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  • J. Ankerhold, Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 224, (2007).
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    J. Ankerhold and E. Pollak (eds.), Chem. Phys. 322 (2006).
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    J. Ankerhold, J, Shao, P. Talkner (Guest Eds.), Chem. Phys. 370 (2010).
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2026

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Quantum coherent manipulation and readout of superconducting vortex states

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10441-7 
 
Kiyoto Nakamura, Joachim Ankerhold

Entanglement dynamics and performance of two-qubit gates for superconducting qubits under non-Markovian effects

DOI: 10.1103/b5jp-s6t2
 
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Stroboscopic detection of itinerant microwave photons

arXiv:2603.16522

 

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Amplification and Detection of Single Itinerant Microwave Photons

 

 

2025

F. Höhe, L. Danner, C. Padurariu, BIC Donvil, J. Ankerhold, B. Kubala

Quantum synchronization in presence of shot noise

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DOI 10.1088/1367-2630/adb777

 

D. Herb, M. Trenti, M. Mantela, C. Simserides, J. Ankerhold, M. Rossini

QuantumDNA: A Python Package for Analyzing Quantum Charge Dynamics in DNA and Exploring Its Biological Relevance

DOI 10.1016/j.cpc.2025.109626

 

K. Nakamura, J. Ankerhold

Impact of time-retarded noise on dynamical decoupling schemes for qubits

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DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.111.064503

 

V. Vadimov,  M. Xu, J. T. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold, and M. Möttönen

Nonlinear-response theory for lossy superconducting quantum circuits

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013317

 

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Fast initialization of Bell states with Schrödinger cats in multi-mode systems

 

Danner, Lukas, Florian Höhe, Ciprian Padurariu, Joachim Ankerhold, and Björn Kubala

Quantum microwaves: Stabilizing squeezed light by phase locking

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.111.184519

 

Brecht I. C. Donvil Rochus Lechler and Joachim Ankerhold Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi

Quantum trajectory approach to error mitigation

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevA.111.042619

 

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Photonic Qubit Gates via 1D Scattering from an Array of Two-Level Emitters

(unpublished)

 

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Quantum and classical Shapiro steps in small Josephson junctions

(unpublished)

 

Mirko Rossini, Felix M. Weidner, Joachim Ankerhold, Hans A. Kestler

A novel quantum algorithm for efficient attractor search in gene regulatory networks

DOI 10.1016/j.patter.2025.101295

 

Mirko Rossini, Ole Ammerpohl, Reiner Siebert, Joachim Ankerhold

Effects of environmental noise on quantum charge diffusion in DNA sequences

DOI 10.1038/s41598-025-02819-w

 

Mirko Rossini

At the interface of quantum physics and genetics: modeling gene regulatory processes via quantum physics approaches

 

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Rapid on-demand generation of thermal states in superconducting quantum circuits

DOI 10.1103/6bty-836h

 

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Observation of period doubling and higher multiplicities in a driven single-spin system

(unpublished)

 

 

2024

S. Karan, H. Huang, A. Ivanovic, C. Padurariu, B. Kubala, K. Kern, J. Ankerhold, C.R. Ast

Tracking a spin-polarized superconducting bound state across a quantum phase transition

Nature Communication 15 (1), 459 (2024)

 

M. Uhl, P. Kot, R. Drost, H. Huang, J. Ankerhold, J. C. Cuevas, C. R. Ast

Multiband Josephson effect in an atomic scale Pb tunnel junction

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.043233

 

A. Krstić, P. Tiwari, F. Höhe, F. Setzpfandt, U. Peschel, J. Ankerhold, S. Saravi

Hybrid Source of Quantum Light for Generation of Frequency Tunable Fock States

(2024).
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.203605
 
M. Xu, J. T. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold

Environment-mediated long-ranged correlations in many-body system,

DOI 10.1063/5.0225375
 
K. Nakamura, J. Ankerhold

Gate operations for superconducting qubits and non-Markovianity

(2024).
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.033215
 
M. Rossini, O. Ammerpohl, R. Siebert, J. Ankerhold

Effect of environmental noise on charge diffusion in DNA: Towards modeling its potential epigenetic impact in live processes

arXiv:2407.14252 (Unpublished)

 

D. Maile, J. Ankerhold

Performance of quantum registers in diamond in the presence of spin impurities

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DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.035407

 

D. Herb, M. Rossini, J. Ankerhold

Ultrafast excitonic dynamics in DNA: Bridging correlated quantum dynamics and sequence dependence

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DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.064413

 

K Nakamura, J Ankerhold

Qubit dynamics beyond Lindblad: Non-Markovianity versus rotating wave approximation

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.014315

 

Entropy augmentation through subadditive excess: information theory in irreversible processes

 

 

 

2023

T. Jonckheere. J.Rech, C. Padurariu, L. Raymond, T. Martin, D. Feinberg

Quartet currents in a biased three-terminal diffusive Josephson junction,

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.214517

 

J. Siebrecht, H. Huang, P. Kot, R. Drost, C. Padurariu, B. Kubala, J. Ankerhold, J. C. Cuevas, C. R. Ast

Microwave excitation of atomic scale superconducting bound states

DOI:

 

F. M. Weidner, M. Rossini, J. Ankerhold, H. A. Kestler

RA protocol for the use of cloud-based quantum computers for logical network analysis of biological systems,

STAR Protocols, Volume 4, Issue 3, 102438, 15 September (2023)

 

D. Jaschke, S. Montangero

Is quantum computing green? An estimate for an energy-efficiency quantum advantage

Quantum Science and Technology 8 025001 (2023)

 

M. Rossignolo, T. Reisser, A. Marshall, P. Rembold, A. Pagano, P. J. Vetter, R. S. Said, M. M. Müller, F. Motzoi, T. Calarco, F. Jelezko, S. Montangero

QuOCS: The quantum optimal control suite


DOI:

 

H. Huang, S. Karan, C. Padurariu, B. Kubala, J. C. Cuevas, J. Ankerhold, K. Kern & C. R. Ast

Universal scaling of tunable Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states across the quantum phase transition

s42005-023-01332-8

 

M. Rossini, D. Maile, J. Ankerhold, and B. I. C. Donvil 

Single-Qubit Error Mitigation by Simulating Non-Markovian Dynamics

DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.110603

 

R. Siebert, O. Ammerpohl, M. Rossini, D. Herb, S. Rau, M. B. Plenio, F. Jelezko and J. Ankerhold

A quantum physics layer of epigenetics: a hypothesis deduced from charge transfer and chirality-induced spin selectivity of DNA

DOI: 10.1186/s13148-023-01560-3

 

X. Dan, M. Xu, J. T. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold, Qiang Shi

Efficient low temperature simulations for fermionic reservoirs with the hierarchical equations of motion method: Application to the Anderson impurity model

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.195429

 

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A Universal Framework for Quantum Dissipation:Minimally Extended State Space and Exact Time-Local Dynamics

(unpublished)

 

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About the performance of perturbative treatments of the spin-boson dynamics within the hierarchical equations of motion approach

DOI: 10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-01000-6

 

 

 

2022

B. Donvil, P. Muratore-Ginanneschi

Unraveling-paired dynamical maps can recover the input of quantum channels

DOI:

 

S. Bachmann, W. De Roeck, B. Donvil, M. Fraas

Stability of invertible, frustration-free ground states against large perturbations

DOI:

 

B. Donvil, P. Muratore-Ginanneschi

Quantum trajectory framework for general time-local master equations

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31533-8

 

D. Maile, J. Ankerhold, S. Andergassen, W. Belzig, G. Rastelli

Engineering the speedup of quantum tunneling in Josephson systems via dissipation

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.106.045408

 

S. Karan, H. Huang, C. Padurariu, B. Kubala, A. Theiler, A. M. Black-Schaffer, G. Morrás, A. Levy Yeyati, J. C. Cuevas, J. Ankerhold, K. Kern & C. R. Ast

Superconducting quantum interference at the atomic scale

DOI: 10.1038/s41567-022-01644-6

 

M. Xu, J. T. Stockburger, G. Kurizki and J. Ankerhold 

Minimal quantum thermal machine in a bandgap environment: non-Markovian features and anti-Zeno advantage

DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac575b

 

M. Xu, Y. Yan, Q. Shi, J. Ankerhold, J. T. Stockburger

Taming quantum noise for efficient low temperature simulations of open quantum systems 

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.230601

 

B. Donvil, J. Ankerhold

Apparent Heating due to Imperfect Calorimetric Measurements

DOI: 10.1088/1751-8121/ac677d

 

S. Goldstein, G. Pardo, N. Kirsh, N. Gaiser, C. Padurariu, B. Kubala, J. Ankerhold and N. Katz

Compact itinerant microwave photonics with superconducting high-kinetic inductance microstrips

DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac45cc

 

G. C. Ménard, A. Peugeot, C. Padurariu, C. Rolland, B. Kubala, Y. Mukharsky, Z. Iftikhar, C. Altimiras, P. Roche, H. le Sueur, P. Joyez, D. Vion, D. Esteve, J. Ankerhold, and F. Portier

Emission of Photon Multiplets by a dc-Biased Superconducting Circuit

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.12.021006

 

G. C. Ménard, A. Peugeot, C. Padurariu, C. Rolland, B. Kubala, Y. Mukharsky, Z. Iftikhar, C. Altimiras, P. Roche, H. le Sueur, P. Joyez, D. Vion, D. Esteve, J. Ankerhold, and F. Portier

Feature article in Physics: Multiphoton Generator on a Chip 

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.12.021006

 

A. Pagano, S. Weber, D. Jaschke, T. Pfau, F. Meinert, S. Montangero, H. P. Büchler

Error budgeting for a controlled-phase gate with strontium-88 Rydberg atoms

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033019

 

Jacob Senkpiel, Robert Drost, Jan C. Klöckner, Markus Etzkorn, Joachim Ankerhold, Juan Carlos Cuevas, Fabian Pauly, Klaus Kern, and Christian R. Ast

Extracting transport channel transmissions in scanning tunneling microscopy using superconducting excess current

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.165401

 

 

 

2021

Meng Xu, J. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold

Heat transport through a superconducting artificial atom

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.104304

 

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Generating Two Continuous Entangled Microwave Beams Using a dc-Biased Josephson Junction

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.11.031008

 

M. Wiedmann, J. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold

Non-Markovian quantum Otto refrigerator

DOI: 10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00094-0

 

H. Huang, J. Senkpiel, C. Padurariu, R. Drost, A. Villas, R.L. Klees, A. Levy, Yeyati, J.C. Cuevas, B. Kubala, J. Ankerhold, K. Kern, C. R. Ast

Spin-dependent tunneling between individual superconducting bound states

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.L032008

 

V. Vadimov, J. Tuorila, J. Stockburger, T. Ala-Nissila, J. Ankerhold, and M.Möttönen

Validity of Born Markov master equations in one and two-qubit systems

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.214308

 

L. Danner, C. Padurariu, J. Ankerhold, and B. Kubala, Phys. Rev. B

Injection locking and synchronization in Josephson photonics devices

 
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.054517

 

 

 

2020

N. Walldorf, F. Brange, C. Padurariu, C. Flindt

Noise and full counting statistics of a Cooper pair splitter

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.205422

 

J. Senior, A. Gubaydullin, B. Karimi, J. T. Peltonen, J. Ankerhold and J. P. Pekola

Heat rectification via a superconducting artificial atom

DOI: 10.1038/s42005-020-0307-5

 

H. Huang, C. Padurariu, J. Senkpiel, R. Drost, A. L. Yeyati, J. C. Cuevas, B. Kubala, J. Ankerhold, K. Kern and C. R. Ast

Tunnelling dynamics between superconducting bound states at the atomic limit

16pages1227–1231 (2020)
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-020-0971-0

 

J. Senkpiel, S. Dambach, M. Etzkorn, R. Drost, C. Padurariu, B. Kubala, W. Belzig, A. L. Yeyati, J. C. Cuevas, J. Ankerhold, C. R. Ast and K. Kern

Single channel Josephson effect in a high transmission atomic contact

DOI: 10.1038/s42005-020-00397-z

 

J. Gosner, B. Kubala and J. Ankerhold

Relaxation dynamics and dissipative phase transition in quantum oscillators with period tripling

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.054501

 

A. Murani, N. Bourlet, H. Sueur, F. Portier, C. Altimiras, D. Esteve, H. Grabert, J. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold and P. Joyez

Absence of a Dissipative Quantum Phase Transition in Josephson Junctions

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.10.021003

 

H. Huang, R. Drost, J. Senkpiel, C. Padurariu, B. Kubala, A. L. Yeyati, J. C. Cuevas, J. Ankerhold, K. Kern and C. R. Ast

Quantum phase transitions and the role of impurity-substrate hybridization in Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states

DOI: 10.1038/s42005-020-00469-0

 

B. Kubala, J. Ankerhold and A. D. Armour

Electronic and photonic counting statistics as probes of non-equilibrium quantum dynamics

DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab6eb0

 

P. Kot, R. Drost, M. Uhl, J. Ankerhold, J. C. Cuevas and C. R. Ast

Microwave-assisted tunneling and interference effects in superconducting junctions under fast driving signals

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.134507

 

M. Wiedmann, J. T. Stockburger and J. Ankerhold

Non-Markovian dynamics of a quantum heat engine: out-of-equilibrium operation and thermal coupling control

DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab725a

 

J. Senkpiel, J. C. Klöckner, M. Etzkorn, S. Dambach, B. Kubala, W. Belzig, A. L. Yeyati, J. C. Cuevas, F. Pauly, J. Ankerhold, C. R. Ast and K. Kern

Dynamical Coulomb Blockade as a Local Probe for Quantum Transport

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.156803
 

 

 

2019

T. Elo, Z. Tan, C. Padurariu, F. Duerr, D. S. Golubev, G. B. Lesovik, P. Hakonen

Hanbury Brown and Twiss Exchange Correlations in Graphene Box

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.235433


S. Dambach, P. Egetmeyer, J. Ankerhold and B. Kubala

Quantum thermodynamics with a Josephson-photonics setup

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2018-800062-8

 

J. Senkpiel, C. Rubio-Verdú, M. Etzkorn, R. Drost, L. M. Schoop, S. Dambach, C. Padurariu, B. Kubala, J. Ankerhold, C. R. Ast and K. Kern

Robustness of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov resonances in the presence of a complex superconducting order parameter

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.014502

 

J. Tuorila, J. T. Stockburger, T. Ala-Nissila, J. Ankerhold and M. Möttönen

System-Environment Correlations in Qubit Initialization and Control

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.013004

 

J. Gosner, B. Kubala and J. Ankerhold

Quantum properties of a strongly driven Josephson junction

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.144524

 

C. Rolland, A. Peugeot, S. Dambach, M. Westig, B. Kubala, Y. Mukharsky, C. Altimiras, H. le Sueur, P. Joyez, D. Vion, P. Roche, D. Esteve, J. Ankerhold and F. Portier

Antibunched Photons Emitted by a dc-Biased Josephson Junction

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.186804

 

S. Dambach, A. Armour, B. Kubala and J. Ankerhold

Josephson junction cavity systems as cousins of the quantum optical micromaser

DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ab2a90

 

 

 

2018

T. Motz, M. Wiedmann, J. T. Stockburger, and J. Ankerhold

Rectification of heat currents across nonlinear quantum chains: A versatile approach beyond weak thermal contact

DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/aaea90

 

N. Walldorf, C. Padurariu, A.-P. Jauho, and C. Flindt

Electron Waiting Times of a Cooper Pair Splitter

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.087701

 

 

 

2017

A. D. Armour, B. Kubala, and J. Ankerhold

Noise switching at a dynamical critical point in a cavity-conductor hybrid

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.214509

 

Yaxing Zhang, J. Gosner, S. M. Girvin, J. Ankerhold, and M. I. Dykman

Time-translation-symmetry breaking in a driven oscillator: From the quantum coherent to the incoherent regime

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.96.052124

 

B. Jäck, J. Senkpiel, M. Etzkorn, J. Ankerhold, C. R. Ast, and K. Kern

Quantum Brownian motion at strong dissipation probed by superconducting tunnel junctions

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.147702

 

M. Mecklenburg, B. Kubala, and J. Ankerhold

Thermopower and dynamical Coulomb blockade in non-classical environments

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.147702

 

M. Westig, B. Kubala, O. Parlavecchio, Y. Mukharsky, C. Altimiras, P Joyez, D. Vion, P. Roche, M. Hofheinz, D Esteve, M Trif, P. Simon, J. Ankerhold, and F. Portier

Emission of Nonclassical Radiation by Inelastic Cooper Pair Tunneling 

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.137001

 

B. Dutta, J. T. Peltonen, D. S. Antonenko, M. Meschke, M. A. Skvortsov, B. Kubala, J. König, C. B. Winkelmann, H. Courtois, and J. P. Pekola

Thermal Conductance of a Single-Electron Transistor

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.077701

 

T. Motz, J. Ankerhold, and J. Stockburger

Currents and fluctuations of quantum heat transport in harmonic chains

DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/aa68bd

 

S. Dambach, B. Kubala, J. Ankerhold

Generating Entangled Quantum Microwaves in a Josephson-Photonics Device

DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/aa5bb6

 

B. Jäck, J. Senkpiel, M.Etzkorn, J. Ankerhold, C. R. Ast, K. Kern

Signatures of phase-coherent transport and the role of quantum fluctuations in the dynamical Coulomb blockade regime

 

 

 

2016

S. Dambach, B. Kubala, and J. Ankerhold

Time-resolved statistics of photon pairs in two-cavity Josephson photonics

 , special volume, FQMT '15
DOI: 10.1002/prop.201600061

 

J. T. Stockburger and T. Motz

Thermodynamic deficiencies of some simple Lindblad operators

(invited contribution to special volume FQMT'15)
DOI:

 

C. R. Ast, B. Jäck, J. Senkpiel, M. Eltschka, M. Etzkorn, J. Ankerhold, and K. Kern

Sensing the quantum limit in scanning tunnelling spectroscopy

 
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13009

 

M. Wiedmann, J. T. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold

Time-Correlated Blip Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.052137

 

J. T. Stockburger

Exact propagation of open quantum systems in a system-reservoir context

DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/115/40010

 

S. Fuchs, J. Ankerhold, M. Blencowe, and B. Kubala

Non-equilibrium dynamics of the Dicke model for mesoscopic aggregates: signatures of superradiance

DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/49/3/035501

 

 

 

2015

S. Meister, M. Mecklenburg, V. Gramich, J.T. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold, and B. Kubala

Resonators coupled to voltage-biased Josephson junctions: From linear response to strongly driven nonlinear oscillations

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.174532

 

J. T. Stockburger, R. Schmidt, and J. Ankerhold

Entanglement generation through local field and quantum dissipation

 
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/2015/T165/014020

 

B. Kubala, V. Gramich, and J. Ankerhold

Non-classical light from superconducting resonators coupled to voltage-biased Josephson junctions

DOI: 10.1088/issn.1402-4896

 

S. Dambach, B. Kubala, V. Gramich, and J.Ankerhold

Time-resolved statistics of non-classical light in Josephson photonics

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.054508

 

R. Schmidt, M. F. Carusela, J. P. Pekola, S. Suomela, and J. Ankerhold

Work and heat for two-level systems in dissipative environments: Strong driving and non-Markovian dynamics

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.224303

 

K. L. Viisanen, S. Suomela, S. Gasparinetti, O. Saira, J. Ankerhold, and J. P. Pekola

Incomplete measurement of work in a dissipative two level system

 
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/5/055014

 

A. D. Armour, B. Kubala, and J. Ankerhold

Josephson photonics with a two-mode superconducting circuit

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.184508

 

 

 

2014 and earlier

Publications 1991 - 2014