Nicholas E.
Bonesteel
|
Department of Physics
and NHMFL |
Phone: (850) 644-2516 (Keen) ; (850) 644-7805 (Magnet Lab) Fax: (850) 644-5038 Room: Keen 410 (Physics
Dept); A313 (Magnet Lab) E-mail: bonestee@magnet.fsu.edu |
Education
1991 PhD, Physics, Cornell
University
1985 BS, Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute
Professional Experience
2006-Present,
Professor, Florida State University
2000-2006, Associate Professor, Florida State University
1994-2000, Assistant Professor, Florida State University
1992-1994, Postdoctoral Research Associate, NHMFL
- Florida State University
1990-1992, Postdoctoral Research Associate, ETH-Zürich
Teaching
Fall
& Spring 1995-1998: Quantum Theory of Matter A & B
(PHY4604 & PHY4605)
Fall 1998, 1999, 2000: General Physics B (PHY2049C)
Fall 2001, 2002: General Physics A (PHY2048C)
Spring 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009: Condensed Matter Physics II
(PHZ5942)
Spring 2003, 2004, 2007: Quantum Many-Body Physics
(PHY5690)
Spring 2005: Intermediate Mechanics (PHY3221)
Fall 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006: Theoretical Dynamics (PHY5246)
Fall 2007, 2008: Condensed Matter Physics I
(PHZ5491)
Spring 2008, 2009, 2010: Statistical Mechanics (PHY5524)
Fall 2010, Spring 2011: Intermediate Modern Physics
(PHY3101)
Fall
2011: Quantum
Theory of Matter A (PHY4604)
Spring
2012: Quantum
Theory of Matter B (PHY4605)
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Current and Former Graduate Students
Robert Cipri, Summer 2008 - Present
Weibo Feng, Summer 2010 - Present
Daniel Zeuch, Fall 2011 - Present
Vilen Melik-Alaverdian, Ph.D., Graduated Fall 1998
Thesis: "Theory of Excitations in the Quantum
Hall Effect"
Kerwin C. Foster, Ph.D., Graduated Summer 2002
Thesis: "Conductivity Predictions for the 5/2
Fractional
Thesis: "Symmetry and Control in Spin-Based
Quantum Computing"
Layla Hormozi, Ph.D., Graduated Fall 2007
Thesis: "Topological Quantum Compiling"
Georgios Zikos, Ph.D., Graduated Summer 2009
Thesis: "Braiding and Berry's Phase in
Non-Abelian Quantum Hall States"
Huan Tran, Ph.D., Graduated Summer 2010
Thesis: "Entanglement and Bond Fluctuations in
Random Singlet Phases"
Recent Publications and Preprints
"Valence
H. Tran and N.E. Bonesteel
Phys. Rev. B, 84, 144420 (2011). (pdf file)
"Monte
Carlo Simulation of Interacting Anyon Chains"
H. Tran and N.E. Bonesteel
Comp. Mat. Sci. 49, S395 (2010). (arXiv:1008.1819),
(pdf file)
"Resources
Required for Topological Factoring"
M. Baraban, N.E. Bonesteel, and S.H. Simon
Phys. Rev. A 81, 062317 (2010). (arXiv:1002.0537),
(pdf file)
"Topological Quantum Computing with Read-Rezayi States"
L. Hormozi, N.E. Bonesteel, and S. H. Simon
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 160501 (2009). (arXiv:0903.2239),
(pdf file)
Some Older Papers
"Infinite Randomness Fixed Points for Chains of Non-Abelian
Quasiparticles"
N.E. Bonesteel and K. Yang
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 140405 (2007). (cond-mat/0612503), (pdf file)
"Topological Quantum Compiling"
L. Hormozi, G. Zikos, N.E. Bonesteel, and S. H. Simon
Phys. Rev. B 75, 165310 (2007). (quant-ph/0610111),
(pdf file)
"Braid Topologies for Quantum Computation"
N.E. Bonesteel, L. Hormozi, G. Zikos, and S. H. Simon
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 140501 (2004). (quant-ph/0505065), (pdf file)
"Spin-Orbit Coupling and Time-Reversal Symmetry in Quantum Gates"
D. Stepanenko, N.E. Bonesteel, D.P. DiVincenzo, G. Burkard, and D. Loss
Phys. Rev. B 68, 115306 (2003). (cond-mat/0303474),
(pdf file)
"Anisotropic Spin Exchange in Pulsed Quantum Gates"
N.E. Bonesteel, D. Stepanenko, and D.P. DiVincenzo
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 207901 (2001). (quant-ph/0106161), (pdf file)
"Chiral Spin Liquids and Quantum Error-Correcting Codes"
N.E. Bonesteel
Phys. Rev. A 62, 62310 (2000). (quant-ph/0006092),
(pdf file)
Some
Recent Talks
Lectures on Topological
Quantum Computing
10th Canadian Summer School on Quantum
Information
UBC,
Vancouver , CA
Bond Fluctuations in
Random Singlet Phases
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden , Germany
(talk given at the workshop Quantum Information Concepts
for Condensed Matter Problems)
Some Older Talks
Finding Braids for Non-Abelian Particles
Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics, UC Los Angeles, Feb. 27, 2007
(talk given at the conference Topological Quantum Computing).
Braid
Topologies for Quantum Computation
KITP, UC
Topological
Quantum Compiling
KITP, UC Santa Barbara, May 17, 2006 (talk given at the conference Topological Phases and
Quantum Computation).
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