Quantum optics and quantum information

This is the Git Repository to share the Jupyter Notebooks with the students. Its address is https://c4science.ch/source/quantum_optics.git .

For any questions please contact your assistants.

How to install python

For the course we recommend anaconda https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual . If you don't already have another python distribution running on your computer just download and install it.

Install Jupyter notebook

Jupyter notebooks are an interactive way of writing python programs. For a short demo you can read: https://docs.anaconda.com/ae-notebooks/4.3.1/user-guide/basic-tasks/apps/jupyter/

If you struggle you can watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syijLJ3oQzU

Install qutip and other packages

To install other packages just open the anaconda promt and run

conda install qutip

How to download the repository

To install git go to: https://git-scm.com/downloads

Simple introduction to git: https://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/

Get repo for the first time

Open the command line (cmd) or terminal in the folder you would like the repo to be and run:

git clone https://c4science.ch/source/quantum_optics.git

Update repo to get next weeks exercise

Open the command line (cmd) or terminal in the quantum_optics folder (this one had been created by the clone before) and run:

git pull

This will make sure that you have the newest version of the repo in your computer.

• 1. Alternate method for Windows and Mac OS
• Download and install Github Desktop application.
• Clone the repository from the GUI of Github Desktop.