Jens Eisert
Physics
Free University of Berlin
Germany
Biography
Professor of Quantum many-body theory, quantum information theory, and quantum optics in Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems at Free University of Berlin
Research Interest
Our leading group is concerned with research in quantum information theory, condensed matter theory and the intersection between the fields. We ask what information processing tasks are possible using single quantum systems as carriers of information. We think about the mathematical-theoretical foundations of quantum information, specifically about the theory of entanglement and questions of tomography, but also about ways of realizing topological quantum computing. A main emphasis of our theoretical research is in condensed matter theory, concerning static properties of quantum many-body systems, their efficient numerical simulation, as well as their quantum dynamics in non-equilibrium. Methods of tensor networks play a special role here.