Zaki Leghtas

5.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
37 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Zaki Leghtas is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zaki Leghtas has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 31 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zaki Leghtas's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (31 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (14 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (14 papers). Zaki Leghtas is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (31 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (14 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (14 papers). Zaki Leghtas collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Burundi. Zaki Leghtas's co-authors include Mazyar Mirrahimi, Robert Schoelkopf, Luigi Frunzio, Brian Vlastakis, Michel Devoret, Gerhard Kirchmair, Shyam Shankar, Michael Hatridge, Andrei Petrenko and S. M. Girvin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Zaki Leghtas

33 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Extending the lifetime of a quantum bit with error correction in superconducting circuits

2016 598 citations Nissim Ofek, Andrei Petrenko et al. Nature profile →
Deterministically Encoding Quantum Information Using 100-Photon Schrödinger Cat States

2013 415 citations Brian Vlastakis, Gerhard Kirchmair et al. Science 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 →
Confining the state of light to a quantum manifold by engineered two-photon loss

2015 368 citations Zaki Leghtas, Steven Touzard et al. Science profile →
Hardware-Efficient Autonomous Quantum Memory Protection

2013 191 citations Zaki Leghtas, Gerhard Kirchmair et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Tracking photon jumps with repeated quantum non-demolition parity measurements

2014 176 citations Luyan Sun, Andrei Petrenko et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zaki Leghtas France	20	2.8k	2.8k	303	191	87	37	3.3k
Brian Vlastakis United States	14	2.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	285 0.9×	124 0.6×	79 0.9×	22	2.8k
Arne L. Grimsmo Australia	18	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	248 0.8×	206 1.1×	62 0.7×	31	2.2k
Stefan Filipp Switzerland	31	3.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	330 1.1×	183 1.0×	88 1.0×	65	3.8k
Shi‐Biao Zheng China	33	4.0k 1.4×	3.7k 1.3×	395 1.3×	166 0.9×	44 0.5×	143	4.2k
A. D. O’Connell United States	21	3.3k 1.2×	3.1k 1.1×	363 1.2×	150 0.8×	51 0.6×	25	3.7k
Lev S. Bishop United States	19	2.8k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	393 1.3×	105 0.5×	169 1.9×	35	3.4k
Katrina Sliwa United States	14	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	214 0.7×	129 0.7×	41 0.5×	21	2.0k
Daniel K. L. Oi United Kingdom	27	2.2k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	234 0.8×	228 1.2×	56 0.6×	75	2.6k
Chad Rigetti United States	16	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	275 0.9×	125 0.7×	90 1.0×	23	2.3k
Masato Koashi Japan	37	5.2k 1.8×	4.9k 1.7×	404 1.3×	193 1.0×	75 0.9×	116	5.6k

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Sarlette, Alain, et al.. (2025). Dissipative Protection of a GKP Qubit in a High-Impedance Superconducting Circuit Driven by a Microwave Frequency Comb. Physical Review X. 15(1). 1 indexed citations

Fuchs, D., Amir A. Haghighirad, Alexander Welle, et al.. (2025). High-quality superconducting tantalum resonators with beta phase defects. Applied Physics Letters. 127(21).

Palomo, José M., Matthieu R. Delbecq, Takis Kontos, et al.. (2025). Spectral signature of high-order photon processes enhanced by Cooper-pair pairing. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8359–8359.

Smith, W. Clarke, Alexandru Petrescu, Matthieu R. Delbecq, et al.. (2024). Dynamically Enhancing Qubit-Photon Interactions with Antisqueezing. PRX Quantum. 5(2). 6 indexed citations

Rousseau, Romain, T. Briant, P.-F. Cohadon, et al.. (2024). High-Sensitivity ac-Charge Detection with a MHz-Frequency Fluxonium Qubit. Physical Review X. 14(1). 12 indexed citations

Cohen, Joachim, Pierre Rouchon, Alain Sarlette, et al.. (2024). Quantum control of a cat qubit with bit-flip times exceeding ten seconds. Nature. 629(8013). 778–783. 33 indexed citations

Legrand, William, Magdalena Margańska, Matthieu Dartiailh, et al.. (2023). Inhomogeneous magnetic fields interacting with spinful states in a double quantum dot: Evidence for a staggered spin-orbit interaction. Physical review. B.. 107(8). 1 indexed citations

Valmorra, Federico, Kenji Yoshida, Matthieu R. Delbecq, et al.. (2021). Vacuum-field-induced THz transport gap in a carbon nanotube quantum dot. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5490–5490. 15 indexed citations

Minev, Zlatko, et al.. (2019). Energy-participation approach to the design of quantum Josephson circuits. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Marković, Danijela, S. Jézouin, Quentin Ficheux, et al.. (2018). Demonstration of an Effective Ultrastrong Coupling between Two Oscillators. Physical Review Letters. 121(4). 40505–40505. 34 indexed citations

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Leghtas, Zaki, Steven Touzard, Ioan M. Pop, et al.. (2015). Confining the state of light to a quantum manifold by engineered two-photon loss. Science. 347(6224). 853–857. 368 indexed citations breakdown →

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Holland, Eric C., Brian Vlastakis, Reinier Heeres, et al.. (2015). Single-Photon-Resolved Cross-Kerr Interaction for Autonomous Stabilization of Photon-Number States. Physical Review Letters. 115(18). 180501–180501. 58 indexed citations

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Vlastakis, Brian, Andrei Petrenko, Nissim Ofek, et al.. (2015). Characterizing entanglement of an artificial atom and a cavity cat state with Bell’s inequality. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8970–8970. 49 indexed citations

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Roy, Ananda, et al.. (2014). Continuous Generation and Stabilization of Mesoscopic Field Superposition States in a Quantum Circuit. arXiv (Cornell University).

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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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Leghtas, Zaki, Gerhard Kirchmair, Brian Vlastakis, et al.. (2013). Deterministic protocol for mapping a qubit to coherent state superpositions in a cavity. Physical Review A. 87(4). 65 indexed citations

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Leghtas, Zaki, et al.. (2013). Manipulating Quantum Pathways on the Fly. Physical Review Letters. 110(22). 223601–223601. 12 indexed citations

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Sarlette, Alain, Zaki Leghtas, M. Brune, J. M. Raimond, & Pierre Rouchon. (2012). Stabilization of nonclassical states of one- and two-mode radiation fields by reservoir engineering. Physical Review A. 86(1). 17 indexed citations

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Leghtas, Zaki, et al.. (2011). Adiabatic passage and ensemble control of quantum systems. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 44(15). 154017–154017. 20 indexed citations

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