Introduction to Josephson junctions [1,2,3]
Quantum dimer model [3,4] on the triangular [5]
and Kagome lattices.
Implementation of topologically protected quantum
bits [6]
A look at non-abelian quantum computation [7,8].
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[1] "The Feynman Lectures on Physics" Vol. III - Ch. 21,
Addison-Wesley;
[2] M. Tinkham, "Introduction to Superconductivity", Second
Edition, Dover (2004), Chapters 6 and 7;
[3] L.-P. Levy, "Magnetism and Superconductivity",
Springer-Verlag (2000);
[4] E. Fradkin, "Field Theories of Condensed Matter Systems",
Frontiers in Physics 82, Westview Press (1991);
[5] R. Moessner and S. L. Sondhi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86,
1881 (2001);
[6] L. B. Ioffe et al., Nature 415, 503 (2002).
[7] A. Yu. Kitaev, Ann. of Phys. 303, 2 (2003);
[8] J. Preskill, "Quantum Computation", Chapter 9: "Topological
Quantum Computation". On-line lecture notes:
www.theory.caltech.edu/people/preskill/ph229
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