Nicholas E. Bonesteel
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Phone: (850) 644-2516 (Keen) ; (850)
644-7805 (Magnet Lab) Fax: (850) 644-5038 Room: Keen 410 (Physics Dept);
A313 (Magnet Lab) E-mail: nbonesteel@fsu.edu |
Education
1991 PhD, Physics, Cornell University
1985 BS, Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute
Professional
Experience
2006-Present,
Professor, Florida State University
2000-2006, Associate Professor, Florida State University
1994-2000, Assistant Professor, Florida State University
1992-1994, Postdoctoral Research Associate, NHMFL - Florida State University
1990-1992, Postdoctoral Research Associate, ETH-Zürich
Teaching
Fall & Spring 1995-1998: Quantum Theory of Matter A & B (PHY4604 & PHY4605)
Fall 1998, 1999, 2000: General Physics B
(PHY2049C)
Fall 2001, 2002: General Physics A (PHY2048C)
Spring 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009: Condensed
Matter Physics II (PHZ5942)
Spring 2003, 2004, 2007, Fall 2014,
Spring 2017: Quantum Many-Body Physics (PHY5690)
Spring 2005: Intermediate Mechanics
(PHY3221)
Fall 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006: Theoretical
Dynamics (PHY5246)
Fall 2007, 2008: Condensed Matter
Physics I (PHZ5491)
Spring 2008, 2009, 2010: Statistical
Mechanics (PHY5524)
Fall 2010, Spring 2011: Intermediate
Modern Physics (PHY3101)
Fall
2011, 2012, 2013: Quantum Theory of Matter A (PHY4604)
Spring
2012, 2013: Quantum Theory of Matter B (PHY4605)
Spring 2015, 2016: Mechanics I (PHY3221)
Fall 2015, 2016: Mechanics II (PHY4222)
Fall
2017, 2018, 2019: Quantum Mechanics A (PHY5645)
Spring
2018, 2019, 2020: Quantum Mechanics B (PHY5646)
Summer
2020, 2021: General Physics B
(PHY2049C)
Click on the gif below to view a video of all the Zoom lectures
from PHY2049 in Summer 2020, edited together and sped
up so the entire course is under 2 minutes:
Fall 2020: Physics
Problem Solving (PHY3045)
Spring 2021: General
Physics B (PHY2049C)
Fall 2021, 2022, 2023: Introduction to Quantum Computing and
Quantum Information (PHY4936/6937)
Spring 2022: Quantum Mechanics B (PHY5646)
Research
Interests
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Condensed
Matter Physics Correlated
Electrons |
Quantum
Hall Effect Quantum
Computing |
Former
Graduate Students
Vilen Melik-Alaverdian,
Ph.D., Graduated Fall 1998
Thesis: "Theory of Excitations in the Quantum
Hall Effect"
Kerwin C. Foster, Ph.D., Graduated
Summer 2002
Thesis: "Conductivity Predictions for the 5/2
Fractional Quantum Hall State Using the Composite Fermion Superconductor
Model"
Dimitrije Stepanenko,
Ph.D., Graduated Summer 2005
Thesis: "Symmetry and Control in Spin-Based
Quantum Computing"
Layla Hormozi, Ph.D., Graduated Fall 2007
Thesis: "Topological Quantum Compiling"
Georgios Zikos, Ph.D., Graduated Summer 2009
Thesis: "Braiding and Berry's Phase in
Non-Abelian Quantum Hall States"
Huan Tran, Ph.D., Graduated Summer 2010
Thesis: "Entanglement and Bond Fluctuations in
Random Singlet Phases"
Robert Cipri, Ph.D.,
Graduated Summer 2014
Thesis: "Gauge Fields and Composite Fermions in
Bilayer Quantum Hall Systems"
Weibo Feng, Ph.D., Graduated Fall 2015
Thesis: "Non-Abelian Quantum Error
Correction"
Daniel Zeuch, Ph.D.,
Graduated Summer 2016
Thesis: "Entangling Qubits by Heisenberg Spin
Exchange and Anyon Braiding"
Luis Mendoza, Ph.D., Graduated Spring 2020
Thesis: "Pairing and Pair Breaking in Bilayer
Composite Fermion Metals"
Haoyun Deng, Ph.D., Graduated Fall
2023
Thesis: "Pairing Due to Emergent Gauge
Fields"
Some Publications (full list)
Quantum Hall Matter and Topological Order
"Pairing
and Pair Breaking by Gauge Fluctuations in Bilayer Composite Fermion Metals"
H. Deng, L. Mendoza, and N.E. Bonesteel,
Phys. Rev. B 109, 085134 (2024). arXiv:
2310.04316, (pdf)
"Spin Correlations and Topological
Entanglement Entropy in a Non-Abelian Spin-1 Spin Liquid"
J. Wildeboer and N.E. Bonesteel
Phys. Rev. B 94, 045125 (2016). arXiv:1510.08817, (pdf)
Quantum Computing with Spins
"Efficient Two-Qubit Pulse Sequences Beyond CNOT"
D. Zeuch and N.E. Bonesteel,
Phys. Rev. B 102, 075311 (2020). arXiv:2001.09341, (pdf)
"A
Simple Derivation of the Fong-Wandzura Pulse Sequence"
D. Zeuch and N.E. Bonesteel
Phys. Rev. A 93, 010303(R) (2016). arXiv:1508.07524, (pdf)
Topological Quantum Computation
"Systematically
Generated Two-Qubit Anyon Braids"
C. Carnahan, D. Zeuch and N.E. Bonesteel
Phys. Rev. A 93, 052328 (2016). arXiv:1511.07524, (pdf)
Recent Talks
From Quantum Weirdness to New Technology
Colloquium,
Florida State University
Department of Physics
Tallahassee, FL, October
20, 2022.
Quantum Computing with the Exchange Interaction
Colloquium,
University of Florida Department of Physics
Gainesville, FL, March 31, 2022.
Designing Two-Qubit
Gates for Exchange-Only Quantum Computation
Colloquium,
Cal State LA Physics & Astronomy Department
Los Angeles, CA, December 2, 2021. (remote)
Composite Fermion
Pairing and Pair Breaking in the n =1/2+1/2 Quantum Hall Bilayer
International Workshop: New Frontiers in Extremely
Strongly Interacting Quantum Matter: Transport Dynamics, Quantum Hydrodynamics
and Topological Matter.
TD Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, July
19-23, 2021. (remote)
Tutorial
Lectures on Topological Quantum Computation
Topological
Quantum Computation
Mathematics of Topological
Phases of Matter,
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics,
Stony Brook, NY, May 1- June 23, 2017.
Topological
Quantum Computation
Princeton
Summer School on Condensed Matter Physics (PSSCMP),
Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ, July 28-31, 2014.
FSU Department of Physics
NHMFL
Condensed Matter Science