A. Megrant

15.4k citations

18 papers · 1.9k · 5 hit papers · h-index 14

Impact in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 1%
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Artificial Intelligence top 1%
- Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 15
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena 10
- Advanced Frequency and Time Standards 3
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates 2
Artificial Intelligence 12
- Quantum Information and Cryptography 12
- Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture 9
- Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing 2

Co-authors: John M. Martinis (15 shared papers)R. Barends (14 shared papers)J. Kelly (14 shared papers)D. Sank (13 shared papers)P. O’Malley (12 shared papers)A. N. Cleland (12 shared papers)J. Wenner (12 shared papers)T. White (11 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review Letters (6 papers)Applied Physics Letters (4 papers)Nature Physics (1 paper)Nature Communications (1 paper)npj Quantum Information (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States China Germany

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A. Megrant

18 papers receiving 1.9k citations

A. Megrant's Hit Papers

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Fast Accurate State Measurement with Superconducting Qubits 2014 · 267 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Physical Review Letters
2013 Physical Review Letters
2013 Physical Review Letters
2012 Applied Physics Letters
2012 Nature Physics

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18 of 18 papers shown

#	Work
1	Coherent Josephson Qubit Suitable for Scalable Quantum Integrated Circuits Physical Review Letters ·R. Barends, J. Kelly, A. Megrant, D. Sank, E. Jeffrey, Y. Chen, Yi Yin, B. Chiaro, J. Mutus, C. Neill, P. O’Malley, P. Roushan, J. Wenner, T. White, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis Hit paper breakdown →	2013	464
2	Planar superconducting resonators with internal quality factors above one million Applied Physics Letters ·A. Megrant, C. Neill, R. Barends, B. Chiaro, Yu Chen, Ludwig Feigl, J. Kelly, Erik Lucero, M. Mariantoni, P. O’Malley, D. Sank, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, T. White, Yi Yin, Jie Zhao, C. J. Palmstrøm, John M. Martinis, A. N. Cleland Hit paper breakdown →	2012	286
3	Fast Accurate State Measurement with Superconducting Qubits Physical Review Letters ·E. Jeffrey, D. Sank, J. Mutus, T. White, J. Kelly, R. Barends, Yanbin Chen, Z. Chen, B. Chiaro, A. Dunsworth, A. Megrant, P. O’Malley, C. Neill, P. Roushan, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis Hit paper breakdown →	2014	267
4	Computing prime factors with a Josephson phase qubit quantum processor Nature Physics ·Erik Lucero, R. Barends, Yulin Chen, J. Kelly, M. Mariantoni, A. Megrant, P. O’Malley, D. Sank, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, T. White, Yi Yin, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis Hit paper breakdown →	2012	184
5	Catch and Release of Microwave Photon States Physical Review Letters ·Yi Yin, Yu Chen, D. Sank, P. O’Malley, T. C. White, R. Barends, J. Kelly, Erik Lucero, M. Mariantoni, A. Megrant, C. Neill, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, Alexander N. Korotkov, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis Hit paper breakdown →	2013	155
6	Surface loss simulations of superconducting coplanar waveguide resonators Applied Physics Letters ·J. Wenner, R. Barends, Radoslaw C. Bialczak, Yu Chen, J. Kelly, Erik Lucero, M. Mariantoni, A. Megrant, P. O’Malley, D. Sank, A. Vainsencher, H. Wang, T. White, Yi Yin, Jie Zhao, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis	2011	113
7	Electric field spectroscopy of material defects in transmon qubits npj Quantum Information ·Jürgen Lisenfeld, Alexander Bilmes, A. Megrant, R. Barends, J. Kelly, Paul V. Klimov, (unknown), John M. Martinis, A. V. Ustinov	2019	95
8	Catching Time-Reversed Microwave Coherent State Photons with 99.4% Absorption Efficiency Physical Review Letters ·J. Wenner, Yi Yin, Yu Chen, R. Barends, B. Chiaro, E. Jeffrey, J. Kelly, A. Megrant, J. Mutus, C. Neill, P. O’Malley, P. Roushan, D. Sank, A. Vainsencher, T. C. White, Alexander N. Korotkov, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis	2014	86
9	Multiplexed dispersive readout of superconducting phase qubits Applied Physics Letters ·Yu Chen, D. Sank, P. O’Malley, T. White, R. Barends, B. Chiaro, J. Kelly, Erik Lucero, M. Mariantoni, A. Megrant, Charles Neill, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, Yue Yin, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis	2012	58
10	Excitation of Superconducting Qubits from Hot Nonequilibrium Quasiparticles Physical Review Letters ·J. Wenner, Yi Yin, Erik Lucero, R. Barends, Yu Chen, B. Chiaro, J. Kelly, M. Lenander, M. Mariantoni, A. Megrant, C. Neill, P. O’Malley, D. Sank, A. Vainsencher, H. Wang, T. White, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis	2013	50
11	Flux Noise Probed with Real Time Qubit Tomography in a Josephson Phase Qubit Physical Review Letters ·D. Sank, R. Barends, Radoslaw C. Bialczak, Yu Chen, J. Kelly, M. Lenander, Erik Lucero, M. Mariantoni, A. Megrant, M. Neeley, P. O’Malley, A. Vainsencher, H. Wang, J. Wenner, T. White, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Yi Yin, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis	2012	46
12	Fluctuations from edge defects in superconducting resonators Applied Physics Letters ·Charles Neill, A. Megrant, R. Barends, Yu Chen, B. Chiaro, J. Kelly, J. Mutus, P. O’Malley, D. Sank, J. Wenner, T. White, Yi Yin, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis	2013	34
13	Resolving the positions of defects in superconducting quantum bits Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) ·Alexander Bilmes, A. Megrant, Paul V. Klimov, G. Weiß, John M. Martinis, A. V. Ustinov, Jürgen Lisenfeld	2020	34
14	Emulating weak localization using a solid-state quantum circuit Nature Communications ·Yu Chen, P. Roushan, D. Sank, C. Neill, Erik Lucero, M. Mariantoni, R. Barends, B. Chiaro, J. Kelly, A. Megrant, J. Mutus, P. O’Malley, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, T. White, Yi Yin, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis	2014	28
15	Spectral signatures of many-body localization with interacting photons arXiv (Cornell University) ·P. Roushan, C. Neill, Jirawat Tangpanitanon, V. M. Bastidas, A. Megrant, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2017	6
16	Scaling up superconducting quantum computers Nature Electronics ·A. Megrant, Yu Chen	2025	3
17	Scalable in-situ qubit calibration during repetitive error detection arXiv (Cornell University) ·J. Kelly, R. Barends, Austin G. Fowler, A. Megrant, E. Jeffrey, T. White, D. Sank, J. Mutus, B. Campbell, (unknown), Z. Chen, B. Chiaro, A. Dunsworth, Erik Lucero, M. Neeley, C. Neill, (unknown), Chris Quintana, P. Roushan, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, John M. Martinis	2016	3
18	Simulating Quantum Chemical Dynamics with Improved Superconducting Qubits eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·A. Megrant	2016	1

About A. Megrant

A. Megrant is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence, Condensed Matter Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Hardware and Architecture, having authored 18 papers that have together received 1.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (12 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (10 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (9 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (5 papers), Superconducting and THz Device Technology (4 papers), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (3 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (2 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.6k citations), Artificial Intelligence (1.4k citations), Condensed Matter Physics (266 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (132 citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (330 citations). A. Megrant has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Frequent co-authors include John M. Martinis, R. Barends, J. Kelly, D. Sank, P. O’Malley, A. N. Cleland, J. Wenner, T. White, Yi Yin and B. Chiaro. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters, Nature Physics, Nature Communications and npj Quantum Information.

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