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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fritz London Memorial Prize, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Ampère Prize (Prix Ampère de l’Électricité de France), French Academy of Sciences

Overview

Michel Devoret is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Computer Science, with a focus on various subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Artificial Intelligence; Condensed Matter Physics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The main topics covered in their work include Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, and Mechanical and Optical Resonators.

Michel Devoret has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review Letters, Nature, PRX Quantum, and Physical Review Applied.

Some recent papers from their body of work are:

  • Quantum error correction below the surface code threshold, 2024, Nature
  • Real-time quantum error correction beyond break-even, 2023, Nature
  • Fast universal control of an oscillator with weak dispersive coupling to a qubit, 2022, Nature Physics
  • Model-Free Quantum Control with Reinforcement Learning, 2022, Physical Review X
  • Quantum control of bosonic modes with superconducting circuits, 2021, Science Bulletin

Michel Devoret has frequently collaborated with a number of researchers. Frequent co-authors include Luigi Frunzio, Alec Eickbusch, Robert Schoelkopf, Nicholas Frattini, and Jayameenakshi Venkatraman.

The scientist has been recognized with several awards including the Fritz London Memorial Prize from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics in 2014, Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003, and the Ampère Prize from the French Academy of Sciences in 1991.

Best Publications

  • Individual single-wall carbon nanotubes as quantum wires

    Sander J. Tans;Michel H. Devoret;Hongjie Dai;Andreas Thess

  • Charge-insensitive qubit design derived from the Cooper pair box

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

  • Superconducting circuits for quantum information: an outlook.

    M. H. Devoret;M. H. Devoret;R. J. Schoelkopf

  • Introduction to quantum noise, measurement, and amplification

    A. A. Clerk;M. H. Devoret;S. M. Girvin;Florian Marquardt

  • Manipulating the Quantum State of an Electrical Circuit

    Denis Vion;A. Aassime;A. Cottet;P. Joyez

  • Single Charge Tunneling

    Hermann Grabert;Michel H. Devoret

  • Coupling superconducting qubits via a cavity bus.

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

  • Observation of High Coherence in Josephson Junction Qubits Measured in a Three-Dimensional Circuit QED Architecture

    Hanhee Paik;D. I. Schuster;D. I. Schuster;Lev S. Bishop;Lev S. Bishop;G. Kirchmair

  • Resolving photon number states in a superconducting circuit

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

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

    Nissim Ofek;Andrei Petrenko;Reinier Heeres;Philip Reinhold

  • Single Charge Tunneling: Coulomb Blockade Phenomena in Nanostructures

    H. Grabert;M. H. Devoret;Marc Kastner

  • Quantum information processing with circuit quantum electrodynamics

    Alexandre Blais;Alexandre Blais;Jay Gambetta;A. Wallraff;A. Wallraff;D. I. Schuster

  • Experimental tests for the quantum behavior of a macroscopic degree of freedom: The phase difference across a Josephson junction

    John M. Martinis;Michel H. Devoret;John Clarke

  • Quantum coherence with a single Cooper pair

    V. Bouchiat;D. Vion;P. Joyez;D. Esteve

  • Fluxonium: single Cooper pair circuit free of charge offsets

    Vladimir E. Manucharyan;Jens Koch;Leonid I. Glazman;Michel H. Devoret

  • Frequency-locked turnstile device for single electrons

    L.J. Geerligs;V.F. Anderegg;P.A.M. Holweg;J.E. Mooij

  • Preparation and measurement of three-qubit entanglement in a superconducting circuit

    Leonardo DiCarlo;Matthew D. Reed;Luyan Sun;Blake R. Johnson

  • Approaching unit visibility for control of a superconducting qubit with dispersive readout.

    A. Wallraff;D. I. Schuster;A. Blais;L. Frunzio

  • Effect of the electromagnetic environment on the Coulomb blockade in ultrasmall tunnel junctions.

    M. H. Devoret;D. Esteve;H. Grabert;G.-L. Ingold

  • Single-Electron Pump Based on Charging Effects

    H. Pothier;P. Lafarge;C. Urbina;D. Esteve

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Schoelkopf
Robert Schoelkopf Yale University
Luigi Frunzio
Luigi Frunzio Yale University
Mazyar Mirrahimi
Mazyar Mirrahimi French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Liang Jiang
Liang Jiang University of Chicago
Daniel Esteve
Daniel Esteve University of Paris-Saclay
Steven Girvin
Steven Girvin Yale University
Leonid I. Glazman
Leonid I. Glazman Yale University
John M. Martinis
John M. Martinis University of California, Santa Barbara
Alexandre Blais
Alexandre Blais Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Jay M. Gambetta
Jay M. Gambetta IBM (United States)

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