Frank Verstraete

31.8k total citations · 14 hit papers
208 papers, 20.0k citations indexed

About

Frank Verstraete is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Verstraete has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 20.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 86 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 80 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Frank Verstraete's work include Quantum many-body systems (152 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (80 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (65 papers). Frank Verstraete is often cited by papers focused on Quantum many-body systems (152 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (80 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (65 papers). Frank Verstraete collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Belgium and Germany. Frank Verstraete's co-authors include J. I. Cirac, Michael M. Wolf, Jutho Haegeman, V. Murg, Norbert Schuch, Tobias J. Osborne, David Pérez-Garcı́a, Henri Verschelde, Bart De Moor and Jeroen Dehaene and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Frank Verstraete

204 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Matrix product states, projected entangled pair states, and variational renormalization group methods for quantum spin systems

2008 1.1k citations Frank Verstraete, V. Murg et al. Advances In Physics profile →
Quantum computation and quantum-state engineering driven by dissipation

2009 1.0k citations Frank Verstraete, Michael M. Wolf et al. profile →
Matrix Product Density Operators: Simulation of Finite-Temperature and Dissipative Systems

2004 725 citations Frank Verstraete, J. I. Cirac et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Time-Dependent Variational Principle for Quantum Lattices

2011 517 citations Jutho Haegeman, J. I. Cirac et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Unifying time evolution and optimization with matrix product states

2016 487 citations Jutho Haegeman, Frank Verstraete et al. Physical review. B. profile →
Matrix product states represent ground states faithfully

2006 476 citations Frank Verstraete, J. I. Cirac profile →
Classical Simulation of Infinite-Size Quantum Lattice Systems in Two Spatial Dimensions

2008 473 citations Frank Verstraete, J. I. Cirac et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
General Monogamy Inequality for Bipartite Qubit Entanglement

2006 465 citations Tobias J. Osborne, Frank Verstraete Physical Review Letters profile →
Matrix product states and projected entangled pair states: Concepts, symmetries, theorems

2021 447 citations J. I. Cirac, David Pérez-Garcı́a et al. Reviews of Modern Physics profile →
Lieb-Robinson Bounds and the Generation of Correlations and Topological Quantum Order

2006 428 citations Frank Verstraete et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Area Laws in Quantum Systems: Mutual Information and Correlations

2008 419 citations Michael M. Wolf, Frank Verstraete et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Four qubits can be entangled in nine different ways

2002 418 citations Frank Verstraete, Henri Verschelde et al. Physical Review A profile →
Simulating lattice gauge theories within quantum technologies

2019 360 citations Mari Carmen Bañuls, R. Blatt et al. Apollo (University of Cambridge) profile →
Dualities in One-Dimensional Quantum Lattice Models: Symmetric Hamiltonians and Matrix Product Operator Intertwiners

2023 60 citations Clement Delcamp, Gerardo Ortíz et al. PRX Quantum profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Matrix product state fixed points of non-Hermitian transfer matrices 2025 ·Physical review. B. ·(unknown), Frank Verstraete, Jutho Haegeman	5
2	Local Jordan-Wigner transformations and topological sectors on the torus 2025 ·Physical review. B. ·(unknown), (unknown), Frank Verstraete	0
3	Dualities in One-Dimensional Quantum Lattice Models: Symmetric Hamiltonians and Matrix Product Operator Intertwiners breakdown → 2023 ·PRX Quantum ·(unknown), Clement Delcamp, Gerardo Ortíz, Frank Verstraete	60
4	Simulating thermal density operators with cluster expansions and tensor networks 2023 ·SciPost Physics ·Bram Vanhecke, (unknown), Frank Verstraete, Laurens Vanderstraeten	7
5	Topological aspects of the critical three-state Potts model 2022 ·Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical ·(unknown), (unknown), Hong-Hao Tu, Frank Verstraete	16
6	Variational methods for contracting projected entangled-pair states 2022 ·Physical review. B. ·Laurens Vanderstraeten, (unknown), (unknown), Maarten Van Damme, Bram Vanhecke, Philippe Corboz, Jutho Haegeman, Frank Verstraete	18
7	Tensor Networks Can Resolve Fermi Surfaces 2022 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Norbert Schuch, Frank Verstraete, Jutho Haegeman	16
8	Partial lifting of degeneracy in the J1−J2−J3 Ising antiferromagnet on the kagome lattice 2022 ·Physical review. B. ·(unknown), Bram Vanhecke, Laurens Vanderstraeten, Andrew Smerald, Frank Verstraete, Frédéric Mila	13
9	Matrix product states and projected entangled pair states: Concepts, symmetries, theorems breakdown → 2021 ·Reviews of Modern Physics ·J. I. Cirac, David Pérez-Garcı́a, Norbert Schuch, Frank Verstraete	447
10	Entanglement compression in scale space: From the multiscale entanglement renormalization ansatz to matrix product operators 2020 ·Physical review. B. ·Karel Van Acoleyen, (unknown), (unknown), Markus Hauru, Jutho Haegeman, Frank Verstraete	3
11	Simulating lattice gauge theories within quantum technologies breakdown → 2019 ·Apollo (University of Cambridge) ·Mari Carmen Bañuls, R. Blatt, Jacopo Catani, Alessio Celi, J. I. Cirac, Marcello Dalmonte, L. Fallani, Karl Jansen, Maciej Lewenstein, Simone Montangero, Christine A. Muschik, Benni Reznik, E. Rico, Luca Tagliacozzo, Karel Van Acoleyen, Frank Verstraete, (unknown), Matthew Wingate, Jakub Zakrzewski, P. Zoller	360
12	Tensor-network approach to phase transitions in string-net models 2019 ·Physical review. B. ·(unknown), José Carrasco, Bram Vanhecke, Laurens Vanderstraeten, Jutho Haegeman, Frank Verstraete, Julien Vidal	16
13	SMatrix from Matrix Product States 2014 ·Physical Review Letters ·Laurens Vanderstraeten, Jutho Haegeman, Tobias J. Osborne, Frank Verstraete	20
14	Cluster update for tensor network states 2012 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Ling Wang, Frank Verstraete	0
15	Matrix product states, projected entangled pair states, and variational renormalization group methods for quantum spin systems breakdown → 2008 ·Advances In Physics ·Frank Verstraete, V. Murg, J. I. Cirac	1110
16	Peps as unique ground states of local hamiltonians 2008 ·Quantum Information and Computation ·David Pérez-Garcı́a, Frank Verstraete, Michael M. Wolf, J. I. Cirac	46
17	Creation, manipulation, and detection of anyons in optical lattices 2008 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·M. Aguado, Gavin K. Brennen, Frank Verstraete, J. I. Cirac	1
18	Criticality, the Area Law, and the Computational Power of Projected Entangled Pair States 2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·Frank Verstraete, M. M. Wolf, David Pérez-Garcı́a, J. I. Cirac	368
19	Localizable entanglement (18 pages) 2005 ·Physical Review A ·M. Popp, Frank Verstraete, M. A. Martín-Delgado	0
20	Optimal enhancement of the fidelity of two qubits. 2002 ·Physical Review A ·Frank Verstraete, Henri Verschelde	5

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