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

Sequential generation of entangled multi-qubit states

C Schoen, E Solano, F Verstraete, JI Cirac, MM Wolf

(2005)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0501096)

Valence-bond states for quantum computation

F Verstraete, JI Cirac

– Physical Review A Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

(2004)

70,

1

(doi: 10.1103/physreva.70.060302)

The moduli space of three-qutrit states

E Briand, J-G Luque, J-Y Thibon, F Verstraete

– Journal of Mathematical Physics

(2004)

45,

4855

(doi: 10.1063/1.1809255)

Density matrix renormalization group and periodic boundary conditions: A quantum information perspective

F Verstraete, D Porras, JI Cirac

– Phys Rev Lett

(2004)

93,

227205

(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.227205)

Matrix product density operators: simulation of finite-temperature and dissipative systems.

F Verstraete, JJ García-Ripoll, JI Cirac

– Phys Rev Lett

(2004)

93,

207204

(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.207204)

Renormalization group transformations on quantum states

F Verstraete, JI Cirac, JI Latorre, E Rico, MM Wolf

(2004)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0410227)

Quantum entanglement theory in the presence of superselection rules

N Schuch, F Verstraete, JI Cirac

– Physical Review A

(2004)

70,

1

(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.042310)

Entanglement flow in multipartite systems

TS Cubitt, F Verstraete, JI Cirac

(2004)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0404179)

Renormalization algorithms for Quantum-Many Body Systems in two and higher dimensions

F Verstraete, JI Cirac

(2004)

(link to publication)

Matrix Product Density Operators: Simulation of finite-T and dissipative systems

F Verstraete, JJ Garcia-Ripoll, JI Cirac

(2004)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0406426)