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Raymond Laflamme

Raymond Laflamme

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
78
Citations
39391
World Ranking
585
National Ranking
22

Physics

D-Index
79
Citations
40076
World Ranking
3057
National Ranking
76

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Canadian Association of Physicists and Centre de Recherches Mathématiques
  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his visionary leadership in the field of quantum information science, and for his numerous fundamental contributions to the theoretical foundations and practical implementation of quantum information processing, especially quantum error correction and linear optical quantum computing
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Raymond Laflamme is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada and has made contributions primarily within the fields of Computer Science and Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans several key subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, General Health Professions, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Materials Chemistry.

The main research topics covered by Laflamme focus on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Quantum many-body systems, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, and Cellular Automata and Applications.

Recent papers authored by Laflamme and collaborators include:

  • Experimental Activation of Strong Local Passive States with Quantum Information, 2023, Physical Review Letters
  • Detecting violations of macrorealism when the original Leggett-Garg inequalities are satisfied, 2021, Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • Ten principles for responsible quantum innovation, 2024, Quantum Science and Technology
  • NISQ: Error Correction, Mitigation, and Noise Simulation, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Theory of quasi-exact fault-tolerant quantum computing and valence-bond-solid codes, 2021, New Journal of Physics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Laflamme include Ningping Cao, Junan Lin, Matthew Duschenes, Juan Carrasquilla, and Nayeli A. Rodríguez-Briones.

Major venues where Laflamme's work is published include arXiv (Cornell University), Physical review. A/Physical review, A, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Physical Review Letters, and Quantum Science and Technology.

In addition to papers, Laflamme has published at least one book titled Building Quantum Computers through Cambridge University Press, released in 2024.

Among the recognitions received, Laflamme has been awarded the CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics by the Canadian Association of Physicists and Centre de Recherches Mathématiques in 2017. Laflamme was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) both in 2011. The APS fellowship citation notes leadership in quantum information science and contributions to quantum error correction and linear optical quantum computing. Laflamme is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada from 2008 under the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • A scheme for efficient quantum computation with linear optics.

    Emmanuel Knill;Raymond Laflamme;Gerard James Milburn

  • Quantum Computing

    Thaddeus D. Ladd;Fedor Jelezko;Raymond Laflamme;Yasunobu Nakamura

  • Theory of quantum error-correcting codes

    Emanuel Knill;Raymond Laflamme

  • Black strings and p -branes are unstable

    Ruth Gregory;Raymond Laflamme

  • Perfect Quantum Error Correcting Code

    Raymond Laflamme;Cesar Miquel;Juan Pablo Paz;Wojciech Hubert Zurek

  • The global distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in recent sediments

    R.E. Laflamme;Ronald A. Hites

  • Power of One Bit of Quantum Information

    E. Knill;R. Laflamme

  • Theory of quantum error correction for general noise

    Emanuel Knill;Raymond Laflamme;Lorenza Viola

  • An introduction to quantum computing

    Phillip Kaye;Raymond Laflamme;Michele Mosca

  • 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

  • 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

  • The instability of charged black strings and p-branes

    Ruth Gregory;Raymond Laflamme

  • 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

  • Quantum Computers, Factoring, and Decoherence

    I. L. Chuang;R. Laflamme;P. W. Shor;W. H. Zurek

  • EFFECTIVE PURE STATES FOR BULK QUANTUM COMPUTATION

    Emanuel Knill;Isaac Chuang;Raymond Laflamme

  • Experimental implementation of a discrete-time quantum random walk on an NMR quantum-information processor

    C. A. Ryan;M. Laforest;J. C. Boileau;R. Laflamme

  • Perfect Quantum Error Correction Code

    Raymond Laflamme;Cesar Miquel;Juan Pablo Paz;Wojciech Hubert Zurek

Frequent Co-Authors

Emanuel Knill
Emanuel Knill National Institute of Standards and Technology
David G. Cory
David G. Cory University of Waterloo
Wojciech H. Zurek
Wojciech H. Zurek Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thomas Jennewein
Thomas Jennewein University of Waterloo
David W. Kribs
David W. Kribs University of Guelph
Gui-Lu Long
Gui-Lu Long Tsinghua University
Gerard J. Milburn
Gerard J. Milburn University of Queensland
Rafael D. Sorkin
Rafael D. Sorkin Perimeter Institute
Barry C. Sanders
Barry C. Sanders University of Calgary

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