Simon E. Nigg

2.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
24 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Simon E. Nigg is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon E. Nigg has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Simon E. Nigg's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (18 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (14 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (8 papers). Simon E. Nigg is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (18 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (14 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (8 papers). Simon E. Nigg collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Denmark. Simon E. Nigg's co-authors include S. M. Girvin, Luigi Frunzio, Gerhard Kirchmair, Brian Vlastakis, Robert Schoelkopf, Zaki Leghtas, Mazyar Mirrahimi, R. J. Schoelkopf, Μ. Büttiker and Hanhee Paik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Simon E. Nigg

24 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Deterministically Encoding Quantum Information Using 100-Photon Schrödinger Cat States

2013 415 citations Brian Vlastakis, Gerhard Kirchmair et al. Science profile →
Realization of three-qubit quantum error correction with superconducting circuits

2012 387 citations Matthew D. Reed, L. DiCarlo et al. Nature profile →
Observation of quantum state collapse and revival due to the single-photon Kerr effect

2013 375 citations Gerhard Kirchmair, Brian Vlastakis et al. Nature profile →
Black-Box Superconducting Circuit Quantization

2012 204 citations Simon E. Nigg, Hanhee Paik et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon E. Nigg Switzerland	16	1.8k	1.5k	283	148	104	24	2.0k
Arne L. Grimsmo Australia	18	1.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	248 0.9×	112 0.8×	206 2.0×	31	2.2k
Katrina Sliwa United States	14	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	214 0.8×	94 0.6×	129 1.2×	21	2.0k
Chad Rigetti United States	16	1.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	275 1.0×	159 1.1×	125 1.2×	23	2.3k
Matthew J. Reagor United States	14	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	286 1.0×	161 1.1×	83 0.8×	28	2.1k
Brian Vlastakis United States	14	2.4k 1.4×	2.5k 1.6×	285 1.0×	54 0.4×	124 1.2×	22	2.8k
Zaki Leghtas France	20	2.8k 1.6×	2.8k 1.8×	303 1.1×	58 0.4×	191 1.8×	37	3.3k
Arkady Fedorov Australia	22	2.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	364 1.3×	113 0.8×	110 1.1×	62	2.4k
A. J. Berkley United States	17	977 0.6×	960 0.6×	126 0.4×	194 1.3×	95 0.9×	26	1.2k
Jonas Bylander Sweden	20	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	294 1.0×	138 0.9×	89 0.9×	48	1.7k
Nissim Ofek United States	13	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	331 1.2×	191 1.3×	77 0.7×	16	2.1k

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Nigg, Simon E.. (2018). Observing quantum synchronization blockade in circuit quantum electrodynamics. Physical review. A. 97(1). 38 indexed citations

Nigg, Simon E., Andreas Fuhrer, & Daniel Loss. (2017). Superconducting Grid-Bus Surface Code Architecture for Hole-Spin Qubits. Physical Review Letters. 118(14). 147701–147701. 19 indexed citations

Nigg, Simon E., Niels Lörch, & Rakesh P. Tiwari. (2017). Robust quantum optimizer with full connectivity. Science Advances. 3(4). e1602273–e1602273. 72 indexed citations

Lörch, Niels, Simon E. Nigg, Andreas Nunnenkamp, Rakesh P. Tiwari, & Christoph Bruder. (2017). Quantum Synchronization Blockade: Energy Quantization Hinders Synchronization of Identical Oscillators. Physical Review Letters. 118(24). 243602–243602. 81 indexed citations

Huembeli, Patrick & Simon E. Nigg. (2017). Towards a heralded eigenstate-preserving measurement of multi-qubit parity in circuit QED. Physical review. A. 96(1). 4 indexed citations

Nigg, Simon E. & Anders Mathias Lunde. (2016). Decoherence of high-energy electrons in weakly disordered quantum Hall edge states. Physical review. B.. 94(4). 4 indexed citations

Lunde, Anders Mathias & Simon E. Nigg. (2016). Statistical theory of relaxation of high-energy electrons in quantum Hall edge states. Physical review. B.. 94(4). 7 indexed citations

Nigg, Simon E., Rakesh P. Tiwari, Stefan Walter, & Thomas L. Schmidt. (2015). Detecting nonlocal Cooper pair entanglement by optical Bell inequality violation. Physical Review B. 91(9). 15 indexed citations

Nigg, Simon E.. (2014). Deterministic Hadamard gate for microwave cat-state qubits in circuit QED. Physical Review A. 89(2). 29 indexed citations

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Petrenko, Andrei, et al.. (2013). A Study of the Multi-Mode Purcell Effect for a Transmon in 3D Circuit QED. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Kirchmair, Gerhard, Brian Vlastakis, Zaki Leghtas, et al.. (2013). Observation of quantum state collapse and revival due to the single-photon Kerr effect. Nature. 495(7440). 205–209. 375 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vlastakis, Brian, Gerhard Kirchmair, Zaki Leghtas, et al.. (2013). Deterministically Encoding Quantum Information Using 100-Photon Schrödinger Cat States. Science. 342(6158). 607–610. 415 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nigg, Simon E. & S. M. Girvin. (2013). Stabilizer Quantum Error Correction Toolbox for Superconducting Qubits. Physical Review Letters. 110(24). 243604–243604. 30 indexed citations

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Nigg, Simon E., Hanhee Paik, Brian Vlastakis, et al.. (2012). Black-Box Superconducting Circuit Quantization. Physical Review Letters. 108(24). 240502–240502. 204 indexed citations breakdown →

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Reed, Matthew D., L. DiCarlo, Simon E. Nigg, et al.. (2012). Realization of three-qubit quantum error correction with superconducting circuits. Nature. 482(7385). 382–385. 387 indexed citations breakdown →

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Catelani, Gianluigi, Simon E. Nigg, S. M. Girvin, Robert Schoelkopf, & L. I. Glazman. (2012). Decoherence of superconducting qubits caused by quasiparticle tunneling. Physical Review B. 86(18). 63 indexed citations

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Lunde, Anders Mathias, Simon E. Nigg, & Μ. Büttiker. (2010). Interaction-induced edge channel equilibration. Physical Review B. 81(4). 40 indexed citations

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Nigg, Simon E. & Μ. Büttiker. (2009). Universal Detector Efficiency of a Mesoscopic Capacitor. Physical Review Letters. 102(23). 236801–236801. 14 indexed citations

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Nigg, Simon E. & Μ. Büttiker. (2008). Quantum to classical transition of the charge relaxation resistance of a mesoscopic capacitor. Physical Review B. 77(8). 45 indexed citations

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Nigg, Simon E., Rosa López, & Μ. Büttiker. (2006). Mesoscopic Charge Relaxation. Physical Review Letters. 97(20). 206804–206804. 99 indexed citations

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