About me
Contact: benoit.vermersch (at) lpmmc.cnrs.fr
I am an associate professor at the University of Grenoble Alpes, member of the LPMMC
News
-2020.06: Python scripts to postprocess randomized measurementis performed on quantum devices available on Github. Joint work with Andreas Elben (Innsbruck).
-2020.06: Our paper on quantum information scrambling in a trapped-ion quantum simulator with tunable range interactions has been published in Physical Review Letters (editor’s suggestion)
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-2020.06: Our paper on Emerging two-dimensional gauge theories in Rydberg configurable arrays has been published in Physical Review X.
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2020.04: Our paper on measuring many-body topological invariants has been published in Science Advances.
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Interview physicsworld
-2020.03 Our paper on unidirectional quantum networks with superconducting qubits has been published in NPJ quantum information
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2020.01: Our paper on cross-platform verification of near-intermediate scale quantum devices has been published in Physical Review Letter.
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Viewpoint on Physics by S. Flammia|
Online talk by A. Elben
Research interests
1. Synthetic quantum systems for quantum technologies
Measurement of entanglement entropies in a trapped-ion quantum simulator (Science 364, 260-263 (2019))
- Implementations with cold atoms, trapped ions, superconducting qubits,…
- Measurement protocols for Entanglement-related quantities, out-of-time ordered correlators, topological invariants.
- Selected publications: NP 14, 827–831 (2018), PRL 120, 050406 (2018), Science 364, 260-263 (2019)
2. Quantum networks
Quantum simulation and optimization in a hot quantum network [PRB 99, 241302(R) (2019)]
- Light-matter interfaces, quantum state transfer protocols, waveguide quantum electrodynamics.
- Selected publications: PRL 118, 133601 (2017), PRB 99, 241302(R) (2019), PRL 122, 093601 (2019)
3. Tensor-network numerical methods
Matrix-Product-state simulation of an entangling gate mediated by a multimode waveguide [PRB 99, 241302(R) (2019)]
- Matrix-Product-States and DMRG,TEBD related algorithms.
Publications
Selected presentations available for download
- Measuring scrambling and topological invariants via randomized measurements, Solvay workshop on quantum simulation, Brussels, 2019
- Probing quantum matter via randomized measurements, Seminars at Shanxi and Shanghai University (USTC), 2019.
- Quantum simulation and optimization with hot quantum networks, Seminars at Shanghai University (USTC), 2019.
Short CV
- 2019- Associate professor, University of Grenoble.
- 2017-2019 Senior scientist at the University of Innsbruck, group of Peter Zoller.
- 2013-2017 Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Innsbruck, group of Peter Zoller.
- 2010-2013 PhD student under the supervision of Jean-Claude Garreau, University of Lille.
- 2006-2010 École Polytechnique.
Python scripts
- Numpy scripts to analyze randomized measurements performed on quantum devices: Github Link