2026 Andrew Houck: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	51	3747	3592	1091	999	178	19254

Research.com Recognitions

2009 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Andrew Houck is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research spans distinct areas within physics, computer science, and engineering, with a focus on quantum-related phenomena and technologies.

The primary fields of study for Andrew Houck include:

Physics and Astronomy
Computer Science

Within these broad fields, their subfields of study involve:

Artificial Intelligence
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Materials Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The main topics of their work cover:

Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Quantum Information and Cryptography
Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
Strong Light-Matter Interactions

Andrew Houck has contributed to a variety of scientific publications, with frequent appearances in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review Research
Physical Review Applied
Physical Review Letters
Nature Physics

Selected recent papers include:

"Photonic materials in circuit quantum electrodynamics," 2020, Nature Physics
"The QICK (Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit): Readout and control for qubits and detectors," 2022, Review of Scientific Instruments
"Spin-Orbit-Induced Topological Flat Bands in Line and Split Graphs of Bipartite Lattices," 2020, Physical Review Letters
"Disentangling Losses in Tantalum Superconducting Circuits," 2023, Physical Review X
"Universal gates for protected superconducting qubits using optimal control," 2020, Physical Review A

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andrew Houck include:

Sara Sussman
R. J. Cava
Nathalie P. de Leon
David Schuster
Alexander P. M. Place

Among recognized distinctions, Andrew Houck received the Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award in 2009.

Best Publications

Charge-insensitive qubit design derived from the Cooper pair box

Jens Koch;Terri M. Yu;Jay Gambetta;Andrew Addison Houck

3956
Citations
Coupling superconducting qubits via a cavity bus.

J. Majer;J. M. Chow;J. M. Gambetta;Jens Koch

1717
Citations
On-chip quantum simulation with superconducting circuits

Andrew Addison Houck;Hakan Engin Tureci;Jens Koch

1297
Citations
Resolving photon number states in a superconducting circuit

D. I. Schuster;A. A. Houck;J. A. Schreier;A. Wallraff;A. Wallraff

1079
Citations
Experimental observations of a left-handed material that obeys Snell's law.

Andrew A. Houck;Andrew A. Houck;Jeffrey B. Brock;Isaac L. Chuang

988
Citations
Suppressing charge noise decoherence in superconducting charge qubits

J. A. Schreier;Andrew Addison Houck;Jens Koch;D. I. Schuster

717
Citations
Controlling the Spontaneous Emission of a Superconducting Transmon Qubit

A. A. Houck;J. A. Schreier;B. R. Johnson;J. M. Chow

630
Citations
Generating single microwave photons in a circuit

A. A. Houck;D. I. Schuster;J. M. Gambetta;J. A. Schreier

594
Citations
Circuit quantum electrodynamics with a spin qubit

Karl D. Petersson;Louis W. McFaul;Michael D. Schroer;Minkyung Jung

559
Citations
Quantum Computer Systems for Scientific Discovery

Yuri Alexeev;Dave Bacon;Kenneth R. Brown;Robert Calderbank

475
Citations
Time-reversal-symmetry breaking in circuit-QED-based photon lattices

Jens Koch;Andrew Addison Houck;Karyn Le Hur;S. M. Girvin

459
Citations
Observation of a dissipative phase transition in a one-dimensional circuit QED lattice

Mattias Fitzpatrick;Neereja Sundaresan;Andy C.Y. Li;Jens Koch

457
Citations
Quantum non-demolition detection of single microwave photons in a circuit

B. R. Johnson;M. D. Reed;A. A. Houck;D. I. Schuster

369
Citations
Quantum trajectory approach to circuit QED: Quantum jumps and the Zeno effect

Jay Gambetta;Jay Gambetta;Alexandre Blais;M. Boissonneault;A. A. Houck

367
Citations
Nonlinear response of the vacuum Rabi resonance

Lev S. Bishop;J. M. Chow;Jens Koch;A. A. Houck

349
Citations
Randomized benchmarking and process tomography for gate errors in a solid-state qubit.

J. M. Chow;J. M. Gambetta;L. Tornberg;Jens Koch

319
Citations
Hyperbolic lattices in circuit quantum electrodynamics

Alicia J. Kollár;Alicia J. Kollár;Mattias Fitzpatrick;Andrew A. Houck

313
Citations
Quantum electrodynamics near a photonic bandgap

Yanbing Liu;Andrew A. Houck

268
Citations
Low-Disorder Microwave Cavity Lattices for Quantum Simulation with Photons

Devin L. Underwood;Will E. Shanks;Jens Koch;Andrew A. Houck

250
Citations
Tunable coupling in circuit quantum electrodynamics using a superconducting charge qubit with a V-shaped energy level diagram.

S. J. Srinivasan;A. J. Hoffman;J. M. Gambetta;A. A. Houck

219
Citations
Beyond strong coupling in a multimode cavity

Neereja M. Sundaresan;Yanbing Liu;Darius Sadri;László J. Szőcs

194
Citations
Quantum electrodynamics near a photonic band-gap

Yanbing Liu;Andrew Houck

0
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