C. J. Ballance

3.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
33 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

C. J. Ballance is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. J. Ballance has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 28 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in C. J. Ballance's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (27 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (17 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (10 papers). C. J. Ballance is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (27 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (17 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (10 papers). C. J. Ballance collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. C. J. Ballance's co-authors include David Lucas, T. P. Harty, Norbert M. Linke, M. A. Sepiol, D. T. C. Allcock, D. N. Stacey, L. Guidoni, D. P. Nadlinger, T. G. Ballance and Andrew Steane and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

C. J. Ballance

31 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

High-Fidelity Quantum Logic Gates Using Trapped-Ion Hyperfine Qubits

2016 480 citations C. J. Ballance, T. P. Harty et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
High-Fidelity Preparation, Gates, Memory, and Readout of a Trapped-Ion Quantum Bit

2014 414 citations T. P. Harty, D. T. C. Allcock et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Experimental quantum key distribution certified by Bell's theorem

2022 143 citations D. P. Nadlinger, P. Drmota et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. J. Ballance United Kingdom	17	1.6k	1.6k	183	80	78	33	2.0k
D. T. C. Allcock United States	17	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	129 0.7×	33 0.4×	85 1.1×	36	1.4k
T. P. Harty United Kingdom	11	1.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	104 0.6×	49 0.6×	61 0.8×	19	1.3k
Jonathan Home Switzerland	25	1.9k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	249 1.4×	84 1.1×	67 0.9×	70	2.5k
Jason Amini United States	17	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	125 0.7×	28 0.3×	77 1.0×	33	1.6k
J. Benhelm Austria	15	2.3k 1.4×	2.5k 1.6×	120 0.7×	71 0.9×	40 0.5×	20	2.8k
G. P. T. Lancaster Austria	15	2.2k 1.4×	2.5k 1.6×	179 1.0×	52 0.7×	48 0.6×	26	2.8k
S. C. Webster United Kingdom	21	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	211 1.2×	18 0.2×	73 0.9×	38	1.8k
Yves Colombe Austria	17	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	225 1.2×	16 0.2×	85 1.1×	31	1.8k
Scott Glancy United States	18	1.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	301 1.6×	44 0.6×	31 0.4×	39	2.1k
S. Seidelin France	15	1.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.5×	423 2.3×	70 0.9×	190 2.4×	31	2.7k

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King, Steven A., et al.. (2025). Scalable, High-Fidelity All-Electronic Control of Trapped-Ion Qubits. PRX Quantum. 6(4). 3 indexed citations

Sun, Bangshan, Andong Wang, Mohan Wang, et al.. (2024). Low cross-talk optical addressing of trapped-ion qubits using a novel integrated photonic chip. Light Science & Applications. 13(1). 199–199. 2 indexed citations

Drmota, P., D. P. Nadlinger, D. Main, et al.. (2024). Verifiable Blind Quantum Computing with Trapped Ions and Single Photons. Physical Review Letters. 132(15). 150604–150604. 14 indexed citations

Allcock, D. T. C., R. Srinivas, Vlad Negnevitsky, et al.. (2024). Scalable electronic control of trapped-ion qubits. QM3A.4–QM3A.4. 1 indexed citations

Srinivas, R., D. T. C. Allcock, S. A. King, et al.. (2023). Coherent Control of Trapped-Ion Qubits with Localized Electric Fields. Physical Review Letters. 131(2). 20601–20601. 10 indexed citations

Minder, Mariella, P. Drmota, G. Araneda, et al.. (2023). Breaking the Entangling Gate Speed Limit for Trapped-Ion Qubits Using a Phase-Stable Standing Wave. Physical Review Letters. 131(22). 220601–220601. 9 indexed citations

Drmota, P., D. Main, D. P. Nadlinger, et al.. (2023). Robust Quantum Memory in a Trapped-Ion Quantum Network Node. Physical Review Letters. 130(9). 90803–90803. 39 indexed citations

Wolf, Jean, et al.. (2023). Cryogenic ion trap system for high-fidelity near-field microwave-driven quantum logic. Quantum Science and Technology. 9(1). 15007–15007. 10 indexed citations

Ballance, C. J., et al.. (2023). Do quantum circuit Born machines generalize?. Quantum Science and Technology. 8(3). 35021–35021. 15 indexed citations

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Allcock, D. T. C., et al.. (2023). How to Wire a 1000-Qubit Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer. PRX Quantum. 4(4). 21 indexed citations

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Nadlinger, D. P., P. Drmota, B. C. Nichol, et al.. (2022). Experimental quantum key distribution certified by Bell's theorem. Nature. 607(7920). 682–686. 143 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nichol, B. C., R. Srinivas, D. P. Nadlinger, et al.. (2022). An elementary quantum network of entangled optical atomic clocks. Nature. 609(7928). 689–694. 64 indexed citations

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Schäfer, Vera M., et al.. (2020). Benchmarking a High-Fidelity Mixed-Species Entangling Gate. Physical Review Letters. 125(8). 80504–80504. 33 indexed citations

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Stephenson, L. J., D. P. Nadlinger, Shuoming An, et al.. (2020). High-Rate, High-Fidelity Entanglement of Qubits Across an Elementary Quantum Network. Physical Review Letters. 124(11). 110501–110501. 169 indexed citations

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Sepiol, M. A., D. P. Nadlinger, T. G. Ballance, et al.. (2019). Probing Qubit Memory Errors at the Part-per-Million Level. Physical Review Letters. 123(11). 110503–110503. 21 indexed citations

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Schäfer, Vera M., C. J. Ballance, L. J. Stephenson, et al.. (2018). Fast quantum logic gates with trapped-ion qubits. Nature. 555(7694). 75–78. 168 indexed citations

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Ballance, C. J., T. P. Harty, Norbert M. Linke, M. A. Sepiol, & David Lucas. (2016). High-Fidelity Quantum Logic Gates Using Trapped-Ion Hyperfine Qubits. Physical Review Letters. 117(6). 60504–60504. 480 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harty, T. P., et al.. (2016). High-Fidelity Trapped-Ion Quantum Logic Using Near-Field Microwaves. Physical Review Letters. 117(14). 140501–140501. 90 indexed citations

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Harty, T. P., D. T. C. Allcock, C. J. Ballance, et al.. (2014). High-Fidelity Preparation, Gates, Memory, and Readout of a Trapped-Ion Quantum Bit. Physical Review Letters. 113(22). 220501–220501. 414 indexed citations breakdown →

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Allcock, D. T. C., L. Guidoni, T. P. Harty, et al.. (2011). Reduction of heating rate in a microfabricated ion trap by pulsed-laser\n cleaning. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 45 indexed citations

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