N25, 4th. floor
Albert-Einstein-Allee 11
D-89069 Ulm
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| Director | Prof. Dr. Joachim Ankerhold | 
N25, 4th. floor
Albert-Einstein-Allee 11
D-89069 Ulm
| ☎ | +49 731 50 22830 | 
|---|---|
| FAX | +49 731 50 22839 | 
| nawi.icq(at)uni-ulm.de | |
| Director | Prof. Dr. Joachim Ankerhold | 
F. Höhe, L. Danner, C. Padurariu, BIC Donvil, J. Ankerhold, B. Kubala,
Quantum synchronization in presence of shot noise,
New Journal of Physics 27, 023039 (2025).
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,
Computer Physics Communications Volume 313, August 2025, 109626
K. Nakamura, J. Ankerhold,
Impact of time-retarded noise on dynamical decoupling schemes for qubits,
Physical Review B 111 (6), 064503.
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)
article:s41467-024-44708-2
L. Danner, F. Höhe, C. Padurariu, J. Ankerhold, B. Kubala,
Quantum microwaves: stabilizing squeezed light by phase locking,
arXiv:2412.01499 (unpublished).
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,
Physical Review Research 6 (4), 043233 (2024).
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,
Physical Review Letters 133 (20), 203605 (2024).
M. Xu, J. T. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold,
Environment-mediated long-ranged correlations in many-body system,
The Journal of Chemical Physics 161 (12) (2024).
M. Rossini, F. M. Weidner, J. Ankerhold, H. A. Kestler,
A Novel Quantum Algorithm for Efficient Attractor Search in Gene Regulatory Networks,
Science Direct Volume 6, Issue 9, 12 September 2025, 101295.
K. Nakamura, J. Ankerhold,
Gate operations for superconducting qubits and non-Markovianity,
Physical Review Research 6 (3), 033215 (2024).
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,
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2407.14252
D. Maile, J. Ankerhold,
Performance of quantum registers in diamond in the presence of spin impurities,
Physical Review B 110 (3), 035407 (2024).
D. Herb, M. Rossini, J. Ankerhold,
Ultrafast excitonic dynamics in DNA: Bridging correlated quantum dynamics and sequence dependence,
Physical Review E 109 (6), 064413 (2024).
T. F. Mörstedt, W. S. Teixeira, A. Viitanen, H. Kivijärvi, M. Tiiri, M. Rasola, A. M. Gunyho, S. Kundu, L. Lattier, V. Vadimov, G. Catelani, V. Sevriuk, J. Heinsoo, J. Räbinä, J. Ankerhold, M. Möttönen,
Rapid on-demand generation of thermal states in superconducting quantum circuits
Physical review research 7(4), L042010 (2025)
K Nakamura, J Ankerhold,
Qubit dynamics beyond Lindblad: Non-Markovianity versus rotating wave approximation,
Physical Review B 109 (1), 014315 (2024).
T. Jonckheere. J.Rech, C. Padurariu, L. Raymond, T. Martin, D. Feinberg,
Quartet currents in a biased three-terminal diffusive Josephson junction,
Physical Review B 108 (21), 214517 (2023)
PhysRevB.108.214517
F. Höhe, C. Padurariu, B. I. C. Donvil, L. Danner, J. Ankerhold, B. Kubala,
Quantum Synchronization in Presence of Shot Noise,
arXiv:2306.15292 (unpublished)
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,
Nature Communications Volume 14, 6794 (2023)
s41467-023-42454-5
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)
doi.org:2023.102438
D. Jaschke, S. Montangero,
Is quantum computing green? An estimate for an energy-efficiency quantum advantage,
Quantum Science and Technology 8 025001 (2023)
doi.org:10.1088.2058-9565
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,
Computer Physics Communications Volume 291, 108782 (2023)
doi.org:10.17632
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,
Communications Physics (Nature) 6, Article number: 214 (2023)
Communications Physics volume 6, Article number: 214
M. Rossini, D. Maile, J. Ankerhold, and B. I. C. Donvil 
Single-Qubit Error Mitigation by Simulating Non-Markovian Dynamics,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 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,
Clinical Epigenetics  15, 145 (2023)
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
Phys. Rev. B 107, 195429
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
Communications Physics  6, Article number: 214
D. Maile, J. Ankerhold
Performance of quantum registers in diamond in the presence of spin impurities
Phys. Rev. B 110, 035407
B. Donvil, P. Muratore-Ginanneschi
Unraveling-paired dynamical maps can recover the input of quantum channels
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/acd4dc
S. Bachmann, W. De Roeck, B. Donvil, M. Fraas
Stability of invertible, frustration-free ground states against large perturbations
Quantum 6, 793 (2022)
B. Donvil, P. Muratore-Ginanneschi
Quantum trajectory framework for general time-local master equations
Nat Commun 13, 4140 (2022)
D. Maile, J. Ankerhold, S. Andergassen, W. Belzig, G. Rastelli
Engineering the speedup of quantum tunneling in Josephson systems via dissipation
Phys. Rev. B 106, 045408 (2022)
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
Nat. Phys. 18,893-898 (2022)
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
New J. Phys. 24 035003 (2022).
M. Xu, Y. Yan, Q. Shi, J. Ankerhold, J. T. Stockburger,
Taming quantum noise for efficient low temperature simulations of open quantum systems 
Phys. Rev.Lett. 129, 230601 (2022)
B. Donvil, J. Ankerhold
Apparent Heating due to Imperfect Calorimetric Measurements
2022 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 55 225303
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
New J. Phys. 24 023022 (2022)
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
Phys. Rev. X 12, 021006 (2022)
Feature article in Physics: Multiphoton Generator on a Chip 
Physics 15, 52 (2022)
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
Physical Review Research 4 (3), 033019
Meng Xu, J. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold, 
 Heat transport through a superconducting artificial atom,
 Phys. Rev. B 103, 104304 (2021).
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, F. Portier,
 Generating Two Continuous Entangled Microwave Beams Using a dc-Biased Josephson Junction,
 Phys. Rev X 11,031008 (2021).
M. Wiedmann, J. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold,
 Non-Markovian quantum Otto refrigerator,
 Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 230, 851 (2021)
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,
 Phys. Rev. Research 3, L032008 (2021)
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
 Phys. Rev. B 103, 214308 (2021).
S. Karan, Haonan Huang, C. Padurariu, B. Kubala, G. Morras, A. Levy-
 Yeyati, J. C. Cuevas, J. Ankerhold, K. Kern, and C. R. Ast,
 Superconducting Quantum Interference at the Atomic Scale,
 Nature, under review (2021); arXiv: 2102.12521.
L. Danner, C. Padurariu, J. Ankerhold, and B. Kubala, Phys. Rev. B,
 Injection locking and synchronization in Josephson photonics devices,
 Phys. Rev. B 104, 054517 (2021)  
N. Walldorf, F. Brange, C. Padurariu, C. Flindt
 Noise and full counting statistics of a Cooper pair splitter
 Phys. Rev. B 101, 205422
J. Senior, A. Gubaydullin, B. Karimi, J. T. Peltonen, J. Ankerhold and J. P. Pekola,
 Heat rectification via a superconducting artificial atom
 Communications Physics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 40, 08 2020.
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
 Nature Physics, 2020.
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
 Communications Physics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 131, 2020.
J. Gosner, B. Kubala and J. Ankerhold,
 Relaxation dynamics and dissipative phase transition in quantum oscillators with period tripling
 Phys. Rev. B, vol. 101, pp. 054501, 2020. 
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
 Phys. Rev. X, vol. 10, pp. 021003, 2020
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
 Communications Physics, vol. 3, pp. 199, 2020.
B. Kubala, J. Ankerhold and A. D. Armour,
 Electronic and photonic counting statistics as probes of non-equilibrium quantum dynamics
 New Journal of Physics, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 023010, 2020. {IOP} Publishing.
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
 Phys. Rev. B, vol. 101, pp. 134507, 2020. American Physical Society.
M. Wiedmann, J. T. Stockburger and J. Ankerhold, 
 Non-Markovian dynamics of a quantum heat engine: out-of-equilibrium operation and thermal coupling control
 New Journal of Physics, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 033007, 2020. {IOP} Publishing.
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
 Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 124, pp. 156803, 2020.
  
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
 Phys. Rev. B 100, 235433 (2019)
 
 M. Wiedmann, J. T. Stockburger and J. Ankerhold, 
 Out-of-equilibrium operation of a quantum heat engine 
 arxiv:1903.11368.
S. Dambach, P. Egetmeyer, J. Ankerhold and B. Kubala, 
 Quantum thermodynamics with a Josephson-photonics setup
 The European Physical Journal Special Topics, vol. 227, no. 15, pp. 2053--2058, 2019.
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
 Phys. Rev. B, vol. 100, pp. 014502, 2019.
J. Tuorila, J. T. Stockburger, T. Ala-Nissila, J. Ankerhold and M. Möttönen, 
 System-Environment Correlations in Qubit Initialization and Control
 Phys. Rev. Research, vol. 1, pp. 013004
J. Gosner, B. Kubala and J. Ankerhold, 
 Quantum properties of a strongly driven Josephson junction
 Phys. Rev. B, vol. 99, pp. 144524, 2019.
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
 Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 122, pp. 186804, 2019.
S. Dambach, A. Armour, B. Kubala and J. Ankerhold, 
 Josephson junction cavity systems as cousins of the quantum optical micromaser
 Physica Scripta, 2019.
J. Gosner, B. Kubala, and J. Ankerhold,
 Quantum properties of a strongly driven Josephson junction
 arxiv:1812.02839
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
 New J. Phys. 20 113020
N. Walldorf, C. Padurariu, A.-P. Jauho, and C. Flindt,
 Electron Waiting Times of a Cooper Pair Splitter
 Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 087701
A. D. Armour, B. Kubala, and J. Ankerhold,
 Noise switching at a dynamical critical point in a cavity-conductor hybrid
 Phys. Rev. B 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
 Phys. Rev. A 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
 Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 147702
M. Mecklenburg, B. Kubala, and J. Ankerhold,
 Thermopower and dynamical Coulomb blockade in non-classical environments
 Phys. Rev. B 96, 155405
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 
 Phys. Rev. Lett. 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
 Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 077701
T. Motz, J. Ankerhold, and J. Stockburger,
 Currents and fluctuations of quantum heat transport in harmonic chains
 New J. Phys. 19 053013
S. Dambach, B. Kubala, J. Ankerhold,
 Generating Entangled Quantum Microwaves in a Josephson-Photonics Device
 New J. Phys. 19, 023027
B. Jäck, J. Senkpiel, M.Etzkorn, J. Ankerhold, C. R. Ast, K. Kern, 
 Signatures of phase-coherent transport and the role of quantum fluctua-
 tions in the dynamical Coulomb blockade regime, 
 arXiv:1712.07172
S. Dambach, B. Kubala, and J. Ankerhold,
 Time-resolved statistics of photon pairs in two-cavity Josephson photonics
 Fortschr. Phys.. doi:10.1002/prop.201600061 , special volume, FQMT '15 (arXiv:1605.03420)
J. T. Stockburger and T. Motz,
 Thermodynamic deficiencies of some simple Lindblad operators
 Fortschr. Phys. 65, 1600067 (2017) (invited contribution to special volume FQMT'15)
C. R. Ast, B. Jäck, J. Senkpiel, M. Eltschka, M. Etzkorn, J. Ankerhold, and K. Kern,
 Sensing the quantum limit in scanning tunnelling spectroscopy
 Nature Communications 7, 13009 (2016) 
M. Wiedmann, J. T. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold,
 Time-Correlated Blip Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems
 Phys. Rev. A 94, 052137 (2016)
J. T. Stockburger,
 Exact propagation of open quantum systems in a system-reservoir context
 EPL 115 (2016) 40010
S. Fuchs, J. Ankerhold, M. Blencowe, and B. Kubala,
 Non-equilibrium dynamics of the Dicke model for mesoscopic aggregates: signatures of superradiance
 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 49 (2016) 035501
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
 Phys. Rev. B  92, 174532
J. T. Stockburger, R. Schmidt, and J. Ankerhold,
 Entanglement generation through local field and quantum dissipation
 Phys. Scr. T 165 (2015)  014020 
B. Kubala, V. Gramich, and J. Ankerhold,
 Non-classical light from superconducting resonators coupled to voltage-biased Josephson junctions,
 Phys. Scr. T 165 (2015) 014029
S. Dambach, B. Kubala, V. Gramich, and J.Ankerhold,
 Time-resolved statistics of non-classical light in Josephson photonics
 Phys. Rev. B 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
 Phys. Rev. B 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,
 New J. Phys. 17 (2015) 055014 
A. D. Armour, B. Kubala, and J. Ankerhold,
 Josephson photonics with a two-mode superconducting circuit
 Phys. Rev. B 91, 184508