Joseph Emerson

Dept of Applied Math

Institute for Quantum Computing

University of Waterloo

 

Submitted Papers:

37. E. Magesan, R. Blume-Kohout, and J. Emerson, Gate Fidelity Fluctuations and Quantum Process Invariants, arXiv:0910.1315 (2009).

36. C. Ududec, H. Barnum, and J. Emerson, Three Slit Experiments and the Structure of Quantum Theory, arXiv:0909.4787 (2009).

Refereed Publications:

35. C. Dankert, R. Cleve, J. Emerson, and E. Livine, Exact and Approximate Unitary 2-Designs and their Application to Fidelity Estimation, Phys. Rev. A 80, 012304 (2009).

34. C. Ferrie and J. Emerson, Framed Hilbert space: hanging the quasi-probability pictures of quantum theory, New J. Phys 11, 063040 (2009).

33. C. Ferrie and J. Emerson, Frame representations of quantum mechanics and the necessity of negativity in quasi-probability representations, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41, 352001 (2008).

32. M. Silva, E. Magesan, D. Kribs, and J. Emerson, Scalable Experimental Protocol for Identification of Correctable Codes, Phys. Rev. A. 78, 012347 (2008).

31. J. Emerson, Symmetrization Methods for Characterization and Benchmarking of Quantum Processes, Can. J. Phys. 86(4): 557-561 (2008).

30. J. Emerson, M. Silva, O. Moussa, C. Ryan, M. Laforest, J. Baugh, D. Cory, R. Laflamme, Symmetrized Characterization of Noisy Quantum Processes, Science 317, pp.1893-1896 (2007).

29. M. K. Henry, A. Gorshkov, Y.Weinstein, P. Cappellaro, J. Emerson, N. Boulant, J. S. Hodges, C. Ramanathan, T. F. Havel, R. Martinez and D. G. CorySignatures of Incoherence in a Quantum Information Processor, Quantum Information Processing 6, pp. 431-444 (2007).

28. A. Ambainis and J. Emerson, Quantum t-designs: t-wise Independence in the Quantum World, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity, pp.129-140 (2007).

27. B. Lévi, C. C. López, J. Emerson, and D. G. Cory, Efficient Error Characterization in Quantum Information Processing, Phys. Rev. A  75, 022314  (2007).

26. M. K. Henry, J. Emerson, D. G. Cory, Localization in the Quantum Sawtooth Map Emulated on a Quantum Information Processor, Phys. Rev. A 74, 062317 (2006).

25. C. Ryan, J. Emerson, C. Negreverne, D. Poulin, R. Laflamme, Characterisation of Complex Dynamics on a Scalable Quantum Processor, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 250502 (2005).

24. J. Emerson, E. Livine, S. Lloyd, Convergence Conditions for Random Quantum Circuits, Phys. Rev. A 72, 060302(R) (2005).

23. J. Emerson, R. Alicki, K. Zyczkowski, Scalable Noise Estimation with Random Unitary Operators, J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics 7, S347-S352 (2005).

22. P. Cappellaro, J. Emerson, N. Boulant, C. Ramanathan, S. Lloyd, D. G. Cory, Entanglement Assisted Metrology, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 020502 (2005).

21. P. Cappellaro, J. Emerson, N. Boulant, C. Ramanathan, S. Lloyd and D. Cory, Spin Amplifier for Single Spin Measurement, Quantum Computation: Solid State Systems, edited by P. Delsing, C. Granata, Y. Pashkin, B. Ruggiero and P. Silvestnini, Kluwer Academic Plenum Publishers (2005). (Published version unavailable).

20. J. Emerson, Pseudo-Random Operators: Theory and Applications, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing, edited by S. M. Barnett, E. Andersson, J. Jeffers, P. Ohberg, O. Hirota, pp. 139-142 (2004). (Published version unavailable).

19. Y. Weinstein, T. F. Havel, J. Emerson, N. Boulant, M. Saraceno, D. Cory, Quantum Process Tomography of the Quantum Fourier Transform, J. of Chem. Phys. 121, 6117-6133 (2004).

18. N. Boulant, S. Furuta, J. Emerson, T. F. Havel, D. Cory, Incoherent Noise and Quantum Control, J. of Chem. Phys. 121, 2955-2961 (2004).

17. J. Emerson, S. Lloyd, D. Poulin, D. Cory, Estimation of the Local Density of States on a Quantum Computer, Phys. Rev. A 69, 050305 (2004).

16. J. Emerson, Y. Weinstein, M. Saraceno, S. Lloyd, D. Cory, Pseudo-Random Unitary Operators for Quantum Information Processing, Science 302, 2098-2100 (2003).

15. M. A. Pravia, N. Boulant, J. Emerson, A. Farid, E. Fortunato, T. F. Havel, D. Cory, Robust Control of Quantum Information, J. of Chem. Phys. 119, 19: 9993-10001 (2003).

14. S. Sinha, J. Emerson, N. Boulant, E. M. Fortunato, T. F. Havel, D. G. Cory, Experimental Simulation of Spin Squeezing by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Quantum Information Processing 2, 433-448  (2004).

13. G. Teklemariam, E. Fortunato, C.C. Lopez, J. Emerson, J.P. Paz, T.F. Havel, and D. Cory, Method for Modeling Decoherence on a Quantum Information Processor, Phys. Rev. A 67, 062316 (2003).

12. J. Emerson, Y. Weinstein, S. Lloyd, D. Cory, Fidelity Decay as an Efficient Indicator of Quantum Chaos, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 284102 (2002).

11. Y. Weinstein, J. Emerson, S. Lloyd, D. Cory, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Implementation of Quantum Chaotic Maps, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement & Computing, ed. J. H. Shapiro and O. Hirota (Rinton Press, Princeton NJ) pp. 434-437 (2003). (Published version unavailable).

10. Y. Weinstein, J. Emerson, S. Lloyd, D. Cory, Fidelity Decay Saturation Level for Initial Eigenstates, Quantum Information Processing 1, 439-448 (2002).

9. Y. Weinstein, S. Lloyd, J. Emerson, D. Cory, Experimental Implementation of the Quantum Baker’s Map, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 157902-157905 (2002).

8. J. Emerson and L.E. Ballentine, Quantum-Classical Correspondence for the Equilibrium Distributions of Two Interacting Spins, Phys. Rev. E 64, 026217 (2001).

7. J. Emerson and L.E. Ballentine, Characteristics of Quantum-Classical Correspondence for Two Interacting Spins, Phys. Rev. A 63, 052103 (2001).

6. K. Ackerstaff et al (HERMES Collaboration), Measurement of Angular Distributions and R = sigma(L) / sigma(T) in Diffractive Electroproduction of Rho0 Mesons, Eur. Phys. J. C 18, 303-316 (2000).

5. K. Ackerstaff et al (HERMES Collaboration), Flavor Decomposition of the Polarized Quark Distributions in the Nucleon from Inclusive and Semi-inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering, Phys. Lett. B 464,123-134 (1999).

4. K. Ackerstaff et al (HERMES Collaboration), Observation of a Coherence Length Effect in Exclusive Rho0 Electroproduction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3025-3029 (1999).

3. K. Ackerstaff et al (HERMES Collaboration), Determination of the Deep Inelastic Contribution to the Generalized Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn Integral for the Proton and Neutron, Phys. Lett. B 444, 531-538 (1998).

2. K. Ackerstaff et al (HERMES Collaboration), The Hermes Spectrometer, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 417, 230-265 (1998).

1. K. Ackerstaff et al (HERMES Collaboration), Measurement of the Neutron Spin Structure Function with a Polarized He3Target, Phys. Lett. B 404, 383-389 (1997).