ECE 676BExperimental Quantum Engineering
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Engineering
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
This course introduces basic experimental tools and techniques on which the main quantum computing platforms are based. The course topics will be covered through lectures and through hands on lab experiments and will include photon generation and detection; Rabi oscillations, coherence, and NMR; atom cooling and ion traps; low temperature physics; and Bell inequalities and two-qubit quantum tomography.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026
- Graduate Calendar, Fall 2026The official entry
- Requirements for Fall 2026Waterloo’s requisite checker
- Schedule of Classes, Fall 2026Instructors, rooms, live seats
- Quest Class SearchWhere you enrol
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
Calendar versions
Graduate Calendar
- Winter 2025
- Spring 2025
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026 requisites changed
- Fall 2026 (shown here)
- Winter 2024 and earlier in the calendar archives