Stephan Plugge, UBC, October 7, 2019, 14:00, "From Majorana fermions to topological qubits and quantum computation”.

This lecture will introduce the basic concept of Majorana fermions and how one can use them to realize quantum bits, gates and computations. Particular emphasis here is on their topological character, manifest in the protected braid and measurement operations that generate single- and two-qubit Clifford gates. The latter are fundamental to quantum computation and error correction schemes underlying most modern approaches to large-scale quantum computation. After this theoretical overview, we discuss the basic toy-model for Majorana fermions in condensed-matter systems and how it can be realized in actual experiments. We conclude with an overview of the current experimental status of Majorana fermions as bound states in topological superconductors, comparing challenges and possible advantages in single- and multi-qubit technology to different qubit platforms that are discussed in the other lectures of this series.

TRIUMF auditorium. https://www.triumf.ca/home/contact-us/maps-triumf

Organized by Dr. Olivia Di Matteo at TRIUMF, as a Fall 2019 lecture series. https://www.triumf.ca/research-program/lectures-conferences/upcoming-se…