Steve Flammia

Research Interests

Optimal Measurements,
Quantum Metrology,
Measurement-based Quantum Computation.

Education

B.S. Physics, B.S. Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, 2002

Ph.D. Physics, with distinction, University of New Mexico, 2007
Thesis: Informationally Complete Quantum Measurements and Entanglement Bounds,
Advisor: Carlton M. Caves. GPA 4.0

Research Experience

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Oct 2007 - Sep 2010
Postdoctoral Researcher

University of New Mexico, May 2004 - Sep 2007
Research Assistant

University of Queensland, Jun-Jul 2006
Visiting Researcher

National Science Foundation EAPSI scholar:
University of Science and Technology of China
Advisor: Dr. Jian-Wei Pan, Jun - Aug 2005

University of Queensland, May-Jun 2004
Visiting Researcher

Deutsches Elektronen SYnchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany, May-Aug 2001
Undergraduate Research Assistant

William Prichard Fluid Mechanics Lab Jan-May 2001
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, University of New Mexico, Aug 2002 - May 2004

Publications

1. S. T. Flammia and S. Severini,
   Weighing matrices and optical quantum computing,
   J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 42 (2009) 065302.
   arXiv:0808.2057 [quant-ph]

2. N. C. Menicucci, S. T. Flammia and O. Pfister,
   One-way quantum computing in the optical frequency comb,
   Phys. Rev. Lett., 101: 130501, Sep 2008.
   arXiv:0804.4468 [quant-ph]

3. S. Boixo, A. Datta, M. J. Davis, S. T. Flammia, A. Shaji and C. M. Caves,
   Quantum Metrology: Dynamics vs. Entanglement,
   Phys. Rev. Lett., 101(4): 040403, Jul 2008.
   arXiv:0805.2180 [quant-ph]

4. H. Zaidi, N. C. Menicucci, S. T. Flammia, R. Bloomer, M. Pysher and O. Pfister,
   Entangling the optical frequency comb: simultaneous generation of multiple 2x2 and 2x3 continuous-variable cluster states in a single optical parametric oscillator,
   Laser Physics 18(5):659, May 2008.
   arXiv:0710.4980 [quant-ph]

5. D. E. Browne, M. B. Elliott, S. T. Flammia, S. T. Merkel, A. Miyake, and A. J. Short,
   Phase transition of computational power in the resource states for one-way quantum computation,
   New J. Phys. 10, 023010 (2008).
   arXiv:0709.1729 [quant-ph]

6. S. Boixo, A. Datta, S. T. Flammia, A. Shaji, E. Bagan, and C. M. Caves,
   Quantum-limited metrology with product states,
   Phys. Rev. A 77, 012317 (2007).
   arXiv:0710.0285 [quant-ph]

7. N. C. Menicucci, S. T. Flammia, H. Zaidi, and O. Pfister,
   Ultracompact generation of continuous-variable cluster states,
   Phys. Rev. A. 76(1):010302, Jul 2007.
   arXiv:quant-ph/0703096

8. A. Datta, S. T. Flammia, A. Shaji, and C. M. Caves,
   Constrained bounds on measures of entanglement,
   Phys. Rev. A, 75(6):062117, Jun 2007.
   arXiv:quant-ph/0612049

9. S. Boixo, S. T. Flammia, C. M. Caves, and J. Geremia,
   Generalized limits for single-parameter quantum estimation,
   Phys. Rev. Lett., 98(9):090401, Feb 2007.
   arXiv:quant-ph/0609179

10. S. T. Flammia,
    On SIC-POVMs in prime dimensions,
    J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 39:13483-13493, Oct 2006.
    arXiv:quant-ph/0605050

11. S. T. Flammia, A. Silberfarb, and C. M. Caves,
    Minimal informationally complete measurements for pure states,
    Found. Phys., 35(12):1985-2006, Dec 2005.
    arXiv:quant-ph/0404137

12. A. Datta, S. T. Flammia, and C. M. Caves,
    Entanglement and the power of one qubit,
    Phys. Rev. A, 72(4):042316, Oct 2005.
    arXiv:quant-ph/0505213

Preprints Submitted to Peer-Reviewed Journals

1. D. Gross, S. T. Flammia and J. Eisert,
   Most quantum states are too entangled to be useful as computational resources,
   arXiv:0810.4331 [quant-ph]

2. S. T. Flammia, N. C. Menicucci and O. Pfister,
   The Optical Frequency Comb as a One-Way Quantum Computer,
   arXiv:0811.2799 [quant-ph]

Talks

Most quantum states are too entangled to be useful as computational resources

Quantum Information Processing, Santa Fe, NM, USA, Jan 2009.

One-way quantum computing in the optical frequency comb

Laurier Seminar Series in Computational Science and Applied Statistical Modeling, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Nov 2008.

Institute for Quantum Computing Colloquium, IQC, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Sep 2008.

Quantum Lunch, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA, Aug 2008.

Quantum Information and Graph Theory: Emerging Connections, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, May 2008.

Tenth Annual Workshop of the Southwest Quantum Information and Technology (SQuInT) Network, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, Feb 2008.

Generalized Limits for Quantum Single-Parameter Estimation

American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA, Mar 2007.

Ninth Annual Workshop of the Southwest Quantum Information and Technology (SQuInT) Network, Pasadena, California, USA, Feb 2007.

What's Entanglement Good For?

Seminar, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Jan 2007.

IQI Seminar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA, Nov 2006.

PIQudos Seminar, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada, Sep 2006.

Entanglement and the Power of One Qubit

Emmy Nother Research Group Seminar, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany, Apr 2005.

Seventh Annual Workshop of the Southwest Quantum Information and Technology (SQuInT) Network, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Feb 2005.

Awards

National Science Foundation EAPSI scholar, 2005:
Research conducted at University of Science and Technology of China
Advisor: Dr. Jian-Wei Pan, Jun - Aug 2005

Programs

Co-Author of Qcircuit, a macro package for LaTeX for typesetting quantum circuit diagrams quickly and efficiently.