Past courses


Master's course on Quantum Information

Classes in 2023 (2nd trimester of the 2022/2023 school year)

G. Tóth, some lectures of the Quantum Information class of the Master in Quantum Science and Technology, UPV/EHU, Leioa, in 2023:

Event-Ready Bell Test Using Entangled Atoms Simultaneously Closing Detection and Locality Loopholes — we review a paper, 16 February, 2023. [pdf] See also the related paper at [link] and video at [youtube].

– We reviewed a paper: B. Julsgaard, A. Kozhekin, and E, S. Polzik, Experimental long-lived entanglement of two macroscopic objects, Nature 413, 400–403 (2001) [link]

Quantum metrology, 14 and 16 February, 2023. [pdf]

– We reviewed a paper: D. Bouwmeester, J.-W. Pan, K. Mattle, M. Eibl, H. Weinfurter, A. Zeilinger, Experimental quantum teleportation, Nature 390, 575-579 (1997) [link]

No-cloning theorem and related issues (no cloning theorem, measurement problem, quantum teleportation, quantum cryptography, error correction), 9 and 14 February, 2023. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Entanglement measures (How much is it entangled?), 7 and 9 February, 2023. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Experimental Entanglement of a Six-Photon Symmetric Dicke State — we review a paper, 7 February, 2023 [pdf]. See also the related paper at [pdf].

Entanglement theory (entangled/not entangled), 31 January, 2 and 7 February, 2023. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Violation of Bell’s Inequality under Strict Einstein Locality Conditions — we review a paper, 31 January, 2023. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]. See also the related paper at [pdf].

Bell inequalities, 26 and 31 January, 2023. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Interesting quantum states, 24 and 26, January 2023. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

General characteristics of multi-partite quantum systems, 17, 19 and 24, January 2023. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Introduction, 17 January 2023. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]


Classes in 2022 (2nd trimester of the 2021/2022 school year)

G. Tóth, some lectures of the Quantum Information class of the Master in Quantum Science and Technology, UPV/EHU, Leioa, in 2022:

Event-Ready Bell Test Using Entangled Atoms Simultaneously Closing Detection and Locality Loopholes — we review a paper, 17 February, 2022. [pdf] See also the related paper at [pdf] and video at [youtube].

Controlled collisions for multi-particle entanglement of optically trapped atoms — we review a paper, 17 February, 2022. [pdf]

Experimental Entanglement of a Six-Photon Symmetric Dicke State — we review a paper, 17 February, 2022 [pdf]. See also the related paper at [pdf].

Quantum metrology, 15 February, 2022. [pdf]

No-cloning theorem and related issues (no cloning theorem, measurement problem, quantum teleportation, quantum cryptography), 8, 10 and 15 February, 2022. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Violation of Bell’s Inequality under Strict Einstein Locality Conditions — we review a paper, 8 February, 2022. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Entanglement measures (How much is it entangled?), 1, 3 and 8 February, 2022. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Entanglement theory (entangled/not entangled), 27 January and 1 February, 2022. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Bell inequalities, 27 January, 2022. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Interesting quantum states, 25 January 2022. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

General characteristics of multi-partite quantum systems, 18, 20 and 25, January 2022. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Introduction, 18 January 2022. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]



Classes in 2021 (2nd trimester of the 2020/2021 school year)

G. Tóth, some lectures of the Quantum Information class of the Master in Quantum Science and Technology, UPV/EHU, Leioa, in 2021:

Quantum metrology, 18 February, 2021. [pdf]

No-cloning theorem and related issues, 11, 16 February, 2021. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Entanglement measures (How much is it entangled?), 9 February, 2021. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Entanglement theory (entangled/not entangled), 2, 4, 9 February, 2021. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Bell inequalities, 28 January and 2 February, 2021. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Interesting quantum states, 26 and 28 January 2021. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

General characteristics of multi-partite quantum systems, 19, 21, 26 January 2021. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]

Introduction, 19 January 2021. (Summary of the presentation given at the blackboard) [pdf]


Classes in 2020 (2nd trimester of the 2019/2020 school year)

G. Tóth, some lectures of the Quantum Information class of the Master in Quantum Science and Technology, UPV/EHU, Leioa, in 2020:

Loophole free Bell inequality test, Supplementary material, 20 March, 2020. [pdf] See also the related paper at [pdf] and video at [youtube].

Quantum information processing with photons, 20 March, 2020. [pdf] See also the related paper at [pdf].

Quantum metrology, 16 March, 2020. [pdf]

No-cloning theorem and related issues, 13 March, 2020. [pdf]

Introduction to quantum information and computation, 13 January, 2020. [pdf]


List of courses

2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024 2nd trimester, Quantum Information Science, 20 hours. Graduate course in the Master’s program in Quantum Science and Technology at UPV/EHU.

Introduction to quantum information science and quantum computation, Temas de Física (J. M. M. Senovilla), University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, 23, 26 February, and 2, 5 March, 2015.

Itroduction to quantum information science and quantum computation (2×50 minute lectures in Spanish) within the class Temas de Física (J. M. M. Senovilla), University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 5-6 May, 2014.

2012-2013/2nd trimester. Quantum Information Science, 12 hours. Graduate course in the Master's program in Quantum Science and Technology at UPV/EHU.

2011-2012/2nd trimester. Quantum Information Science, 10 hours. Graduate course in the Master's program in Quantum Science and Technology at UPV/EHU.