Publications  Kurt Jacobs

    Books
  1. Stochastic Processes for Physicists: Understanding Noisy Systems  
    K. Jacobs (CUP, Cambridge, 2010)
  2. Quantum Measurement Theory and its Applications  
    K. Jacobs (CUP, Cambridge, 2014)
    Articles in Nature Journals
  1. An exactly solvable model for the integrability–chaos transition in rough quantum billiards
    M. Olshanii, K. Jacobs, M. Rigol, V. Dunjko, H. Kennard, V. Yurovsky
    Nat. Commun. 3:641 doi: 10.1038/ncomms1653 (2012) 
    Articles in Physical Review Letters
  1. Absolute dynamical limit to cooling weakly coupled quantum systems
    X. Wang, S. Vinjanampathy, F.W. Strauch, and K. Jacobs  PRL 110, 157207 (2013) arXiv:1205.3456
  2. Ultraefficient Cooling of Resonators: Beating Sideband Cooling with Quantum Control
    X. Wang, S. Vinjanampathy, F.W. Strauch, and K. Jacobs, PRL 107, 177204 (2011) arXiv:1103.5750
  3. Arbitrary Control of Entanglement between two Superconducting Resonators
    F.W. Strauch, K. Jacobs, and R.W. Simmonds, PRL 105, 050501 (2010) arXiv:1003.4284
  4. Engineering Giant Nonlinearities in Quantum Nano-Systems 
    K. Jacobs and A. J. Landahl, PRL 103, 067201 (2009) arXiv:0809.2993
  5. Comment on ‘‘Non-monotonicity in the Quantum-Classical Transition: Chaos Induced by Quantum Effects’’ 
    J. Finn, K. Jacobs and Bala Sundaram, PRL 102, 119401 (2009) arXiv:0903.3417 
  6. Engineering Superposition States and Tailored Probes for Nanoresonators via Open-Loop Control
    K. Jacobs, L. Tian, and J. Finn, PRL 102, 057208 (2009) arXiv:0807.5132 
  7. Locally Optimal Control of Quantum Systems with Strong Feedback
    A. Shabani and K. Jacobs, PRL 101, 230403 (2008) arXiv:0803.2705
  8. Rapid Measurement of Quantum Systems Using Feedback Control
    J. Combes, H. M. Wiseman, and K. Jacobs, PRL 100, 160503 (2008) arXiv:0712.3620
  9. Engineering Quantum States of a Nanoresonator via a Simple Auxiliary System
    K. Jacobs, PRL 99, 117203 (2007) arXiv:0707.1348
  10. Feedback Control of Non-linear Quantum Systems: a Rule of Thumb
    K. Jacobs and A. P. Lund, PRL 99, 020501 (2007) quant-ph/0701036
  11. Continuous Measurement of the Energy Eigenstates of a Nano-Mechanical Resonator Without a Non-Demolition Probe
    K. Jacobs, P. Lougovski and M. Blencowe, PRL 98, 147201 (2007) quant-ph/0607102
  12. Rapid State-Reduction of Quantum Registers Using Feedback Control
    J. Combes and K. Jacobs, PRL 96, 010504 (2006) quant-ph/0508007
  13. Emergence of Chaos in Quantum Systems Far from the Classical Limit 
    S. Habib, K. Jacobs and K. Shizume, PRL 96, 010403 (2006) quant-ph/0412159
  14. Quantum Feedback Control of Atomic Motion in an Optical Cavity
    D.A. Steck, K. Jacobs, H. Mabuchi, S. Habib and T. Bhattacharya, PRL 92, 223004 (2004) quant_ph/0310153
  15. The quantum classical transition in non-linear dynamical systems
    S. Habib, K. Jacobs, H. Mabuchi, R. Ryne, K. Shizume and B. Sundaram, PRL 88, 040402 (2002) quant_ph/0010093 
  16. Continuous quantum measurement and the emergence of classical chaos
    T. Bhattacharya, S. Habib and K. Jacobs, PRL 85, 4852-4855 (2000) quant_ph/9906092
    Fast Track and Rapid Communications  
  1. Modulated Electromechanics: Large Enhancements of Nonlinearities
    J.-Q. Liao, K. Jacobs, F. Nori and R. W. Simmonds, New J. Phys 86, (in press)(FTC) (2014)
  2. Quantum measurement and the first law of thermodynamics: the energy cost of measurement
    is the work value of the acquired information

    K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. E 86, 040106(R) (2012) arXiv:1208.1561
  3. Real-time feedback control of a mesoscopic superposition
    K. Jacobs, J. Finn, and S. Vinjanampathy, Phys. Rev. A 83, 041801(R) (2011) arXiv:1103.4332
  4. Emergent quantum jumps in a nano-electro-mechanical system
    K. Jacobs and P. Lougovski, J. Phys. A: Math Theor. 40, F987 (2007) quant-ph/0606060
  5. Readout of solid-state charge qubits using a single-electron pump
    C. Hines, K. Jacobs, and J. B. Wang, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40, F609 (2007). arXiv:0705.2312
  6. How to Project Qubits Faster Using Quantum Feedback
    K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 67, 030301(R) (2003) quant_ph/0301056
  7. Conditional Probabilities for a Single Photon at a Beam Splitter
    K.Jacobs and P.L. Knight, Phys Rev. A 54, 3738(R) (1996).
    Pedagogical and Review Articles
  1. Quantum Feedback Control: How to Use Verification Theorems and Viscosity Solutions to Find Optimal Protocols 
    K. Jacobs and A. Shabani, Contemp. Phys. 49, 435 (2008) arXiv:0808.1102 
  2. A Straightforward Introduction to Continuous Quantum Measurement
    K. Jacobs and D.A. Steck, Contemporary Physics 47, 279 (2006) quant-ph/0611067
  3. An Entangled Web of Crime: Bell's Theorem as a Parable
    K. Jacobs and H.M. Wiseman, Am. J. Phys. 73, 932 (2005) quant-ph/0504192
    Regular Articles 
  1. Coherent feedback that beats all measurement-based feedback protocols
    K. Jacobs, X. Wang, and H. M. Wiseman, New J. Phys. (in press)
  2. Quantum effects improve the energy efficiency of feedback control
    J. M. Horowitz and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. E 89, 042134 (2014)
  3. Typical, finite baths as a means of exact simulation of open quantum systems
    L. Silvestri, K. Jacobs, V. Dunjko, and M. Olshanii, Phys. Rev. E 89, 042131 (2014)
  4. Error-transparent evolution: the ability of multi-body interactions to bypass decoherence
    O. Vy, X. Wang, and K. Jacobs New J. Phys. (in press)
  5. Non-Markovian quantum input-output networks
    J. Zhang, Y.-X. Liu, R.-B. Wu, K. Jacobs, and F. Nori Phys. Rev. A 87, 032117 (2013)
  6. Numerical method for finding decoherence-free subspaces and its applications
    X. Wang, M. Byrd, and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 87, 012338 (2013)
  7. Entangled-state synthesis for superconducting resonators
    F.W. Strauch, D. Onyango, K. Jacobs, and R.W. Simmonds, Phys. Rev. A 85, 022335 (2012)
  8. Approach to typicality in many-body quantum systems
    S. Dubey, L. Silvestri, J. Finn, S. Vinjanampathy, and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. E 85, 011141 (2012)
  9. Frequency tracking and parameter estimation for robust quantum state estimation
    J. F. Ralph, K. Jacobs, and C. D. Hill, Phys. Rev. A 84, 052119 (2011)
  10. Engineering quantum states, nonlinear measurements and anomalous diffusion by imaging  
    K. Jacobs and D. A. Steck, New J. Phys. 13, 013016 (2011)
  11. Reflection of a Particle from a Quantum Measurement 
    J. B. Mackrory, K. Jacobs, and D. A. Steck, New J. Phys. 12, 113023 (2010)      
  12. Rapid purification of quantum systems by measuring in a feedback-controlled unbiased basis 
    J. Combes, H. M. Wiseman, K. Jacobs, and A. J. O’Connor, Phys. Rev. A 82, 022307 (2010) 
  13. Wave-function Monte Carlo method for simulating conditional master equations 
    K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 81, 042106 (2010)
  14. Feedback Control Using Only Quantum Back-Action
    K. Jacobs, New J. Phys. 12, 043005 (2010)
  15. Second Law of Thermodynamics and Quantum Feedback Control: Maxwell’s Demon with Weak Measurements
    K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 80, 012322 (2009)
  16. Quantum Manipulation of Low-Frequency Fluctuators by Superconducting Resonator
    L. Tian and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 79, 144503 (2009) arXiv:0903.0193
  17. A Controllable Interaction between Two-Level Systems inside a Josephson Junction
    L. Tian and K. Jacobs, IEEE. T. Appl. Supercon. 19, 953-956 (2009).
  18. The Equations of Quantum Feedback Control in the Regime of Good Control
    J. li and K. Jacobs, Quantum Inform. Compu. 9, 395 (2009) arXiv:0901.2152
  19. A Monte Carlo method for modeling thermal damping: Beyond the Brownian motion master equation
    K. Jacobs, EPL 85, 40002 (2009) arXiv:0807.4211
  20. Back-action Evasion and Squeezing of a Mechanical Resonator Using a Cavity Detector
    A. A. Clerk, F. Marquardt, and K. Jacobs, New. J. Phys. 10, 095010 (2008) arXiv:0802.1842
  21. Trade-off between extractable mechanical work, accessible entanglement, and ability to act as a reference system, under... 
    J. A. Vaccaro, F. Anselmi, H. M. Wiseman, and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 77, 032114 (2008) quant-ph/0501121
  22. Energy measurements and preparation of canonical phase states of a nanomechanical resonator
    K. Jacobs, A. N. Jordan and E. K. Irish, Europhys. Lett. 82, 18003 (2008) arXiv:0707.3803
  23. Rapid-Purification Protocols for Optical Homodyning 
    A. Chiruvelli and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 77, 012102 (2008) arXiv:0709.3867
  24. Conditions for the quantum-to-classical transition: Trajectories versus phase-space distributions
    B. Greenbaum, K. Jacobs and B. Sundaram, Phys. Rev. E 76, 036213 (2007) arXiv:0705.2227
  25. Quantum communication via a continuously monitored dual spin chain
    K. Shizume, K. Jacobs, D. Burgarth and S. Bose, Phys. Rev. A 75, 062328 (2007) quant-ph/0702029
  26. Rapid state-purification protocols for a Cooper-pair box
    E. J. Griffith, C. D. Hill, J. F. Ralph, H. M. Wiseman, and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. B 75, 014511 (2007) quant-ph/0610044
  27. Feedback control for communication with non-orthogonal states 
    K. Jacobs, Quantum Inform. Compu. 7, 127 (2007) quant-ph/0601162
  28. Feedback cooling of atomic motion in cavity QED
    D.A. Steck K. Jacobs, H. Mabuchi S. Habib and T. Bhattacharya, Phys. Rev. A 74, 012322 (2006) quant-ph/0509039
  29. A bound on the mutual information, and properties of entropy reduction, for quantum channels with inefficient measurements
    K. Jacobs, J. Math. Phys. 47, 012102 (2006) quant-ph/0412006
  30. Classical Robustness of Quantum Unravellings
    D.J. Atkins, Z. Brady, K. Jacobs and H.M. Wiseman, Europhysics Lett. 69, 163 (2005) quant-ph/0408080
  31. Quantum error correction for continuously detected errors with any number of error channels per qubit
    C. Ahn, H.M. Wiseman and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 70, 024302(BR) (2004) quant-ph/0402067
  32. A practical scheme for error control using feedback
    M. Sarovar, C. Ahn, K. Jacobs, G.J. Milburn, Phys. Rev. A 69, 052324 (2004) quant-ph/0402017   
  33. Feedback Cooling of a Nano-Mechanical Resonator
    A. Hopkins, K. Jacobs, S. Habib and K. Schwab, Phys. Rev. B 68, 235328 (2003) quant_ph/0302529
  34. Recovering Classical Dynamics from Coupled Quantum Systems through Continuous Measurement
    S. Ghose, P. Alsing, I. Deutsch, T. Bhattacharya, S. Habib and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 67, 052102 (2003) quant_ph/0208064  
  35. `Continuous Quantum Measurement and the Quantum to Classical Transition' 
    T. Bhattacharya, S. Habib and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 67, 042103 (2003) quant_ph/0211036
  36. How Do Two Observers Pool Their Knowledge About a Quantum System?
    K. Jacobs, Quantum Information Processing 1, 73 (2002) quant_ph/0201096
  37. The Delta-Kicked Rotor: Momentum Diffusion and the Quantum-Classical Boundary
    T. Bhattacharya, S. Habib, K. Jacobs and K. Shizume, Phys. Rev. A 65, 032115 (2002) quant_ph/0105086  
  38. Information, disturbance and Hamiltonian quantum feedback control
    A. Doherty, K. Jacobs and G. Jungman, Phys. Rev. A 63, 062306 (2001) quant_ph/0006013
  39. Information-tradeoff relations for finite-strength quantum measurements
    C. Fuchs and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 63, 062305 (2001) quant_ph/0009101
  40. Optimal local implementation of non-local quantum gates
    J. Eisert, K. Jacobs, P. Papadopoulos and M.B. Plenio, Phys. Rev. A 62, 052317 (2000) quant_ph/0005101
  41. Quantum feedback control and classical control theory
    A. Doherty, S. Habib, K. Jacobs, H. Mabuchi and S.M. Tan, Phys. Rev. A 62, 012105 (2000) quant_ph/9912107
  42. Feedback-control of quantum systems using continuous state-estimation
    A. Doherty and K. Jacobs, Phys Rev. A 60, 2700-2710 (1999) quant_ph/9812004
  43. Quantum noise in the position measurement of a cavity mirror undergoing Brownian motion
    K. Jacobs, I. Tittonen, H.M. Wiseman and S. Schiller, Phys Rev. A 60, 538-548 (1999) quant_ph/9902040
  44. A scheme to probe the decoherence of a macroscopic object
    S. Bose, K. Jacobs and P.L. Knight, Phys Rev. A 59, 3204-3210 (1999) quant_ph/9712017
  45. Linear quantum trajectories: applications to continuous projection measurements
    K. Jacobs and P.L. Knight, Phys Rev. A 57, 2301-2310 (1998) quant_ph/9801042
  46. Statistical inference, destingiushability of quantum states, and quantum entanglement
    V. Vedral, M. B. Plenio, K. Jacobs and P.L. Knight, Phys Rev. A 56, 4452-4455 (1997) quant_ph/9703025
  47. Preparation of non-classical states in a cavity with a moving mirror
    S. Bose, K. Jacobs and P.L. Knight, Phys Rev. A 56, 4175 (1997) quant_ph/9708002
  48. Determining the State of a Single Cavity Mode from Photon Statistics
    K. Jacobs, P.L. Knight and V. Vedral, J. Mod. Opt., 44, 2427-2439 (1997).
  49. A Model for the Production of Regular Fluorescent Light from Coherently Driven Atoms
    K. Jacobs, J. Mod. Opt. 44, 1475-1484 (1997) quant_ph/9711017
  50. Force Measurement via Dark State Cooling
    K. Jacobs, M.J. Collet, H.M. Wiseman, S.M. Tan and D.F. Walls, Phys. Rev. A 54, 2260-2270 (1996).
  51. Quantum Limited Measurements with the Atomic Force Microscope
    G.J. Milburn, K. Jacobs and D.F. Walls, Phys. Rev. A 50, 5256-5263 (1994).
  52. A QND Measurement of Photon Number using Radiation Pressure
    K. Jacobs, P. Tombesi, M.J. Collett and D.F. Walls, Phys. Rev. A 49, 1961-1966, (1994). 
    Brief Reports
  1. Efficient Measurements, Purification, and Bounds on the Mutual Information
    K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 68, 054302(BR) (2003) quant_ph/0306039
  2. A simple formula for pooling knowledge about a quantum system
    K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 72, 044101(BR) (2005) quant-ph/0503193
  3. Concatenated beam splitters, optical feed-forward and the nonlinear sign gate
    K. Jacobs and J. Dowling, Phys. Rev. A 74, 064304(BR) (2006) quant-ph/0606217
    Non-Peer reviewed Articles

    Pedagogical and Review Articles
  1. Quantum Feedback Control: How can we control quantum systems without disturbing them?
    S. Habib, K. Jacobs and Hideo Mabuchi, Los Alamos Science 27, 126 (2002) [pdf]
  2. The Emergence of Classical Dynamics in a Quantum World
    T. Bhattacharya, S. Habib and K. Jacobs, Los Alamos Science 27, 110 (2002) [pdf]
    Book Reviews
  1. P. Kok and B. Lovett: An Introduction to Optical Quantum Information Processing
    K. Jacobs,  Quantum Inf. Processing 10,  717 (2011)
    Articles in Conference Proceedings 
  1. Rapid State-Purification in a Superconducting Charge Qubit
    E. J. Griffith, C. D. Hill, J. F. Ralph, K. Jacobs and H. M. Wiseman,
    Proceedings of Photon ’06 (to appear 2006)
  2. Applications of Feedback Control in Quantum Systems
    K. Jacobs, Proceedings of the 6th Asian Control Conference, p. 35 (2006), quant-ph/0605015
  3. Nonlinear Quantum Dynamics
    S. Habib, T. Bhattacharya, A.C. Doherty, B. Greenbaum, A. Hopkins,
    K. Jacobs, H. Mabuchi, K. Schwab, K. Shizume, D. Steck, B. Sundaram,
    in Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Workshop
    ”Nonlinear Dynamics and Fundamental Interactions,” NATO Science Series II:
    Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 213, F.  Khanna et al. (Eds) (Springer, New York, 2005), p. 43-56.
  4. Chaos and Quantum Mechanics
    S. Habib, T. Bhattacharya, B. Greenbaum, K. Jacobs, K. Shizume, B. Sundaram,
    in "Nonlinear Dynamics in Astronomy and Physics: In memory of Henry Kandrup",
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1045, H. E. Kandrup et al. (Eds), p. 308 – 332 (Blackwell, Malden, 2005). 
  5. General Bound on the Accessible Information for Quantum Channels with Noisy Measurements
    K. Jacobs, Proc. SPIE 5842, 256 (2005) 
  6. Limitation on the Accessible Information for Quantum Channels with Inefficient Measurements
    K. Jacobs
    Proceedings of The 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Quantum Information Science
    National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 10-13 Dec 2004 (Published Nov 2005)
  7. Optimal feedback control for rapid preparation of a qubit
    K. Jacobs, Proc. of SPIE 5468, 355 (2004) quant-ph/0410018
  8. Cooling a Nano-Mechanical Resonator using Feedback: Towards Quantum Behavior
    A. Hopkins, K. Jacobs, S. Habib and K. Schwab,
    Proceedings of the SPIE International Symposium on Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology, 2003 [Proc. SPIE 5276, 173 (2004)]
  9. Quantum and Classical Dynamics of Atoms in a Magneto-optical Lattice
    S. Ghose, P.M. Alsing, I.H. Deutsch, P.S. Jessen, D.L. Haycock, T. Bhattacharya, S. Habib and K. Jacobs,
    Proceedings of the 7th Experimental Chaos Conference, 283-294 (2003)
  10. Robust control in the quantum domain 
    A. Doherty, John Doyle, K. Jacobs, S. Habib and H. Mabuchi,
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, vol.1, 949-954 (2000) quant-ph/0105018