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  • 2005 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to our understanding of the control and manipulation of quantum systems, including quantum error correction, determination of tolerable error rates, and linear optics quantum computing

Overview

Emanuel Knill is affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics primarily within Computer Science and Physics and Astronomy.

Their work focuses heavily on Quantum Information and Cryptography, with significant contributions to Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Quantum optics and atomic interactions, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, and Quantum many-body systems.

Knill has authored numerous papers published in a variety of prominent venues. Frequent publication sources include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review A / Physical Review, A
  • Nature Physics
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Nature

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • Direct observation of deterministic macroscopic entanglement, 2021, Science
  • Device-independent randomness expansion with entangled photons, 2021, Nature Physics
  • Experimental Low-Latency Device-Independent Quantum Randomness, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Efficient randomness certification by quantum probability estimation, 2020, Physical Review Research
  • An atomic boson sampler, 2024, Nature

Frequent coauthors contributing to Knill's research efforts include Scott Glancy, Shawn Geller, Alex Kwiatkowski, Yanbao Zhang, and Sae Woo Nam.

The scientist's work is recognized within the scientific community, as reflected by the award of Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2005. The citation highlights contributions to the understanding and manipulation of quantum systems encompassing quantum error correction, tolerable error rates, and linear optics quantum computing.

Best Publications

  • DYNAMICAL DECOUPLING OF OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS

    Lorenza Viola;Emanuel Knill;Seth Lloyd

  • Theory of quantum error-correcting codes

    Emanuel Knill;Raymond Laflamme

  • Strong Loophole-Free Test of Local Realism.

    Lynden K. Shalm;Evan Meyer-Scott;Bradley G. Christensen;Peter Bierhorst

  • Quantum computing with realistically noisy devices

    Emanuel H. Knill

  • Deterministic quantum teleportation of atomic qubits.

    M. D. Barrett;M. D. Barrett;J. Chiaverini;T. Schaetz;J. Britton

  • Creation of a six-atom ‘Schrödinger cat’ state

    D. Leibfried;E. Knill;S. Seidelin;J. Britton

  • Power of One Bit of Quantum Information

    E. Knill;R. Laflamme

  • Randomized Benchmarking of Quantum Gates

    Emanuel H. Knill;D. Leibfried;R. Reichle;J. Britton

  • Theory of quantum error correction for general noise

    Emanuel Knill;Raymond Laflamme;Lorenza Viola

  • Complete quantum teleportation using nuclear magnetic resonance

    M. A. Nielsen;M. A. Nielsen;E. Knill;R. Laflamme

  • Resilient Quantum Computation

    Emanuel Knill;Raymond Laflamme;Wojciech H. Zurek

  • Experimental Quantum Error Correction

    D. G. Cory;M. D. Price;W. Maas;E. Knill

  • Realization of quantum error correction

    J Chiaverini;D. Leibfried;T Schaetz;T Schaetz;M D. Barrett;M D. Barrett

  • High-Fidelity Universal Gate Set for ^{9}Be^{+} Ion Qubits.

    J. P. Gaebler;T. R. Tan;Y. Lin;Y. Wan

  • RESILIENT QUANTUM COMPUTATION : ERROR MODELS AND THRESHOLDS

    Emanuel Knill;Raymond Laflamme;Wojciech H. Zurek

  • Simulating physical phenomena by quantum networks

    R. Somma;G. Ortiz;J. E. Gubernatis;E. Knill

  • Universal Control of Decoupled Quantum Systems

    Lorenza Viola;Seth Lloyd;Emanuel Knill

  • An algorithmic benchmark for quantum information processing

    E. Knill;R. Laflamme;R. Martinez;C.-H. Tseng

  • Quantum algorithms for fermionic simulations

    G. Ortiz;J. E. Gubernatis;E. Knill;R. Laflamme

  • EFFECTIVE PURE STATES FOR BULK QUANTUM COMPUTATION

    Emanuel Knill;Isaac Chuang;Raymond Laflamme

Frequent Co-Authors

Dietrich Leibfried
Dietrich Leibfried National Institute of Standards and Technology
David J. Wineland
David J. Wineland University of Oregon
Raymond Laflamme
Raymond Laflamme University of Waterloo
Richard P. Mirin
Richard P. Mirin National Institute of Standards and Technology
Sae Woo Nam
Sae Woo Nam National Institute of Standards and Technology
Howard Barnum
Howard Barnum University of New Mexico
Wojciech H. Zurek
Wojciech H. Zurek Los Alamos National Laboratory
Wayne M. Itano
Wayne M. Itano National Institute of Standards and Technology
Kent D. Irwin
Kent D. Irwin Stanford University
Gene C. Hilton
Gene C. Hilton National Institute of Standards and Technology

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