Quantum Dynamics and Computation

Quantum information and computation is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field, which has attracted researchers from physics, computer science, mathematics, chemistry, and electronic engineering. Instead of brute-force minitrization of basic electronic components, quantum computation utilises entirely new design architecture and promises to solve problems that are intractable on conventional computers. Quantum information offers the prospect of harnessing nature at a much deeper level than ever before, as well as a wealth of new possibilities for communication and data processing.

Main research directions:

• Quantum information and quantum computation
• Quantum Graph identification by quantum walks
• Physical Implementation of Quantum Random Walks
• Electronic structure of artificial atoms (quantum dots)
• Quantum simulation using nano-meter-scale systems
• Quantum dynamics of qubits and qugates
• Nanostructured electronic devices
• Scattering in atomic and mesoscopic systems
• Density matrix theory on complete scattering experiments
• Acoustic wave propagator and its applications
• Analytic expansions and accurate numerical solutions for quantum systems
• Visualisation of atomic and molecular systems
• Applications of Computer Algebra Systems (CAS)
• Linking CAS to standard numerical libraries
• Efficient computation of angular momentum coupling coefficients using CAS

Research Staff

Jingbo Wang
Paul Abbott

Research Students

Brendan Douglas — Graph isomorphism problem and quantum algrorithms
Matthew Katz (Master of Science and Technology) — Graph-state quantum computation
Kia Manouchehri — Quantum Random Walks
Bradley McGrath — Acoustic Wave Trapping Barriers
Bahaa Raffah — Quantum dynamics and structure of few-electron systems
Filip Welna — Heterogeneous cluster methods for quantum dynamical simulations
Hongmei Sun^# — Acoustic wave propagator

^#Jointly supervised with the Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering

Past Students

Chris Dinneen — Theoretical modelling of quantum logic gates
Chris Hines (PhD) — Electronic Properties of Quantum dots
Stuart Midgley (PhD, Distinction) — Quantum Waveguide Theory
Nick O'Toole (PhD) — Physical Properties from X-Ray Diffraction Data
Richard Green — Double Wells as Quantum Bits
Peter Falloon (MSc, Distinction) — Theory and Computation of Spheroidal Harmonics with General Arguments
Sanket Sharma — Unitary matrix decomposition
Hridesh Kedia — Quantum walks on structures tree
Ranga Muhandiramge — Electronic structure of quantum cavities
John Paul Barjaktarevic — Theoretical modelling of quantum logic gates operation
John Bongiovanni — Parallelised Numeric Solutions for Mixed Domain Problems
Shane McCarthy — Electronic Structure Calculation of N-Electron Quantum Dots using the Hartree-Fock Method
James Gilmore — Application of Green's Functions to Atomic Systems
Giulia Harris — Partitioned Transport in Laminates: Two Dimensional Analytic Solution via Symbolic Computation
Abigail Klopper — Birds of a Feather: Finite Size Effects and Critical Phenomena in Flock Dynamics
Mark Maslen — Wavelet Transforms via Lifting
Simone McCallum — Several Approaches to the Analytic Solution of Fluid Streamline Equations for Subsurface Flow
Adrian Orlando — Analysis of the effect of gate potential on quantum bits
Neil Rabinowitz — Emergence: an algorithmic formulation
Neil Riste — A time dependent approach to positron-hydrogen scattering
Alistair Rowe — Applications of Wavelets
Ray Veldkamp — Series Methods in Quantum Mechanics
David Whyte — Partitioned Transport in Laminates: Solution via Symbolic Computation
Charlie Woolford — Atomic structure calculations
M. Huynh — Time propagation schemes: Euler, SOD and Chebyshev
Ainslie Yuen — Self Organised Criticality
Chris Carter — Monte Carlo simulation of radiative transfer in atomic beams

Publications

Wang
Abbott