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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

N-representability is QMA-complete
Y-K Liu, M Christandl, F Verstraete
(2006)
Quantum Phase Transitions in Matrix Product Systems
MM Wolf, G Ortiz, F Verstraete, JI Cirac
– Physical review letters
(2006)
97,
110403
Ground-state approximation for strongly interacting spin systems in arbitrary spatial dimension
S Anders, MB Plenio, W Dür, F Verstraete, H-J Briegel
– Physical review letters
(2006)
97,
107206
Lieb-robinson bounds and the generation of correlations and topological quantum order
S Bravyi, MB Hastings, F Verstraete
– Physical Review Letters
(2006)
97,
050401
General Monogamy Inequality for Bipartite Qubit Entanglement
TJ Osborne, F Verstraete
– Phys Rev Lett
(2006)
96,
220503
Criticality, the area law, and the computational power of projected entangled pair states
F Verstraete, MM Wolf, D Perez-Garcia, JI Cirac
– Physical Review Letters
(2006)
96,
220601
Matrix product states represent ground states faithfully
F Verstraete, JI Cirac
– Physical Review B
(2006)
73,
094423
Lieb-Robinson bounds and the generation of correlations and topological quantum order
S Bravyi, MB Hastings, F Verstraete
(2006)
Ground state approximation for strongly interacting systems in arbitrary dimension
S Anders, MB Plenio, W Dür, F Verstraete, H-J Briegel
(2006)
General Monogamy Inequality for Bipartite Qubit Entanglement
TJ Osborne, F Verstraete
(2006)
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Research Group

Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations

Room

B0.15