coherent control of macroscopic quantum states in a single-Cooper-pair box
2. Charge-insensitive qubit design derived from the Cooper pair box
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March 27
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Superconducting flux-based qubits
1. Coherent quantum dynamics of a superconducting flux qubit
2. High-coherence fluxonium qubit
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April 1
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CircuitQED
1. Cavity quantum electrodynamics for superconducting electrical circuits
2. Strong coupling of a single photon to a superconducting qubit using cQED
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HW4 due at the start of class
Solutions to HW4
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April 3
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CircuitQED
1. Generating single microwave photons in a circuit
2. Resolving photon number states in a superconducting circuit
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April 8
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No class
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April 10
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Bosonic superconducting qubits
1. Implementing a universal gate set on a logical qubit encoded in an oscillator
2. Deterministically encoding quantum information using 100-Photon Schrodinger cat states
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April 15
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Quantum-limited amplifiers
1. Observation of quantum jumps in a superconducting artificial atom
2. Phase-preserving amplification near the quantum limit with a Josephson ring modulator
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HW5 due at the start of class
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April 17
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Quantum error correction
1. Scheme for reducing decoherence in quantum computer memory
2. An introduction to the surface code
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April 22
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Quantum error correction
1. Repeated quantum error detection in a surface code
2. Experimental Demonstration of Fault-Tolerant State Preparation
with Superconducting Qubits
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April 24
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Protected superconducting qubits
1. Protected Josephson rhombus chains
2. Experimental realization of a protected superconducting circuit derived from the 0-pi qubit
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April 30
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Superconducting research at UIUC
Magnetic-field-sensitive charge density waves in the superconductor UTe2 |
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May 1
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Class choice topic
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May 3
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Final exam
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