Michael Murphy

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 854 citations indexed

About

Michael Murphy is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Murphy has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 854 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Michael Murphy's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (10 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (7 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (4 papers). Michael Murphy is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (10 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (7 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (4 papers). Michael Murphy collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Michael Murphy's co-authors include Tommaso Calarco, Simone Montangero, Vittorio Giovannetti, Rosario Fazio, Giuseppe E. Santoro, F. Schmidt‐Kaler, Ulrich Poschinger, Kilian Singer, Peter A. Ivanov and Frank Ziesel and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Murphy

16 papers receiving 834 citations

Hit Papers

Optimal Control at the Quantum Speed Limit 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300
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.

  1. Optimal Control at the Quantum Speed Limit
    2009 357 citations Michael Murphy, Tommaso Calarco et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Murphy Germany 11 725 648 98 53 42 16 854
Giuseppe Castagnoli Italy 9 846 1.2× 748 1.2× 81 0.8× 36 0.7× 50 1.2× 31 941
Michael Brownnutt Austria 12 703 1.0× 476 0.7× 36 0.4× 45 0.8× 72 1.7× 12 807
Boyan T. Torosov Bulgaria 17 780 1.1× 457 0.7× 84 0.9× 52 1.0× 70 1.7× 32 813
Maximilian Harlander Austria 5 918 1.3× 819 1.3× 41 0.4× 24 0.5× 64 1.5× 10 1.0k
Björn Hessmo Sweden 14 1.2k 1.6× 701 1.1× 71 0.7× 31 0.6× 71 1.7× 28 1.2k
D. J. Szwer United Kingdom 11 736 1.0× 567 0.9× 29 0.3× 32 0.6× 32 0.8× 14 812
Guanru Feng China 13 561 0.8× 575 0.9× 38 0.4× 37 0.7× 50 1.2× 24 700
D. Guéry-Odelin France 11 890 1.2× 524 0.8× 234 2.4× 38 0.7× 53 1.3× 18 1.1k
Julen S. Pedernales Spain 16 859 1.2× 694 1.1× 99 1.0× 13 0.2× 43 1.0× 30 950
Manuel Gessner France 21 1.1k 1.6× 994 1.5× 120 1.2× 24 0.5× 58 1.4× 56 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Murphy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Murphy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Murphy

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Murphy. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Murphy based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Murphy. Michael Murphy is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Fürst, Henning A., Michael H. Goerz, Ulrich Poschinger, et al.. (2014). Controlling the transport of an ion: classical and quantum mechanical solutions. New Journal of Physics. 16(7). 75007–75007. 42 indexed citations
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Müller, Matthias M., Daniel M. Reich, Michael Murphy, et al.. (2011). Optimizing entangling quantum gates for physical systems. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 56 indexed citations
3.
Müller, Markus, Daniel M. Reich, Michael Murphy, et al.. (2011). Optimizing entangling quantum gates for physical systems. Physical Review A. 84(4). 7 indexed citations
4.
Burgarth, Daniel, Koji Maruyama, Michael Murphy, et al.. (2010). Scalable quantum computation via local control of only two qubits. Physical Review A. 81(4). 73 indexed citations
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Singer, Kilian, Ulrich Poschinger, Michael Murphy, et al.. (2010). Colloquium: Trapped ions as quantum bits: Essential numerical tools. Reviews of Modern Physics. 82(3). 2609–2632. 93 indexed citations
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Murphy, Michael, Simone Montangero, Vittorio Giovannetti, & Tommaso Calarco. (2010). Communication at the quantum speed limit along a spin chain. Physical Review A. 82(2). 93 indexed citations
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Singer, Kilian, Ulrich Poschinger, Michael Murphy, et al.. (2009). Colloquium: Experiments with atomic quantum bits - essential numerical tools. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Murphy, Michael, Tommaso Calarco, Rosario Fazio, et al.. (2009). Optimal Control at the Quantum Speed Limit. Physical Review Letters. 103(24). 240501–240501. 357 indexed citations breakdown →
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Khan, Muhammad Mubashir, Michael Murphy, & Almut Beige. (2009). High error-rate quantum key distribution for long-distance communication. New Journal of Physics. 11(6). 63043–63043. 36 indexed citations
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Murphy, Michael, Liang Jiang, Navin Khaneja, & Tommaso Calarco. (2009). High-fidelity fast quantum transport with imperfect controls. Physical Review A. 79(2). 41 indexed citations
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Chen, Jun, Daniel Matsiev, Jason D. White, Michael Murphy, & Alec M. Wodtke. (2004). Hexapole transport and focusing of vibrationally excited NO molecules prepared by optical pumping. Chemical Physics. 301(2-3). 161–172. 21 indexed citations
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Matsiev, Daniel, Jun Chen, Michael Murphy, & Alec M. Wodtke. (2003). Transport and focusing of highly vibrationally excited NO molecules. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 118(21). 9477–9480. 12 indexed citations
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Murphy, Michael & D. R. White. (1989). Matrix isolation nuclear magnetic resonance studies of methyl group spin–rotation coupling. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 91(8). 4504–4514. 6 indexed citations
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Murphy, Michael & D. R. White. (1987). Heteronuclear dipolar order in 13CH3 rotors. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 86(3). 1640–1642. 3 indexed citations
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Murphy, Michael, et al.. (1987). Zeeman and dipolar coherences in dilute spin I = powders. matrix-isolated CH3CN. Journal of Magnetic Resonance (1969). 72(1). 143–158. 10 indexed citations
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Murphy, Michael. (1979). Closed loop control of a rate-adaptive coder. 151–152. 1 indexed citations

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