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Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations

 

Career

Leigh Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics, DAMTP, University of Cambridge (2022- )

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Ghent University (2012 - )

Professor of Physics, University of Vienna (2006 - 2019)

Research scholar, Institute for Quantum Information, Caltech (2004-2006)

Research fellow, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (2002 - 2004)

              

Research

Research in my group is focused on understanding the role of entanglement in quantum computation and in interacting quantum many-body systems. We are developing the theory of quantum tensor networks, devise novel computational methods for optimizing them, and apply those to problems in condensed matter physics, quantum field theory, atomic physics, statistical physics and quantum computing.

See https://quantumghent.github.io/research/ for more info. 

 

Selected Publications

You can find most of my publications on the arXiv or on Google Scholar.

Publications

Quantum circuits for strongly correlated quantum systems
F Verstraete, JI Cirac, JI Latorre
– Physical Review A Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
(2009)
79,
032316
Renormalization algorithm with graph enhancement
R Hübener, C Kruszynska, L Hartmann, W Dür, F Verstraete, J Eisert, MB Plenio
– Physical Review A
(2009)
79,
022317
Creation, manipulation, and detection of Abelian and non-Abelian anyons in optical lattices
M Aguado, GK Brennen, F Verstraete, JI Cirac
(2009)
Exploring frustrated spin-systems using Projected Entangled Pair States (PEPS)
V Murg, F Verstraete, JI Cirac
(2009)
Creation, manipulation, and detection of Abelian and non-Abelian anyons in optical lattices.
M Aguado, GK Brennen, F Verstraete, JI Cirac
– Phys Rev Lett
(2008)
101,
260501
Classical simulation of infinite-size quantum lattice systems in two spatial dimensions.
J Jordan, R Orús, G Vidal, F Verstraete, JI Cirac
– Phys Rev Lett
(2008)
101,
250602
One-shot entanglement generation over long distances in noisy quantum networks
S Perseguers, L Jiang, N Schuch, F Verstraete, MD Lukin, JI Cirac, KGH Vollbrecht
– Physical Review A Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
(2008)
78,
062324
Classical simulation of infinite-size quantum lattice systems in two spatial dimensions
J Jordan, R Orus, G Vidal, F Verstraete, JI Cirac
(2008)
The computational difficulty of finding MPS ground states
N Schuch, I Cirac, F Verstraete
(2008)
Matrix product states, projected entangled pair states, and variational renormalization group methods for quantum spin systems
F Verstraete, V Murg, JI Cirac
– Advances In Physics
(2008)
57,
143
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