Index

1. Who we are

2. What we do

3. Why we like it

4. General recommendations

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Backgrounds

Anja’s Background:

• Electrical EngineeringBachelor ETH

• 3rd year focus:– Optics Photonics– Solid State Electronics– High Speed Signal

Propagation

• Physics II (some conceptualQM)

Moritz’ Background:

• Physics Bachelor from EPFLausanne

• Exchange in third year atETH Zürich (solid QuantumMechanics grounding)

• Statistical Physics alreadytaken

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Classes taken as an engineer:

• Quantum Mechanics I (10ECTS)

• SemiconductorsNanostructures (6 ECTS)

• Optical CommunicationFundamentals (6 ECTS)

• Electromagnetic PrecisionMeasurements andOptomechanics (4 ECTS)

Classes taken as a physicist:

• Quantum Optics (10 ECTS)

• Quantum Information Theory(8 ECTS)

• Quantum Science withSuperconducting Circuits (6ECTS)

• VLSI (6 ECTS)

• Control Systems (6 ECTS)

In Common:

• Case Studies: Applications of Quantum Technology (3 ECTS)

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The Quantum Engineering Spirit25 people from all over the world (8 swiss) with differentbackgrounds →"class" feeling

Paper ClubQuantech workshopsFootball team

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General Recommendations: Electrical Engineers

How deep should one go in catching up on the physics?

Be flexible in thinking - abstract like physicist

Solid State Electronics & Physics II not sufficient →QM1 and orIntroduction to Solid State Physics in first master semester

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General Recommendations: Physicists

More like a continuation of the bachelor than a real change

Expect a change of mentality in the engineering classes: learn thevocabulary and how to think like an engineer

Quantum Mechanics II is very useful

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General RecommendationsThe subject is ridiculously deep and vast

Don’t specialize too early

If not from EE or Physics Bachelor:

• complex analysis

• electrodynamics

• Analysis (DGL) & Linear Algebra

→ maybe one semester more?

bDon’t skip on the basics

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Podcast

If you want to hear more from Anja ... (ETH Podcast)

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