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    • Ablation loading and qudit measurements with barium ions 

      Bramman, Brendan (University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)
      Barium is one of the best ions for performing quantum information in a trapped-ion system. Its long-lived metastable D5/2 state allows for some interesting quantum operations, including the current best state preparation ...
    • Characterizing Errors in Quantum Information Processors 

      Sanders, Yuval (University of Waterloo, 2016-05-12)
      Error-free computation is an unattainable ideal, yet our world now contains many computers that appear error-free to their users. That such things are possible is explained by sophisticated theorems that demonstrate the ...
    • Constructing an External Cavity Diode Laser for the Probing of Rydberg Excitons in Cu2O 

      Gross, Aaron (University of Waterloo, 2021-10-05)
      Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) is a direct bandgap semiconductor that presents a promising platform for the implementation of a solid state quantum simulator. This promise is in part due to the presence of excitons in the material ...
    • Efficient algorithms in quantum query complexity 

      Kothari, Robin (University of Waterloo, 2014-08-13)
      In this thesis we provide new upper and lower bounds on the quantum query complexity of a diverse set of problems. Specifically, we study quantum algorithms for Hamiltonian simulation, matrix multiplication, oracle ...
    • Exploring new routes to decoherence-free quantum computing; and quantum thermodynamics for fermions 

      Onuma-Kalu, Marvellous (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)
      This thesis has two parts; the first part is a contribution to the research field of quantum measurement in quantum optics while the second part focuses on quantum thermodynamics for fermionic systems. The aim of the ...
    • Fast control and decoherence in superconducting quantum circuits 

      Deng, Chunqing (University of Waterloo, 2015-08-24)
      This thesis discusses a series of experimental and theoretical studies on fast control and decoherence in superconducting quantum circuits. These two subjects are complementary aspects of the problem of improving the gate ...
    • Formal Methods in Quantum Circuit Design 

      Amy, Matthew (University of Waterloo, 2019-02-26)
      The design and compilation of correct, efficient quantum circuits is integral to the future operation of quantum computers. This thesis makes contributions to the problems of optimizing and verifying quantum circuits, with ...
    • Frequency Shifting a Single Photon by Electro-Optic Modulation 

      Kobierski, Michael (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-21)
      Entanglement is a rare resource only a select few people worldwide can create. Its fundamentally non-classical behavior seeds a tree of ideas from which transformative technologies in information processing, communication, ...
    • Indirect Quantum Control: An Implementation-Independent Scheme 

      Layden, David (University of Waterloo, 2016-08-17)
      The ability to control quantum systems rapidly as compared to their coherence times is a central requirement for most proposed quantum technologies, such as quantum computing and quantum metrology. Improving the ratio of ...
    • Indium Thin Films in Multilayer Superconducting Quantum Circuits 

      McRae, Corey Rae (University of Waterloo, 2018-01-03)
      The superconducting quantum computer is an implementation of the quantum computer and a current leader the field in terms of performance and potential for scalability to large systems. Its two main components are the ...
    • Learning Quantum States Without Entangled Measurements 

      Lowe, Angus (University of Waterloo, 2021-10-22)
      How many samples of a quantum state are required to learn a complete description of it? As we will see in this thesis, the fine-grained answer depends on the measurements available to the learner, but in general it is at ...
    • New methods in quantum error correction and fault-tolerant quantum computing 

      Chamberland, Christopher (University of Waterloo, 2018-10-22)
      Quantum computers have the potential to solve several interesting problems in polynomial time for which no polynomial time classical algorithms have been found. However, one of the major challenges in building quantum ...
    • Non-Markovianity in Logical Fidelity Estimation 

      Caesura, Athena (University of Waterloo, 2021-02-26)
      As quantum devices are progressively scaled and refined, quantum codes will become indispensable to guarantee reliable computation in the presence of noise. Due to the difficulties of characterizing physical noise, direct ...
    • Novel Methods in Quantum Error Correction 

      Jochym-O'Connor, Tomas Raphael (University of Waterloo, 2016-08-24)
      Quantum error correction is the backbone of fault-tolerant quantum computation, a necessary requirement for any large scale quantum computer. The fault-tolerance threshold theorem has long been a target for experimental ...
    • Photons & Phonons: A room-temperature diamond quantum memory 

      Fisher, Kent (University of Waterloo, 2016-08-19)
      This thesis presents demonstrations of the storage and manipulation of single photons in a room-temperature diamond quantum memory using a Raman memory protocol. We report on results from four experiments. In the first ...
    • Quantum Walks and Pretty Good State transfer on Paths 

      van Bommel, Christopher Martin (University of Waterloo, 2019-08-23)
      Quantum computing is believed to provide many advantages over traditional computing, particularly considering the speed at which computations can be performed. One of the challenges that needs to be resolved in order to ...
    • Robust Time-Optimal Control for the One-Dimensional Optical Lattice for Quantum Computation 

      Khani, Botan (University of Waterloo, 2011-10-04)
      Quantum information is a growing field showing exciting possibilities for computational speed-up and communications. For the successful implementation of quantum computers, high-precision control is required to reach ...
    • Some Results on Qudit Quantum Error-Correction 

      Gunderman, Lane (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-30)
      Quantum computing’s seemingly perpetual promise of nearness still has a few hurdles to surmount before it can become a reality. Among these hurdles is that of protection of information from random errors. A potential ...
    • The Unruh-DeWitt Detector Model: Modified Dispersion and Nonlinear Couplings 

      Sachs, A. Morgan (University of Waterloo, 2021-09-30)
      In this work, we employ the Unruh-DeWitt (UDW) detector model to various ends. We present applications of this relativistic detector model to quantum optics, including decoherence in optical cavities and non-linear quantum ...
    • Variational Quantum Eigensolvers Applied to Problems in High Energy Physics 

      Ferguson, Ryan (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)
      Variational methods have long been used to study strongly-correlated quantum systems. Despite the successes of classical protocols, these are limited in the study of quantum systems, either due to numerical errors like the ...

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