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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

 

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

Variational matrix product ansatz for dispersion relations
J Haegeman, B Pirvu, DJ Weir, JI Cirac, TJ Osborne, H Verschelde, F Verstraete
– Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
(2012)
85,
100408
Preparing projected entangled pair states on a quantum computer
M Schwarz, K Temme, F Verstraete
– Physical Review Letters
(2012)
108,
110502
Preparing projected entangled pair states on a quantum computer
M Schwarz, K Temme, F Verstraete
(2012)
Variational numerical renormalization group: Bridging the gap between NRG and density matrix renormalization group
I Pižorn, F Verstraete
– Physical review letters
(2012)
108,
067202
Matrix product state based algorithm for determining dispersion relations of quantum spin chains with periodic boundary conditions
B Pirvu, J Haegeman, F Verstraete
– Physical Review B
(2012)
85,
035130
Numerical Contraction of the Tensor Network generated by the Algebraic Bethe Ansatz
V Murg, VE Korepin, F Verstraete
(2012)
Finite-temperature mutual information in a simple phase transition
J Wilms, J Vidal, F Verstraete, S Dusuel
(2012)
Finite-temperature mutual information in a simple phase transition
J Wilms, J Vidal, F Verstraete, S Dusuel
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2012)
2012,
p01023
The Algebraic Bethe Ansatz and Tensor Networks
V Murg, VE Korepin, F Verstraete
(2012)
Projected entangled states:: Properties and applications
F VERSTRAETE, M WOLF, D PÉREZ-GARCÍA, JI CIRAC
– International Journal of Modern Physics B
(2012)
20,
5142
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Research Group

Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations

Room

B0.15