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Raymond Laflamme

Raymond Laflamme
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Alma materUniversite Laval
University of Cambridge
Known forQuantum error correction
NMR quantum computing
Linear optical quantum computing
One Clean Qubit
Gregory–Laflamme instability
KLM protocol
AwardsCAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Physics
Quantum Information
InstitutionsInstitute for Quantum Computing
Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of Waterloo
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Doctoral advisorStephen Hawking

Raymond Laflamme (born 1960), OC, FRSC is a Canadian theoretical physicist and founder and until mid 2017, was the director of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo. He is also a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo and an associate faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Laflamme is currently a Canada Research Chair in Quantum Information.[1] In December 2017, he was named as one of the appointees to the Order of Canada.[2]

As Stephen Hawking's PhD student, he first became famous for convincing Hawking that time does not reverse in a contracting universe, along with Don Page. Hawking told the story of how this happened in his famous book A Brief History of Time in the chapter The Arrow of Time.[3] Later on Laflamme made a name for himself in quantum computing and quantum information theory, which is what he is famous for today. In 2005, Laflamme's research group created the world's largest quantum information processor with 12 qubits.[4] Along with Phillip Kaye and Michele Mosca, he published the book An Introduction to Quantum Computing in 2006.[5]

Laflamme's research focuses on understanding the impact of manipulating information using the laws of quantum mechanics, the development of methods to protect quantum information against noise through quantum control and quantum error correction for quantum computing and cryptography, the implementation of ideas and concepts of quantum information processing using nuclear magnetic resonance to develop scalable methods of control of quantum systems, and the development of blueprints for quantum information processors such as linear optical quantum computing.[6]

  1. ^ "Canada Research Chair Chairholders - Raymond Laflamme". Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ Davis, Brent (31 December 2017). "Locals honoured with Order of Canada appointments". Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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  4. ^ "Dr. Raymond Laflamme: Master of the quantum dance". Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  5. ^ Kaye, Phillip; Laflamme, Raymond; Mosca, Michele (November 2006). An Introduction to Quantum Computing. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198570004. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference IQC profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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