Quantum Thermodynamic Simulation of Heat and Work
How quantum thermodynamics is simulated: heat engines, work extraction and energy exchange in small quantum systems on classical and quantum computers.
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Coherence and Decoherence: The Two Sides
Coherence and decoherence as two sides of one process: how coherence is lost, how it is modeled and simulated, and how it can be protected.
Quantum Correlation Functions and What They Reveal
Correlation functions are expectation values of operator products at different points. How they characterize quantum systems and are measured.
Quantum Phase Transitions Driven by Fluctuations
What drives quantum phase transitions: tuning a parameter changes the ground state. Criticality, universality and how transitions are detected.
Quantum Cosmological Simulations of the Early Universe
How quantum effects enter cosmological simulations: primordial fluctuations, inflation and structure formation, and the computational challenges.
Quantum Biological Simulations: Photosynthesis and More
How quantum simulation might help biology, from energy transfer in photosynthesis to protein and reaction modeling, and the current limits.
Quantum Stochastic Processes and Their Calculus
Quantum stochastic processes describe quantum systems driven by noise. Their mathematics, Markovian and non-Markovian cases, and applications.
Quantum Noise Simulation: Modelling Real Hardware
How noise in real quantum hardware is modeled and simulated, from noise channels to device-specific models, and how this guides error correction.
Quantum Dissipative Systems: Friction in Quantum
Dissipative quantum systems lose energy to their environment. How the Lindblad equation describes this and why it matters for quantum technologies.
Simulating Open Quantum Systems and Their Noise
Open quantum systems interact with their environment. How they are simulated with master equations, quantum trajectories and Monte Carlo wavefunctions.
Quantum Critical Phenomena at Absolute Zero
Quantum phase transitions happen at absolute zero, driven by quantum rather than thermal fluctuations. Quantum criticality and its effect on materials.
Quantum Transport Simulations in Nanoscale Devices
Quantum transport simulations predict how electrons move through nanoscale devices. Methods, tunneling, interference and applications in device design.