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Frank Gaitan
- Position: Associate Professor
- Field: Quantum Computing; Condensed Matter Theory
- Degree: PhD, 1992, University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
- At SIUC Since: 1999
- Office: Neckers 477
- Mailcode: 4401
- Phone: 618-453-1055
- Fax: 618-453-1056
- E-mail: gaitan@physics.siu.edu
- Research Interests: quantum computers; decoherence; condensed matter physics
- Web: http://www.physics.siu.edu/Gaitan/index.htm
Office Hours
- MW 1-4PM
Teaching
Book:
- F. Gaitan, Quantum Error Correction and Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing, Taylor&Francis / CRC Press.
- Review in Zentralblatt Math by K.-E. Hellwig (Technische Universitat Berlin).
Book Chapter:
F. Gaitan and R. Li, ``Quantum Error Correction and Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing''. To appear in ``Decoherence Suppression in Quantum Systems,'' Volume 3, Kinki University Series on Quantum Computing, eds. M. Nakahara, R. Rahimi, and A. SaiToh, World Scientific, Spring, 2010.
Selected Publications:
1. F. Gaitan and F. Nori, ``Density Functional Theory and Quantum Computation''. Phys. Rev. B vol. 79, 205117, 2009.
2. F. Gaitan, ``Noise-Induced Sampling of Alternative Hamiltonian Paths in Quantum Adiabatic Search''. Complexity vol. 14, 21, 2009.
3. R. Li, M. Hoover, and F. Gaitan, ``High-Fidelity Universal Set of Quantum Gates Using Non-Adiabatic Rapid Passage''. Quantum Info. and Computation vol. 9, 290, 2009.
4. R. Li, M. Hoover, and F. Gaitan, ``High-Fidelity Single-Qubit Gates Using Non-Adiabatic Rapid Passage''. Quantum Info. and Computation vol. 7, 594, 2007.
5. F. Gaitan, ``Simulation of Quantum Adiabatic Search in the Presence of Noise''. International Journal of Quantum Information vol. 4, 843 (2006).
6. F. Gaitan, ``Controlling Qubit Transitions During Non-Adiabatic Rapid Passage Through Quantum Interference''. J. Mod. Optics vol. 51, 2415 (2004).
7. F. Gaitan, “Temporal Interferometry: A Mechanism for Controlling Qubit
Transitions During Twisted Rapid Passage with Possible Application to
Quantum Computing”. Physical Review A vol. 68, 052314 (2003).
8. J. W. Zwanziger, U. Werner-Zwanziger, and F. Gaitan, “Non-Adiabatic Rapid
Passage”, Chemical Physics Letters vol. 375, 429 (2003).
9. F. Gaitan, "Berry Phase Modification of the Current Drive in a Restricted
Class of Large Annular Josephson Junctions at Low Temperature. Physical
Review B vol. 63, 104511 (2001).
10. V. Plerou and F. Gaitan, "Dynamic Interplay of Berry's Phase and Spectral
Flow in the Current-Voltage Characteristics of a Restricted Class of Large
SNS Annular Josephson Junctions. Physical Review B vol. 63, 104512 (2001).
11. F. Gaitan, "Berry's Phase in the Presence of a Non-Adiabatric Environment
with an Application to Magnetic Resonance. Journal of Magnetic Resonance
vol. 139, 152 (1999).
12. F. Gaitan, "Berry's Phase in the Presence of a Stochastically Evolving
Environment: A Geometric Mechanism for Energy-Level Broadening." Physical
Review A vol. 58, 1665 (1998).
13. F. Gaitan and S. R. Shenoy, "Berry's Phase and a Possible New
Topological Current Drive in Certain Weak Link Superconducting Systems."
Physical Review Letters vol. 76, 4404 (1996).
14. F. Gaitan, "Microscopic Analysis of the Non-Dissipative Force on a Line
Vortex in a Superconductor: Berry's Phase, Momentum Flows, and the Magnus
Force." Physical Review B vol. 51, 9061 (1995).
15. F. Gaitan, "Backflow and the Intrinsic Orbital Angular Momentum in
He-3A." Annals of Physics vol. 235, 390 (1994).
16. M. Stone and F. Gaitan, "Topological Charge and Chiral Anomalies in
Fermi Superfluids." Annals of Physics vol. 178, 89 (1987).