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Belgium
2023

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
68
Citations
27040
World Ranking
1180
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Nicolas J. Cerf is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Their research spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Computer Science, with significant contributions in several subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their primary topics of work include Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture. Additional focus areas cover Quantum optics and atomic interactions, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, and Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics.

Cerf has published numerous papers in a range of venues. Frequent publication sites include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • Physical Review Research
  • Quantum
  • Nature Photonics

Their recent papers include:

  • "Boson bunching is not maximized by indistinguishable particles", 2023, Nature Photonics
  • "Continuous majorization in quantum phase space", 2023, Quantum
  • "Quantum Wigner entropy", 2021, Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • "Partial order on passive states and Hoffman majorization in quantum thermodynamics", 2021, Physical Review Research
  • "Relating the entanglement and optical nonclassicality of multimode states of a bosonic quantum field", 2020, Physical review. A/Physical review, A

Collaborations have been a substantial part of Cerf's research output, with frequent co-authors as follows:

  • Zacharie Van Herstraeten
  • Leonardo Novo
  • Michael G. Jabbour
  • Célia Griffet
  • Benoît Seron

Best Publications

  • The security of practical quantum key distribution

    Valerio Scarani;Helle Bechmann-Pasquinucci;Nicolas J. Cerf;Miloslav Dušek

  • Gaussian quantum information

    Christian Weedbrook;Stefano Pirandola;Raúl García-Patrón;Nicolas J. Cerf

  • Security of Quantum Key Distribution Using d -Level Systems

    Nicolas J. Cerf;Nicolas J. Cerf;Mohamed Bourennane;Anders Karlsson;Nicolas Gisin

  • Quantum key distribution using gaussian-modulated coherent states

    Frédéric Grosshans;Gilles Van Assche;Jérôme Wenger;Rosa Brouri

  • Quantum search by local adiabatic evolution

    Jérémie Roland;Nicolas J. Cerf;Nicolas J. Cerf

  • Quantum key distribution over 25 km with an all-fiber continuous-variable system

    Jérôme Lodewyck;Matthieu Bloch;Raúl García-Patrón;Simon Fossier

  • Unconditional optimality of Gaussian attacks against continuous-variable quantum key distribution.

    Raúl García-Patrón;Nicolas J. Cerf

  • Negative entropy and information in quantum mechanics

    Nicolas Cerf;C. Adami

  • Quantum distribution of Gaussian keys using squeezed states

    N. J. Cerf;N. J. Cerf;M. Lévy;G. Van Assche

  • Optical simulation of quantum logic

    Nicolas Cerf;C. Adami;P. G. Kwiat

  • Quantum information with continuous variables of atoms and light

    Nicolas Cerf;Gerd Leuchs;Eugene S. Polzik

  • No-go theorem for gaussian quantum error correction.

    Julien Niset;Jaromír Fiurášek;Nicolas J. Cerf;Nicolas J. Cerf

  • Security of Quantum Key Distribution with entangled Qutrits.

    Thomas Durt;Nicolas J. Cerf;Nicolas Gisin;Marek Żukowski

  • Virtual entanglement and reconciliation protocols for quantum cryptography with continuous variables

    Frédéric Grosshans;Nicolas J. Cerf;Jérôme Wenger;Rosa Tualle-Brouri

  • Multipartite nonlocality without entanglement in many dimensions

    Julien Niset;Nicolas Cerf

  • Cloning of continuous quantum variables

    Nicolas Cerf;Nicolas Cerf;A. Ipe;X. Rottenberg

  • Proposal for a loophole-free Bell test using homodyne detection.

    R. García-Patrón;J. Fiurášek;N. J. Cerf;J. Wenger

  • Pauli cloning of a quantum bit

    Nicolas J. Cerf;Nicolas J. Cerf

  • Security of Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution Against General Attacks

    Anthony Leverrier;Anthony Leverrier;Raúl García-Patrón;Renato Renner;Nicolas J. Cerf

  • Reconciliation of a quantum-distributed Gaussian key

    G. Van Assche;J. Cardinal;N.J. Cerf

  • High-rate quantum key distribution using Gaussian-modulated coherent states

    F. Grosshans;J. Wenger;R. Tualle-Brouri;P. Grangier

Frequent Co-Authors

Serge Massar
Serge Massar Université Libre de Bruxelles
Nicolas Gisin
Nicolas Gisin University of Geneva
Philippe Grangier
Philippe Grangier University of Paris-Saclay
Anthony Leverrier
Anthony Leverrier French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Gerd Leuchs
Gerd Leuchs Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Marc Haelterman
Marc Haelterman Université Libre de Bruxelles
Samuel L. Braunstein
Samuel L. Braunstein University of York
Vittorio Giovannetti
Vittorio Giovannetti Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Saikat Guha
Saikat Guha University of Arizona

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