Lecturer: Prof. Netanel Lindner
Affiliation: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Abstract:
Quantum computation requires precision
control over quantum states to perform tasks
that go beyond those possible with classical
computers.
Topological quantum computation aims to
achieve this task by using non-Abelian
quantum phases of matter. Such phases allow
for quantum information to be stored and
processed in a non-local manner, which
protects it from imperfections and
decoherence. I will describe a route for
synthesizing new non-Abelian systems by
interfacing simpler, experimentally accessible
components. I will explain how this route leads
to new types of non-Abelian statistics and new
quantum phases of matter, which can be used
to perform topologically protected quantum
computation.