arXiv:0904.2771

Topological phases and quantum computation

Alexei Kitaev, Chris R. Laumann

Published Apr 20, 2009• 76 citations

Abstract

This is a collection of lecture notes from three lectures given by Alexei Kitaev at the 2008 Les Houches summer school "Exact methods in low-dimensional physics and quantum computing." They provide a pedagogical introduction to topological phenomena in 1-D superconductors and in the 2-D topological phases of the toric code and honeycomb model.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.0904.2771

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