Books
- Stochastic
Processes for Physicists: Understanding Noisy Systems
K. Jacobs (CUP, Cambridge, 2010)
- Quantum Measurement Theory and its Applications
K. Jacobs (CUP, Cambridge, 2014)
Articles in
Nature Journals
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Arbitrary Control of Entanglement between two
Superconducting Resonators
F.W. Strauch, K. Jacobs, and R.W. Simmonds, PRL 105, 050501 (2010) arXiv:1003.4284
- Engineering
Giant Nonlinearities in Quantum Nano-Systems
K. Jacobs and A. J. Landahl, PRL 103,
067201 (2009) arXiv:0809.2993
- 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
- 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
- Locally Optimal Control of Quantum Systems
with Strong Feedback
A. Shabani and K. Jacobs, PRL 101,
230403 (2008) arXiv:0803.2705
- Rapid Measurement of Quantum Systems Using
Feedback Control
J. Combes, H. M. Wiseman, and K. Jacobs, PRL 100,
160503 (2008) arXiv:0712.3620
- Engineering Quantum States of a
Nanoresonator via a Simple Auxiliary System
K. Jacobs, PRL 99,
117203 (2007) arXiv:0707.1348
- Feedback Control of Non-linear Quantum
Systems: a Rule of Thumb
K. Jacobs and A. P. Lund, PRL 99,
020501 (2007) quant-ph/0701036
- 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
- Rapid
State-Reduction of Quantum Registers
Using Feedback Control
J. Combes and K. Jacobs, PRL 96,
010504 (2006) quant-ph/0508007
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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 - 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 - 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 - How
to Project Qubits Faster Using Quantum
Feedback
K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 67,
030301(R) (2003) quant_ph/0301056 - 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
- 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
- A
Straightforward Introduction to Continuous
Quantum Measurement
K. Jacobs and D.A. Steck, Contemporary Physics 47,
279 (2006) quant-ph/0611067
- 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
- Coherent feedback that beats all measurement-based feedback protocols
K. Jacobs, X. Wang, and H. M. Wiseman, New J. Phys. (in press)
- Quantum effects improve the energy efficiency of feedback control
J. M. Horowitz and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. E 89, 042134 (2014)
- 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)
- Error-transparent evolution: the
ability of multi-body interactions to bypass decoherence
O. Vy, X. Wang, and K. Jacobs New J. Phys. (in press)
- 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)
- Numerical method for finding
decoherence-free subspaces and its applications
X. Wang, M. Byrd, and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 87, 012338 (2013)
- Entangled-state synthesis for
superconducting resonators
F.W. Strauch, D. Onyango, K. Jacobs, and R.W. Simmonds, Phys. Rev. A
85, 022335 (2012)
- 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)
- 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)
- Engineering quantum states,
nonlinear measurements and anomalous diffusion by imaging
K. Jacobs and D. A. Steck, New J. Phys. 13, 013016 (2011)
- Reflection of a Particle from a
Quantum Measurement
J. B. Mackrory, K. Jacobs, and D. A. Steck, New J. Phys. 12, 113023
(2010)
- 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)
- Wave-function Monte Carlo method
for simulating conditional master equations
K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 81, 042106 (2010)
- Feedback Control Using Only
Quantum Back-Action
K. Jacobs, New J. Phys. 12, 043005 (2010)
- Second Law of
Thermodynamics and Quantum Feedback Control: Maxwell’s Demon
with Weak Measurements
K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 80,
012322 (2009)
- Quantum
Manipulation of Low-Frequency
Fluctuators by Superconducting Resonator
L. Tian and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 79,
144503 (2009) arXiv:0903.0193
- A Controllable Interaction
between Two-Level Systems inside a Josephson Junction
L. Tian and K. Jacobs, IEEE. T. Appl. Supercon. 19,
953-956 (2009).
- 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
- A
Monte Carlo method for modeling thermal
damping: Beyond the Brownian motion master equation
K. Jacobs, EPL 85,
40002 (2009) arXiv:0807.4211
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Rapid-Purification Protocols for Optical
Homodyning
A.
Chiruvelli and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 77,
012102 (2008) arXiv:0709.3867
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Feedback
control for communication with
non-orthogonal states
K.
Jacobs, Quantum Inform. Compu. 7,
127 (2007) quant-ph/0601162
- 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
- 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
- Classical
Robustness of Quantum
Unravellings
D.J. Atkins, Z. Brady, K. Jacobs and H.M. Wiseman, Europhysics Lett. 69,
163 (2005) quant-ph/0408080
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- `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
- How Do Two Observers Pool Their Knowledge
About a Quantum System?
K. Jacobs, Quantum Information Processing 1, 73
(2002) quant_ph/0201096
- 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
- Information,
disturbance and Hamiltonian
quantum feedback control
A. Doherty, K. Jacobs and G. Jungman, Phys. Rev. A 63,
062306 (2001) quant_ph/0006013
- Information-tradeoff relations for
finite-strength quantum measurements
C. Fuchs and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 63,
062305 (2001) quant_ph/0009101
- 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
- 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
- Feedback-control of quantum systems using
continuous state-estimation
A. Doherty and K. Jacobs, Phys Rev. A 60, 2700-2710 (1999) quant_ph/9812004
- 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
- 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
- Linear quantum trajectories: applications
to continuous projection measurements
K. Jacobs and P.L. Knight, Phys Rev. A 57, 2301-2310 (1998) quant_ph/9801042
- 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
- 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
- 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).
- 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
- 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).
- Quantum Limited Measurements with the
Atomic Force Microscope
G.J. Milburn, K. Jacobs and D.F. Walls, Phys. Rev. A 50, 5256-5263
(1994).
- 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
- Efficient Measurements, Purification, and
Bounds on the Mutual Information
K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 68,
054302(BR) (2003) quant_ph/0306039
- A
simple formula for pooling knowledge
about a quantum system
K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. A 72,
044101(BR) (2005) quant-ph/0503193
- 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
- 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]
- 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
- P. Kok and B. Lovett: An Introduction to Optical Quantum
Information Processing
K. Jacobs, Quantum Inf. Processing
10, 717 (2011)
Articles in Conference
Proceedings
- 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)
- Applications of Feedback
Control in Quantum Systems
K. Jacobs, Proceedings of the 6th Asian Control Conference, p. 35
(2006), quant-ph/0605015
- 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.
- 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).
- General Bound on the
Accessible Information for Quantum Channels with Noisy Measurements
K. Jacobs, Proc. SPIE 5842, 256 (2005)
- 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)
- Optimal
feedback control for rapid
preparation of a qubit
K. Jacobs, Proc. of SPIE 5468,
355 (2004) quant-ph/0410018
- 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)]
- 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)
- 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