Professor Frank Verstraete | Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

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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

T3NS: three-legged tree tensor network states

K Gunst, F Verstraete, S Wouters, Ö Legeza, D Van Neck

(2018)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1801.09998)

Variational optimization algorithms for uniform matrix product states

V Zauner-Stauber, L Vanderstraeten, MT Fishman, F Verstraete, J Haegeman

– Physical Review B

(2018)

97,

045145

(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.045145)

Mapping topological to conformal field theories through strange correlators

M Bal, DJ Williamson, R Vanhove, N Bultinck, J Haegeman, F Verstraete

(2018)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1801.05959)

Fermionic projected entangled-pair states and topological phases

N Bultinck, DJ Williamson, J Haegeman, F Verstraete

(2017)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1707.00470)

Fermionic projected entangled-pair states and topological phases

N Bultinck, DJ Williamson, J Haegeman, F Verstraete

– Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

(2017)

51,

025202

(doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/aa99cc)

Real-time simulation of the Schwinger effect with Matrix Product States

B Buyens, J Haegeman, F Hebenstreit, F Verstraete, K Van Acoleyen

(2017)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1612.00739)

Real-time simulation of the Schwinger effect with matrix product states

B Buyens, J Haegeman, F Hebenstreit, F Verstraete, K Van Acoleyen

– Physical Review D

(2017)

96,

114501

(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.114501)

Matrix product state approximations for infinite systems

N Schuch, F Verstraete

(2017)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1711.06559)

Symmetry-enriched topological order in tensor networks: Defects, gauging and anyon condensation

DJ Williamson, N Bultinck, F Verstraete

(2017)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1711.07982)

Condensation-driven phase transitions in perturbed string nets

M Mariën, J Haegeman, P Fendley, F Verstraete

– Physical Review B

(2017)

96,

155127

(doi: 10.1103/physrevb.96.155127)