2026 J. Ignacio Cirac: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Research.com Recognitions

2003 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding contributions to quantum optics theory, in particular the problem of implementing quantum information with quantum optics and the theory of quantum degenerate atomic gases

Best Publications

Machine learning and the physical sciences

Giuseppe Carleo;J. Ignacio Cirac;Kyle Cranmer;Laurent Daudet

2392
Citations
Quantum computation and quantum-state engineering driven by dissipation

Frank Verstraete;Michael M. Wolf;J. Ignacio Cirac

1746
Citations
Experimental demonstration of quantum memory for light

Brian Julsgaard;Jacob Sherson;J. Ignacio Cirac;Jaromir Fiurasek;Jaromir Fiurasek

1091
Citations
Goals and opportunities in quantum simulation

J. Ignacio Cirac;Peter Zoller

987
Citations
Classifying quantum phases using matrix product states and projected entangled pair states

Norbert Schuch;David Pérez-García;J. Ignacio Cirac

898
Citations
Majorana Fermions in Equilibrium and in Driven Cold-Atom Quantum Wires

Liang Jiang;Takuya Kitagawa;Jason Alicea;A. R. Akhmerov

867
Citations
Area laws in quantum systems: mutual information and correlations

Michael M. Wolf;Frank Verstraete;Matthew B. Hastings;J. Ignacio Cirac

839
Citations
Time-dependent variational principle for quantum lattices.

Jutho Haegeman;J. Ignacio Cirac;Tobias J. Osborne;Iztok Pižorn

734
Citations
Characterization of Gaussian operations and distillation of Gaussian states

Géza Giedke;J. Ignacio Cirac

669
Citations
Entanglement generated by dissipation and steady state entanglement of two macroscopic objects.

Hanna Krauter;Christine A. Muschik;Kasper Jensen;Wojciech Wasilewski

663
Citations
Entropy scaling and simulability by matrix product states.

Norbert Schuch;Michael M. Wolf;Frank Verstraete;J. Ignacio Cirac

470
Citations
Renormalization and tensor product states in spin chains and lattices

J. Ignacio Cirac;Frank Verstraete

436
Citations
Computational complexity of projected entangled pair states.

Norbert Schuch;Michael M. Wolf;Frank Verstraete;J. Ignacio Cirac

399
Citations
The 2019 surface acoustic waves roadmap

Per Delsing;Andrew N. Cleland;Martin J.A. Schuetz;Johannes Knörzer

381
Citations
Extremality of Gaussian quantum states.

Michael M. Wolf;Geza Giedke;J. Ignacio Cirac

375
Citations
Fermionic projected entangled pair states

Christina V. Kraus;Norbert Schuch;Frank Verstraete;J. Ignacio Cirac

302
Citations
Entanglement percolation in quantum networks

Antonio Acin;J. Ignacio Cirac;Maciej Lewenstein

299
Citations
Neural-Network Quantum States, String-Bond States, and Chiral Topological States

Ivan Glasser;Nicola Pancotti;Moritz August;Iván D. Rodríguez

296
Citations
Cold-Atom Quantum Simulator for SU(2) Yang-Mills Lattice Gauge Theory

Erez Zohar;J. Ignacio Cirac;Benni Reznik

282
Citations
Simulating compact quantum electrodynamics with ultracold atoms: probing confinement and nonperturbative effects.

Erez Zohar;J. Ignacio Cirac;Benni Reznik

273
Citations