John A. Smolin

29.9k citations

93 papers · 17.5k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 43

Impact in

Artificial Intelligence top 0.01%
- Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
- Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.05%
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions
- Quantum many-body systems

Papers in

Artificial Intelligence 85
- Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture 83
- Quantum Information and Cryptography 80
- Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing 5
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 61
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications 42
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena 14

Co-authors: Charles H. Bennett David P. DiVincenzo William K. Wootters Peter W. Shor Gilles Brassard Sandu Popescu Benjamin Schumacher Barbara M. Terhal
Journals: Physical Review Letters (30 papers)Physical Review A (21 papers)IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (4 papers)Nature (2 papers)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

John A. Smolin

92 papers receiving 16.7k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Superconducting qubit in a waveguide cavity with a coherence time approaching 0.1 ms 2012 · 380 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Physical Review B
2001 Physical Review Letters
1999 Physical Review A
1999 Physical Review Letters
1996 Physical Review Letters
1996 Physical Review A
1995 Physical Review A
1992 Journal of Cryptology

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Quantification of entanglement and coherence with purity detection npj Quantum Information ·Arnoud Heinen, Graeme Smith, John A. Smolin, Lu Liu, Julian Osborne, Qi Zhao, Davide Girolami, Xiongfeng Ma, Xiao Yuan, He Lu	2024	3
2	Optimal one-shot entanglement sharing Physical review. A ·Meili Feng, John A. Smolin	2023	0
3	Hardware-efficient random circuits to classify noise in a multi-qubit system arXiv (Cornell University) ·D. Zisis, Lev S. Bishop, Antonio Córcoles, Seth Merkel, John A. Smolin, Sarah Sheldon	2021	5
4	Effects of qubit frequency crowding on scalable quantum processors Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Jared Hertzberg, Sami Rosenblatt, 紳朗定延, Easwar Magesan, John A. Smolin, Jeng-Bang Yau, Vivekananda P. Adiga, Markus Brink, Eric Zhang, Jason S. Orcutt, Jerry M. Chow	2020	1
5	Enablement of near-term quantum processors by architectural yield engineering Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Sami Rosenblatt, J J Gicquel, Karen T. Burkley, Nicholas T. Bronn, Hanhee Paik, Martin Sandberg, Easwar Magesan, John A. Smolin, Jeng-Bang Yau, Vivekananda P. Adiga, Markus Brink, Jerry M. Chow	2019	1
6	Quantum learning robust to noise Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·John A. Smolin, Andrew W. Cross, Graeme Smith	2015	1
7	Bound Entangled States with a Private Key and their Classical Counterpart Physical Review Letters ·Māris Ozols, Graeme Smith, John A. Smolin	2014	15
8	Implementing a strand of a scalable fault-tolerant quantum computing fabric Nature Communications ·Jerry M. Chow, Jay Gambetta, Easwar Magesan, David W. Abraham, Andrew W. Cross, Blake Johnson, Nicholas Masluk, Colm A. Ryan, John A. Smolin, Srikanth Srinivasan, Matthias Steffen	2014	191
9	High-fidelity gates towards a scalable superconducting quantum processor Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Jerry M. Chow, Antonio Córcoles, Jay Gambetta, Chad Rigetti, Blake Johnson, John A. Smolin, Seth Merkel, Stefano Poletto, Xian-wu Liu, Mary Beth Rothwell, George Keefe, M. B. Ketchen, Matthias Steffen	2012	2
10	Characterization of Addressability by Simultaneous Randomized Benchmarking Physical Review Letters ·Jay Gambetta, Antonio Córcoles, Seth Merkel, Blake Johnson, John A. Smolin, Jerry M. Chow, Colm A. Ryan, Chad Rigetti, Stefano Poletto, Thomas Ohki, M. B. Ketchen, Matthias Steffen	2012	149
11	Universal Quantum Gate Set Approaching Fault-Tolerant Thresholds with Superconducting Qubits Physical Review Letters ·Jerry M. Chow, Jay Gambetta, Antonio Córcoles, Seth Merkel, John A. Smolin, Chad Rigetti, Stefano Poletto, George Keefe, Mary Beth Rothwell, John Rozen, M. B. Ketchen, Matthias Steffen	2012	230
12	Simple All-Microwave Entangling Gate for Fixed-Frequency Superconducting Qubits Physical Review Letters ·Jerry M. Chow, Antonio Córcoles, Jay Gambetta, Chad Rigetti, Blake Johnson, John A. Smolin, John Rozen, George Keefe, Mary Beth Rothwell, M. B. Ketchen, Matthias Steffen	2011	280
13	Entangling and Disentangling Power of Unitary Transformations Are Not Equal Physical Review Letters ·Noah Linden, John A. Smolin, Andreas Winter	2009	26
14	Superactivation of Bound Entanglement Physical Review Letters ·Peter W. Shor, John A. Smolin, Ashish V. Thapliyal	2003	75
15	Rank two bipartite bound entangled states do not exist Theoretical Computer Science ·Paweł Horodecki, John A. Smolin, Barbara M. Terhal, Ashish V. Thapliyal	2003	40
16	Evidence for Nonadditivity of Bipartite Distillable Entanglement arXiv (Cornell University) ·Peter W. Shor, John A. Smolin, Barbara M. Terhal	2000	1
17	Rank Two Bound Entangled States Do Not Exist arXiv (Cornell University) ·Paweł Horodecki, John A. Smolin, Barbara M. Terhal, Ashish V. Thapliyal	1999	4
18	Superfast quantum algorithms for coin weighing and binary search problems arXiv (Cornell University) ·Barbara M. Terhal, John A. Smolin	1997	1
19	Purification of noisy entanglement and faithful teleportation via noisy channels (vol 76, pg 722, 1996) Physical Review Letters ·C. H. Bennett, Gilles Brassard, Sandu Popescu, Benjamin Schumacher, John A. Smolin, William K. Wootters	1997	233
20	Elementary gates for quantum computation Physical Review A ·Adriano Barenco, Charles H. Bennett, Richard Cleve, David P. DiVincenzo, Norman Margolus, Peter W. Shor, Tycho Sleator, John A. Smolin, Harald Weinfurter Hit paper breakdown →	1995	2682

About John A. Smolin

John A. Smolin is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 93 papers that have together received 17.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (83 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (80 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (42 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (14 papers), Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (11 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (5 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (3 papers) and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Artificial Intelligence (16.5k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (13.8k citations), Computational Theory and Mathematics (1.9k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (596 citations) and Acoustics and Ultrasonics (30 citations). John A. Smolin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Charles H. Bennett, David P. DiVincenzo, William K. Wootters, Peter W. Shor, Gilles Brassard, Sandu Popescu, Benjamin Schumacher, Barbara M. Terhal, Ashish V. Thapliyal and Norman Margolus. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Nature and Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment.

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