Lecture 2 – Quantum States and Qubits | LUMSx Open Online Course

What is so special about quantum states? What is a qubit? Examples of how the qubit can manifest as spins, photons, and subatomic particles. How can a superposition exist?

Catch the Full Playlist Here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuyN7BuB3DLzQPQz9LIt-xyu9KBdeBTLN

This is a free LUMSx Open Courseware video, featuring a course taught by Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar to first-year science and engineering undergraduate students at the School of Science and Engineering. The course aptly titled “Quantum Physics for Beginners” gives an intuitive feel to the foundations of the rapidly expanding frontiers of quantum physics and quantum information. It aims to balance between conceptual correctness, accessibility, and applications grounded in real systems. It is very different from a typical modern physics course generally taught in universities, in that the current version uses a strongly ahistorical approach that focuses on the nature of quantum information, quantum states, and their manipulation.

The course website is http://www.physlab.org/modern-physics-2024 where you can find homework and other notes on the course progression.