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20092026
most citedLaser cooling of a nanomechanical oscillator into its quantum ground state

2.3k citations · 9.1k across the 97 of their papers we have counts for

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102 papers

quant-ph2026

A two-dimensional piezo-optomechanical transducer

Tian Xie, Nelson Ooi, Linus Woodard +7

Optical quantum networks provide a natural route for connecting distant superconducting quantum processors, enabling distributed quantum computation, sensing, and communication. Pi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Correlated Dephasing in a Piezoelectrically Transduced Silicon Phononic Waveguide

Oliver A. Hitchcock, Felix M. Mayor, Wentao Jiang +3

Nanomechanical waveguides offer a multitude of applications in quantum and classical technologies. Here, we design, fabricate, and characterize a compact silicon single-mode phonon…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Intrinsic Phononic Dressed States in a Nanomechanical System

M. Yuksel, M. P. Maksymowych, O. A. Hitchcock +5

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) provide a platform for probing the quantum nature of mechanical motion in mesoscopic systems. This nature manifests most profoundly when the de…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Surface and Bulk Two-Level System Losses in Lithium Niobate Acoustic Resonators

Rachel G. Gruenke-Freudenstein, Erik Szakiel, Gitanjali P. Multani +7

Lithium niobate (LN) is a promising material for building acoustic resonators used in quantum applications, but its performance is limited by poorly understood material defects cal…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 1 cited

Frequency Fluctuations in Nanomechanical Resonators due to Quantum Defects

M. P. Maksymowych, M. Yuksel, O. A. Hitchcock +5

Nanomechanical resonators promise diverse applications ranging from mass spectrometry to quantum information processing, requiring long phonon lifetimes and frequency stability. Al…

quant-ph2024★ 2 cited

A General Framework for Gradient-Based Optimization of Superconducting Quantum Circuits using Qubit Discovery as a Case Study

Taha Rajabzadeh, Alex Boulton-McKeehan, Sam Bonkowsky +2

Engineering the Hamiltonian of a quantum system is fundamental to the design of quantum systems. Automating Hamiltonian design through gradient-based optimization can dramatically…