2018

Brennan, John and Vala, Jiri (2018) The Kitaev honeycomb model on surfaces of genus g ≥ 2. New Journal of Physics (NJP), 20 (053023). ISSN 1367-2630

2015

Goerz, Michael H. and Gualdi, Giulia and Reich, Daniel M. and Koch, Christiane P. and Motzoi, Felix and Whaley, K. Birgitta and Vala, Jiri and Muller, Matthias M. and Montangero, Simone and Calarco, Tommaso (2015) Optimizing for an arbitrary perfect entangler. II. Application. Physical Review A, 91 (062307). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1050-2947

Watts, Paul and Vala, Jiri and Muller, Matthias M. and Calarco, Tommaso and Whaley, K. Birgitta and Reich, Daniel M. and Goerz, Michael H. and Koch, Christiane P. (2015) Optimizing for an arbitrary perfect entangler: I. Functionals. Physical Review A, 91 (062306). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1050-2947

2014

Burella, Glen and Watts, Paul and Pasquier, Vincent and Vala, Jiri (2014) Graphical Calculus for the Double Affine Q-Dependent Braid Group. Annales Henri Poincare, 15. pp. 2177-2201. ISSN 1424-0637

Kells, G. and Lahtinen, V. and Vala, Jiri (2014) Kitaev spin models from topological nanowire networks. Physical Review B, 89 (075122). ISSN 1098-0121

Malinovsky, Vladimir S. and Sola, Ignacio R. and Vala, Jiri (2014) Phase-controlled two-qubit quantum gates. Physical Review A, 89 (032301). ISSN 1050-2947

2013

Burella, Glen and Watts, Paul and Pasquier, Vincent and Vala, Jiri (2013) Graphical Calculus for the Double Affine Q-Dependent Braid Group. Working Paper. arXiv.org.

Watts, Paul and O'Connor, Maurice and Vala, Jiri (2013) Metric Structure of the Space of Two-Qubit Gates, Perfect Entanglers and Quantum Control. Entropy, 15. pp. 1963-1984. ISSN 1099-4300

Howard, Mark and Brennan, Eoin and Vala, Jiri (2013) Quantum Contextuality with Stabilizer States. Entropy, 15. pp. 2340-2362. ISSN 1099-4300

2012

Howard, Mark and Vala, Jiri (2012) Nonlocality as a benchmark for universal quantum computation in Ising anyon topological quantum computers. Physical Review A (022304). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1050-2947

Howard, Mark and Vala, Jiri (2012) Qudit versions of the qubit "pi-over-eight" gate. Physical Review A, 86 (022316). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1050-2947

Bolukbasi, Ahmet Tuna and Vala, Jiri (2012) Rigorous calculations of non-Abelian statistics in the Kitaev honeycomb model. New Journal of Physics, 14 (045007). pp. 1-26. ISSN 1367-2630

Huijse, L. and Mehta, D. and Moran, N. and Schoutens, K. and Vala, Jiri (2012) Supersymmetric lattice fermions on the triangular lattice: superfrustration and criticality. New Journal of Physics , 14 (073002). pp. 2-41. ISSN 1367-2630

2011

Moran, Niall and Kells, Graham and Vala, Jiri (2011) Diagonalisation of quantum observables on regular lattices and general graphs. Computer Physics Communications, 182 (4). pp. 1083-1092. ISSN 0010-4655

Huijse, L. and Moran, N. and Vala, Jiri and Schoutens, K. (2011) Exact ground states of a staggered supersymmetric model for lattice fermions. Physical Review B, 84 (115124). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1098-0121

Watts, Paul and Vala, Jiri (2011) Existence of zero-energy modes in the finite edged Kitaev honeycomb model. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (P06020). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1742-5468

Kells, G. and Kailasvuori, J. and Slingerland, Joost and Vala, Jiri (2011) Kaleidoscope of topological phases with multiple Majorana species. New Journal of Physics (NJP), 13. 095014. ISSN 1367-2630

Muller, M.M. and Reich, D.M. and Murphy, M. and Yuan, H. and Vala, Jiri and Whaley, K.B. and Calarco, T. and Koch, C.P. (2011) Optimizing entangling quantum gates for physical systems. Physical Review A, 84 (042315). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1050-2947

2010

Kells, G. and Mehta, D. and Slingerland, Joost and Vala, Jiri (2010) Exact results for the star lattice chiral spin liquid. Physical Review B, 81 (104429). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1098-0121

Kells, G. and Vala, Jiri (2010) Zero energy and chiral edge modes in a p-wave magnetic spin model. Physical Review B, 82 (125122). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1098-0121

2009

Kells, G. and Slingerland, Joost and Vala, Jiri (2009) Description of Kitaev’s honeycomb model with toric-code stabilizers. Physical Review B, 80 (125415). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1098-0121

Rico, E. and Hübener, R. and Montangero, S. and Moran, N. and Pirvu, P. and Vala, Jiri and Briegel, H.J. (2009) Valence Bond States : Link models. Annals of Physics, 324 (9). pp. 1875-1896. ISSN 0003-4916

Kells, G. and Moran, N. and Vala, Jiri (2009) Finite size effects in the Kitaev honeycomb lattice model on a torus. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (P03006). ISSN 1742-5468

2008

Kells, G. and Bolukbasi, Ahmet Tuna and Lahtinen, V. and Slingerland, Joost and Pachos, J.K. and Vala, Jiri (2008) Topological Degeneracy and Vortex Manipulation in Kitaev’s Honeycomb Model. Physical Review Letters, 101 (240404). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1079-7114

Beals, T.R. and Vala, Jiri and Whaley, K.B. (2008) Scalability of quantum computation with addressable optical lattices. Physical Review A, 77 (052309). ISSN 1050-2947

Lahtinen, V. and Kells, G. and Carollo, Angelo and Stitt, Time and Vala, Jiri and Pachos, Jiannis K. (2008) Spectrum of the non-abelian phase in Kitaev’s honeycomb lattice model. Annals of Physics, 323 (9). pp. 2286-2310. ISSN 0003-4916

2005

Wright, M.J. and Gensemer, S.D. and Vala, Jiri and Kosloff, R. and Gould, P.L. (2005) Control of Ultracold Collisions with Frequency-Chirped Light. Physical Review Letters, 95 (063001). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1079-7114

Storcz, M.J. and Vala, Jiri and Brown, K.R. and Kempe, J. and Wilhelm, F.K. and Whaley, K.B. (2005) Full protection of superconducting qubit systems from coupling errors. Physical Review B, 72 (064511). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1098-0121

Vala, Jiri and Whaley, K.B. and Weiss, D.S. (2005) Quantum error correction of a qubit loss in an addressable atomic system. Physical Review A, 72 (052318). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1050-2947