Foundations of Quantum Mechanics:

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(continued) Quantum dynamics of open systems (path-integral approach, Feynman-Vernon influence functional);

4.4 Experimental examples of decoherence and open quantum systems (atoms, superconducting qubits, NV, etc.);

4.5 "Schrödinger cats" (macroscopic superpositions in molecule interference, optomechanics)

2.10 Circuit QED (recent developments). Multi-qubit architectures. Multi-qubit entanglement. Microwave photons on demand. Single Photon detection. Strongly driven artificial atoms (Autler-Townes splitting, Mollow triplet). New readout methods (Josephson bifurcation amplifier). Quantum simulation (Tavis-Cummings model, Bose-Hubbard model, Josephson arrays). Hybrid systems (Rydberg atoms, polar molecules, etc.).