Tyler Volkoff

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 994 citations indexed

About

Tyler Volkoff is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tyler Volkoff has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 994 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 23 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tyler Volkoff's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (21 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (10 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (8 papers). Tyler Volkoff is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (21 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (10 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (8 papers). Tyler Volkoff collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Switzerland. Tyler Volkoff's co-authors include Patrick J. Coles, Łukasz Cincio, M. Cerezo, Akira Sone, Hyukjoon Kwon, Hyunseok Jeong, Kok Chuan Tan, K. Birgitta Whaley, Andrew Sornborger and Zoë Holmes and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Tyler Volkoff

25 papers receiving 961 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.

  1. Cost function dependent barren plateaus in shallow parametrized quantum circuits
    2021 621 citations M. Cerezo, Akira Sone et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tyler Volkoff United States 9 926 505 142 94 44 30 994
Zoë Holmes United States 15 938 1.0× 469 0.9× 119 0.8× 89 0.9× 61 1.4× 29 1.0k
Kishor Bharti Singapore 9 1.1k 1.2× 628 1.2× 186 1.3× 88 0.9× 53 1.2× 26 1.2k
Abhinav Anand Canada 6 916 1.0× 474 0.9× 169 1.2× 93 1.0× 37 0.8× 12 1.0k
Wai‐Keong Mok Singapore 7 949 1.0× 541 1.1× 156 1.1× 103 1.1× 42 1.0× 17 1.1k
Hermanni Heimonen Singapore 5 888 1.0× 492 1.0× 153 1.1× 84 0.9× 39 0.9× 6 1.0k
Sukin Sim United States 6 917 1.0× 489 1.0× 166 1.2× 91 1.0× 38 0.9× 11 1.0k
Geoff Gillett Australia 6 688 0.7× 610 1.2× 56 0.4× 84 0.9× 43 1.0× 9 813
Thi Ha Kyaw Singapore 10 1.1k 1.2× 669 1.3× 167 1.2× 99 1.1× 68 1.5× 20 1.2k
Jakob S. Kottmann Germany 11 1.0k 1.1× 604 1.2× 194 1.4× 102 1.1× 37 0.8× 18 1.2k
Andrew Eddins United States 8 802 0.9× 647 1.3× 97 0.7× 103 1.1× 60 1.4× 12 967

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tyler Volkoff

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tyler Volkoff

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Volkoff, Tyler, et al.. (2025). Length scale estimation of excited quantum oscillators. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 1 indexed citations
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Volkoff, Tyler. (2024). Not even 6 dB: Gaussian quantum illumination in thermal background. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 57(6). 65301–65301. 3 indexed citations
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Volkoff, Tyler & Michael J. Martin. (2024). Saturating the one-axis twisting quantum Cramér-Rao bound with a total spin readout. Journal of Physics Communications. 8(1). 15004–15004. 1 indexed citations
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Volkoff, Tyler & Andrew Sornborger. (2024). Learning linear optical circuits with coherent states. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 57(30). 305302–305302.
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Volkoff, Tyler & Changhyun Ryu. (2024). Globally optimal interferometry with lossy twin Fock probes. Frontiers in Physics. 12. 2 indexed citations
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Dalvit, Diego A. R., Tyler Volkoff, Yun‐Seok Choi, et al.. (2024). Quantum Frequency Combs with Path Identity for Quantum Remote Sensing. Physical Review X. 14(4).
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Volkoff, Tyler & Michael J. Martin. (2022). Asymptotic optimality of twist-untwist protocols for Heisenberg scaling in atom-based sensing. Physical Review Research. 4(1). 6 indexed citations
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Volkoff, Tyler. (2022). Strategies for Variational Quantum Compiling of a Zero-Phase Beam Splitter on the Xanadu X8 Processor. Journal of Russian Laser Research. 43(4). 448–458. 1 indexed citations
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Volkoff, Tyler, Zoë Holmes, & Andrew Sornborger. (2021). Universal compiling and (No-)Free-Lunch theorems for continuous variable quantum learning. arXiv (Cornell University). 20 indexed citations
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Cerezo, M., Akira Sone, Tyler Volkoff, Łukasz Cincio, & Patrick J. Coles. (2021). Cost function dependent barren plateaus in shallow parametrized quantum circuits. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1791–1791. 621 indexed citations breakdown →
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Volkoff, Tyler & Patrick J. Coles. (2021). Large gradients via correlation in random parameterized quantum circuits. Quantum Science and Technology. 6(2). 25008–25008. 99 indexed citations
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Volkoff, Tyler. (2021). Efficient Trainability of Linear Optical Modules in Quantum Optical Neural Networks. Journal of Russian Laser Research. 10 indexed citations
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Kwon, Hyukjoon, Kok Chuan Tan, Tyler Volkoff, & Hyunseok Jeong. (2019). Nonclassicality as a Quantifiable Resource for Quantum Metrology. Physical Review Letters. 122(4). 40503–40503. 113 indexed citations
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Kwon, Hyukjoon, Kok Chuan Tan, Tyler Volkoff, & Hyunseok Jeong. (2018). Nonclassicality of Light as a Quantifiable Resource for Quantum Metrology. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Volkoff, Tyler & Mohan Sarovar. (2018). Optimality of Gaussian receivers for practical Gaussian distributed sensing. Physical review. A. 98(3). 1 indexed citations
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Volkoff, Tyler & Yongkyung Kwon. (2018). Spatial distribution of superfluidity and superfluid distillation of Bose liquids. Physical review. B.. 98(1). 1 indexed citations
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Tan, Kok Chuan, Tyler Volkoff, Hyukjoon Kwon, & Hyunseok Jeong. (2017). Quantifying the Coherence between Coherent States. Physical Review Letters. 119(19). 190405–190405. 55 indexed citations
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Volkoff, Tyler & Uwe R. Fischer. (2016). Amplification of the quantum superposition macroscopicity of a flux qubit by a magnetized Bose gas. Physical review. A. 94(4). 2 indexed citations
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Volkoff, Tyler & Uwe R. Fischer. (2016). Quantum sine-Gordon dynamics on analogue curved spacetime in a weakly imperfect scalar Bose gas. Physical review. D. 94(2). 3 indexed citations
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Volkoff, Tyler & K. Birgitta Whaley. (2014). Measurement- and comparison-based sizes of Schrödinger cat states of light. Physical Review A. 89(1). 14 indexed citations

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