Quantum Information

Text book

John Preskill, Quantum Information chapters 1-6 and chapter 7
additional background material (with updates to some of the chapters in Preskill)

Preskill's book provides background and context to the material covered in the lectures and exercise classes. It also contains much additional material that goes beyond the course and will not be examinated.
Exercises

problem sets 1-9
The exercise classes are the most important part of the course, and the three problem sets are representative for the written exam. Two problems in each set are marked as "homework". You are requested to submit your detailed solution of these two problems to the course assistants at the start of the class, who will then grade each with "pass" or "fail". Each "pass" gives you 1/6 of a bonus point for the written exam on 17 November, 2023.
old exams with answers
Dates & Topics

Monday 4 September
9.00-11.00 (Snellius 1.74)
lecture 1: qubits, Bloch sphere, fidelity, quantum gates (Pauli, Hadamard, Toffoli, CNOT), density matrix, pure vs. mixed states
Preskill 2.1-2.3, 4.1.1, 6.2.0 (you may skip 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.3) (lecture notes --- recording part a and recording part b)

Monday 4 September
11.00-13.00 (Huygens 2.26)
exercise class 0 linear algebra refresher linear algebra problem set (no homework)

Monday 11 September
9.00-11.00 (Snellius 1.74)
lecture 2: entanglement, Schmidt decomposition, concurrence, teleportation, Bell states, Bell inequality, no-cloning theorem
Preskill 2.4, 4.1, 4.2.3, 4.2.4 (lecture notes --- recording part a and recording part b --- Bell state notebook)

Monday 11 September
11.00-13.00 (Huygens 2.26)
exercise class 1 problems 1-3; homework 1e + 3e

Monday 18 September
9.00-11.00 (Snellius 1.74)
lecture 3: quantum key distribution, quantum algorithms (Deutsch-Jozsa, Simon, Grover), quantum error correction
Preskill 4.2.2, 6.3-6.4, 7.1 (lecture notes --- recording part a and recording part b)

Monday 18 September
11.00-13.00 (Huygens 2.26)
exercise class 2 problems 4-6; homework 4c + 5a

Monday 25 September
9.00-11.00 (Snellius 1.74)
excercise class 3 problems 7-9; homework 8e + 9c

Monday 25 September
11.00-13.00 (Huygens 2.26)
exercise class 3 (cont.) problems 7-9

Exam: Friday 17 November 2023
9:00 - 12:00 hours (Gorlaeus C3)

Retake: Thursday 14 December 2023
13:15 - 16:15 hours (Gorlaeus DM.1.15)

Monday 4 September	9.00-11.00 (Snellius 1.74)	lecture 1: qubits, Bloch sphere, fidelity, quantum gates (Pauli, Hadamard, Toffoli, CNOT), density matrix, pure vs. mixed states	Preskill 2.1-2.3, 4.1.1, 6.2.0 (you may skip 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.3) (lecture notes --- recording part a and recording part b)
Monday 4 September	11.00-13.00 (Huygens 2.26)	exercise class 0 linear algebra refresher	linear algebra problem set (no homework)
Monday 11 September	9.00-11.00 (Snellius 1.74)	lecture 2: entanglement, Schmidt decomposition, concurrence, teleportation, Bell states, Bell inequality, no-cloning theorem	Preskill 2.4, 4.1, 4.2.3, 4.2.4 (lecture notes --- recording part a and recording part b --- Bell state notebook)
Monday 11 September	11.00-13.00 (Huygens 2.26)	exercise class 1	problems 1-3; homework 1e + 3e
Monday 18 September	9.00-11.00 (Snellius 1.74)	lecture 3: quantum key distribution, quantum algorithms (Deutsch-Jozsa, Simon, Grover), quantum error correction	Preskill 4.2.2, 6.3-6.4, 7.1 (lecture notes --- recording part a and recording part b)
Monday 18 September	11.00-13.00 (Huygens 2.26)	exercise class 2	problems 4-6; homework 4c + 5a
Monday 25 September	9.00-11.00 (Snellius 1.74)	excercise class 3	problems 7-9; homework 8e + 9c
Monday 25 September	11.00-13.00 (Huygens 2.26)	exercise class 3 (cont.)	problems 7-9

Exam: Friday 17 November 2023	9:00 - 12:00 hours (Gorlaeus C3)
Retake: Thursday 14 December 2023	13:15 - 16:15 hours (Gorlaeus DM.1.15)