Department of Physics
Condensed Matter Seminar

Topological quantum computation is a new, emerging paradigm for fault-tolerant quantum computation. The proposed topological quantum computer relies on the existence of non-Abelian anyons, which are thought to occur in certain fractional quantum Hall states as elementary excitations. In this talk, I will talk about the motivation for studying topological quantum computation, how non-Abelian anyons may be used for topological quantum computation, and our recent effort on interferometry experiments to study the postulated non-Abelian behavior in the fractional quantum Hall effect.