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Professor Frank Verstraete

 

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

Matrix product state renormalization
M Bal, MM Rams, V Zauner, J Haegeman, F Verstraete
(2016)
(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1509.01522)
Matrix product state renormalization
M Bal, MM Rams, V Zauner, J Haegeman, F Verstraete
– Physical Review B
(2016)
94,
205122
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.205122)
Gradient methods for variational optimization of projected entangled-pair states
L Vanderstraeten, J Haegeman, P Corboz, F Verstraete
(2016)
(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1606.09170)
Hamiltonian simulation of the Schwinger model at finite temperature
B Buyens, F Verstraete, K Van Acoleyen
(2016)
(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1606.03385)
Hamiltonian simulation of the Schwinger model at finite temperature
B Buyens, F Verstraete, K Van Acoleyen
– Physical Review D
(2016)
94,
085018
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.94.085018)
Gradient methods for variational optimization of projected entangled-pair states
L Vanderstraeten, J Haegeman, P Corboz, F Verstraete
– Physical Review B
(2016)
94,
155123
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.155123)
Unifying time evolution and optimization with matrix product states
J Haegeman, C Lubich, I Oseledets, B Vandereycken, F Verstraete
– Physical Review B
(2016)
94,
165116
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165116)
Entanglement of Distillation for Lattice Gauge Theories.
K Van Acoleyen, N Bultinck, J Haegeman, M Marien, VB Scholz, F Verstraete
– Phys Rev Lett
(2016)
117,
131602
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.131602)
Boundary-field-driven control of discontinuous phase transitions on hyperbolic lattices
Y Lee, F Verstraete, A Gendiar
(2016)
(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1606.04009)
Boundary-field-driven control of discontinuous phase transitions on hyperbolic lattices.
Y Lee, F Verstraete, A Gendiar
– Phys Rev E
(2016)
94,
022133
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.94.022133)
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Research Group

Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations

Room

B0.15

Personal homepage

http://www.qi.damtp.cam.ac.uk/person/fv285

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About the University

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