Quantum Machines: Measurement Control of Engineered Quantum Systems Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 96, July 2011

Michel Devoret, Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, USA; College de France, Paris, France,Benjamin Huard, Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, CNRS, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France,Robert Schoelkopf, Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, USA,Leticia F. Cugliandolo, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Hautes Energies, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, Paris, France

Michel H. Devoret:
Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
College de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, Paris, France


Benjamin Huard:
Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, CNRS, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France


Robert Schoelkopf:
Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA


Leticia F. Cugliandolo:
Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Hautes Energies
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, Paris, France

PART I: LECTURES
1. Real-time feedback control of quantum optical input-output systems, Hideo Mabuchi
2. Quantum noise and quantum measurement, Aashish Clerk
3. Circuit QED: Superconducting qubits coupled to microwave photons, Steven M. Girvin
4. Quantum logic gates in superconducting qubits, John M. Martinis
5. Exploring quantum matter with ultracold atoms, Immanuel Bloch
6. Readout of superconducting qubits, Daniel Esteve
7. Quantum error correction, Isaac L. Chuang
8. Quantum optomechanics, Florian Marquardt
9. Micromechanics and superconducting circuits, Konrad W. Lehnert
10. Two electron spin qubits in GaAs: Control and dephasing due to nuclear spins, Amir Yacoby and Hendrik Bluhm
11. Exploring the quantum world with photons trapped in cavities and Rydberg atoms, Jean-Michel Raimond
12. SQUID amplifiers, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and Archana Kamal
13. Quantum information science: Experimental implementation with trapped ions, Thomas Monz, Philipp Schindler, Daniel Nigg and Rainer Blatt
PART II: SEMINARS
14. An introduction to laser cooling optomechanical systems, Jack G. E. Harris
15. Tomography schemes for characterizing itinerant microwave photon fields, Christopher Eichler, Deniz Bozyigit, Christian Lang, Lars Steffen, Johannes Fink, and Andreas Wallraff
16. Using a "friction-less" pendulum for quantum measurement, Irfan Siddiqi
17. Quantum Bayesian approach to circuit QED measurement, Alexander N. Korotkov
18. Superconducting quantum circuits: Artificial atoms coupled to 1D modes, Yasunobu Nakamura
19. A superconducting artificial atom with two internal degrees of freedom, Olivier Buisson