Mark Hillery

16.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
148 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Mark Hillery is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Hillery has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 116 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 16 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Mark Hillery's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (118 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (77 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (72 papers). Mark Hillery is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (118 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (77 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (72 papers). Mark Hillery collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and Germany. Mark Hillery's co-authors include Vladimír Bužek, André Berthiaume, Marlan O. Scully, E. P. Wigner, R. F. O’Connell, János A. Bergou, M. Suhail Zubairy, Leonard Mlodinow, Pranaw Rungta and G. J. Milburn and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Mark Hillery

145 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

Quantum secret sharing

1999 2.5k citations Mark Hillery, Vladimír Bužek et al. Physical Review A profile →
Distribution functions in physics: Fundamentals

1984 2.1k citations Mark Hillery et al. profile →
Universal state inversion and concurrence in arbitrary dimensions

2001 569 citations Vladimír Bužek, Mark Hillery et al. Physical Review A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Hillery United States	41	9.4k	8.7k	1.1k	506	364	148	10.8k
Michael Horne United States	22	8.5k 0.9×	7.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	321 0.6×	246 0.7×	51	9.2k
Ryszard Horodecki Poland	37	12.3k 1.3×	12.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.5×	326 0.6×	225 0.6×	88	13.4k
Sougato Bose United Kingdom	49	10.0k 1.1×	8.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	893 1.8×	366 1.0×	228	11.2k
Sandu Popescu United Kingdom	59	16.9k 1.8×	15.2k 1.8×	3.3k 3.1×	671 1.3×	456 1.3×	155	18.6k
Paweł Horodecki Poland	51	17.6k 1.9×	17.4k 2.0×	2.1k 1.9×	437 0.9×	343 0.9×	185	19.3k
M. Saffman United States	50	9.0k 1.0×	5.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	621 1.2×	105 0.3×	172	10.0k
C. F. Roos Austria	53	11.8k 1.3×	9.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	571 1.1×	318 0.9×	114	13.2k
Lev Vaidman Israel	37	7.0k 0.7×	5.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	400 0.8×	105 0.3×	139	7.6k
Andrew C. Doherty Australia	50	7.8k 0.8×	6.3k 0.7×	826 0.8×	1.3k 2.5×	265 0.7×	123	8.6k
Reinhard F. Werner Germany	52	13.7k 1.5×	12.4k 1.4×	1.9k 1.8×	525 1.0×	640 1.8×	166	15.5k

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Gupta, Himanshu, et al.. (2024). Optimizing Initial State of Detector Sensors in Quantum Sensor Networks. 5(2). 1–25. 7 indexed citations

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Hillery, Mark, et al.. (2024). Discrete-outcome sensor networks. II. Multiple detection events and grouping detectors. Physical review. A. 110(1). 2 indexed citations

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Hillery, Mark, et al.. (2023). Discrete outcome quantum sensor networks. Physical review. A. 107(1). 12 indexed citations

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Wei, Tzu-Chieh, et al.. (2023). Broadcasting single-qubit and multiqubit entangled states: Authentication, cryptography, and distributed quantum computation. Physical review. A. 107(6). 4 indexed citations

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Bergou, János A., et al.. (2022). Optimal unambiguous discrimination of Bell-like states with linear optics. Physical review. A. 106(2).

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Hillery, Mark, et al.. (2022). Broadcast of a restricted set of qubit and qutrit states. Physical review. A. 105(4). 4 indexed citations

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Bergou, János A., et al.. (2021). Average concurrence and entanglement swapping. Physical review. A. 104(2). 5 indexed citations

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Bagán, E., János A. Bergou, & Mark Hillery. (2020). Wave-particle-duality relations based on entropic bounds for which-way information. Physical review. A. 102(2). 4 indexed citations

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Hillery, Mark, et al.. (2020). Extracting unambiguous information from a single qubit by sequential observers. Physical review. A. 101(1). 8 indexed citations

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Hillery, Mark, et al.. (2014). Finding Structural Anomalies in Star Graphs Using Quantum Walks. Physical Review Letters. 112(3). 30501–30501. 16 indexed citations

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Bergou, János A. & Mark Hillery. (2013). Introduction to the Theory of Quantum Information Processing. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 24 indexed citations

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Hillery, Mark & Vladimír Bužek. (2009). Quantum machines. Contemporary Physics. 50(5). 575–586. 5 indexed citations

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Hillery, Mark, Erika Andersson, Stephen M. Barnett, & Daniel K. L. Oi. (2009). Decision problems with quantum black boxes. Journal of Modern Optics. 57(3). 244–252. 3 indexed citations

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Sedlák, Michal, et al.. (2007). Unambiguous identification of coherent states: Searching a quantum database. Physical Review A. 76(2). 20 indexed citations

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Hillery, Mark & M. Suhail Zubairy. (2006). Entanglement conditions for two-mode states: Applications. Physical Review A. 74(3). 94 indexed citations

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Bergou, János A. & Mark Hillery. (2005). Universal Programmable Quantum State Discriminator that is Optimal for Unambiguously Distinguishing between Unknown States. Physical Review Letters. 94(16). 160501–160501. 72 indexed citations

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Hillery, Mark. (1998). Null test of quantum mechanics using two-photon down-conversion. Physical Review A. 57(5). 3285–3290. 1 indexed citations

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Hillery, Mark, et al.. (1994). Minimum uncertainty states for amplitude-squared squeezing: general solutions. 6(1). 37–56. 15 indexed citations

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Hillery, Mark. (1988). Total noise and nonclassical states. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. TUA3–TUA3. 3 indexed citations

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Hillery, Mark. (1987). Bounds on sub-Poissonian field statistics in the Jaynes-Cummings model. Physical review. A, General physics. 35(10). 4186–4191. 23 indexed citations

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