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20232026
most citedDirect observation of a magnetic field-induced Wigner crystal

97 citations · 102 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

quant-ph2026

Local decoders for fault-tolerant quantum computation and translation-invariant stabilizer codes

Nathaniel Selub, Aditya Bhardwaj, Ethan Lake

We construct the first fully spatially local fault-tolerant quantum computer based on topological codes in fewer than four spatial dimensions. Our construction is a two-dimensional…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Long-lived memory in sliding spin chains

Charles Stahl, Ethan Lake

We study a system of two ferromagnetic one-dimensional Ising chains coupled to a thermal bath, which are driven out of equilibrium by being moved past one another at a constant spe…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Brownian ratchets and pumps universally simulate many-body active dynamics

Charles Stahl, Ethan Lake, Vedika Khemani

Active systems can exhibit a broad range of phenomena forbidden in equilibrium. Their dynamics are often specified by abstract local update rules, and it is generally unclear when…

quant-ph2026

Proof of a finite threshold for the union-find decoder

Satoshi Yoshida, Ethan Lake, Hayata Yamasaki

Fast decoders that achieve strong error suppression are essential for fault-tolerant quantum computation (FTQC) from both practical and theoretical perspectives. The union-find (UF…

cond-mat.quant-gas2025

Multi-Particle Quantum Walks in a Dipole-Conserving Bose-Hubbard Model

Sooshin Kim, Byungmin Kang, Perrin Segura +4

When particles move through a crystal or optical lattice, their motion can sometimes become frozen by strong external forces -- yet collective motion may still emerge through subtl…

quant-ph2025

Local active error correction from simulated confinement

Ethan Lake

We refine an old idea for performing fault-tolerant error correction in topological codes by simulating confining interactions between excitations. We implement confinement using a…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025★ 1 cited

Exploring the Landscape of Non-Equilibrium Memories with Neural Cellular Automata

Ehsan Pajouheshgar, Aditya Bhardwaj, Nathaniel Selub +1

We investigate the landscape of many-body memories: families of local non-equilibrium dynamics that retain information about their initial conditions for thermodynamically long tim…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Squeezing codes: robust fluctuation-stabilized memories

Ethan Lake, Sunghan Ro

We introduce families of classical stochastic dynamics in two and higher dimensions which stabilize order in the absence of any symmetry. Our dynamics are qualitatively distinct fr…

quant-ph2025

Fast offline decoding with local message-passing automata

Ethan Lake

We present a local offline decoder for topological codes that operates according to a parallelized message-passing framework. The decoder works by passing messages between anyons,…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 97 cited

Direct observation of a magnetic field-induced Wigner crystal

Yen-Chen Tsui, Minhao He, Yuwen Hu +6

Eugene Wigner predicted long ago that when the Coulomb interactions between electrons become much stronger than their kinetic energy, electrons crystallize into a closely packed la…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 4 cited

Topological quantum chains protected by dipolar and other modulated symmetries

Jung Hoon Han, Ethan Lake, Ho Tat Lam +2

We investigate the physics of one-dimensional symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases protected by symmetries whose symmetry generators exhibit spatial modulation. We focus in…