LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Constantin Brif

Chapters in Books

C. Brif, R. Chakrabarti, and H. Rabitz, "Control of Quantum Phenomena," in Advances in Chemical Physics, edited by S. A. Rice and A. R. Dinner (Wiley, New York, 2012), vol. 148, pp. 1–76. doi:10.1002/9781118158715.ch1. PDF.

C. Brif and H. Rabitz, "Optimal Control of Molecular Scale Phenomena," in Fundamentals of Chemistry, edited by S. Carra, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK, 2003). PDF.

Articles in Refereed Journals and Refereed Conferences

1. X. Zhou, C. Brif, and I. Lourentzou, "mTSBench: Benchmarking multivariate time series anomaly detection and model selection at scale," Transactions on Machine Learning Research (2026). https://openreview.net/forum?id=8LfB8HD1WU. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2506.21550. Github project: https://plan-lab.github.io/mtsbench.

2. C. Brif, B. P. Ruzic, and G. W. Biedermann, "Characterization of errors in interferometry with entangled atoms," PRX Quantum 1, 010306 (2020). doi:10.1103/PRXQuantum.1.010306. arxiv.org/abs/2007.03306.

3. Y. Gao, J. Lin, and C. Brif, "Ensemble grammar induction for detecting anomalies in time series," in Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Extending Database Technology (EDBT 2020), (OpenProceedings.org, 2020), pp. 85–96. doi:10.5441/002/edbt.2020.09. arXiv:2001.11102.

4. C. Brif, M. Sarovar, D. B. S. Soh, D. R. Farley, and S. E. Bisson, "Optimizing squeezing in a coherent quantum feedback network of optical parametric oscillators," arXiv:1701.04242 (2017).

5. M. Sarovar, D. B. S. Soh, J. Cox, C. Brif, C. T. DeRose, R. Camacho, and P. Davids, "Silicon nanophotonics for scalable quantum coherent feedback networks," EPJ Quantum Technology 3, 14 (2016). doi:10.1140/epjqt/s40507-016-0052-6. arXiv:1608.06962. Readcube. PDF.

6. D. B. S. Soh, C. Brif, P. J. Coles, N. Lütkenhaus, R. M. Camacho, J. Urayama, and M. Sarovar, "Self-referenced continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocol," Physical Review X 5, 041010 (2015). doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.5.041010. arXiv:1503.04763. PDF.

7. R.-B. Wu, C. Brif, M. R. James, and H. Rabitz, "Limits of optimal control yields achievable with quantum controllers," Physical Review A 91, 042327 (2015). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.91.042327. arXiv:1412.5287. PDF.

8. G. Riviello, K. Moore Tibbetts, C. Brif, R. Long, R.-B. Wu, T.-S. Ho, and H. Rabitz, "Searching for quantum optimal controls under severe constraints," Physical Review A 91, 043401 (2015). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.91.043401. arXiv:1502.00707. PDF.

9. D. Hocker, C. Brif, M. D. Grace, A. Donovan, T.-S. Ho, K. Moore Tibbetts, R.-B. Wu, and H. Rabitz, "Characterization of control noise effects in optimal quantum unitary dynamics," Physical Review A 90, 062309 (2014). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.90.062309. arXiv:1405.5950. PDF.

10. G. Riviello, C. Brif, R. Long, R.-B. Wu, K. Moore Tibbetts, T.-S. Ho, and H. Rabitz, "Searching for quantum optimal control fields in the presence of singular critical points," Physical Review A 90, 013404 (2014). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.90.013404. arXiv:1405.0204. PDF.

11. C. Brif, M. D. Grace, M. Sarovar, and K. C. Young, "Exploring adiabatic quantum trajectories via optimal control," New Journal of Physics 16, 065013 (2014). doi:10.1088/1367-2630/16/6/065013. arXiv:1310.3443. PDF.

12. R. L. Kosut, M. D. Grace, and C. Brif, "Robust control of quantum gates via sequential convex programming," Physical Review A 88, 052326 (2013). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.88.052326. arXiv:1301.3235. PDF.

13. K. W. Moore Tibbetts, C. Brif, M. D. Grace, A. Donovan, D. L. Hocker, T.-S. Ho, R.-B. Wu, and H. Rabitz, "Exploring the tradeoff between fidelity and time optimal control of quantum unitary transformations," Physical Review A 86, 062309 (2012). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.86.062309. arXiv:1112.0333. PDF.

14. H. Rabitz, T.-S. Ho, R. Long, R. B. Wu, and C. Brif, "Comment on "Are There Traps in Quantum Control Landscapes?"," Physical Review Letters 108, 198901 (2012). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.198901. arXiv:1105.2367. PDF.

15. A. Pechen, C. Brif, R. B. Wu, R. Chakrabarti, and H. Rabitz, "General unifying features of controlled quantum phenomena," Physical Review A 82, 030101(R) (2010). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.82.030101. arXiv:1003.3506. PDF. Supplementary material (PDF).

16. C. Brif, R. Chakrabarti, and H. Rabitz, "Control of quantum phenomena: Past, present, and future," New Journal of Physics 12, 075008 (2010). doi:10.1088/1367-2630/12/7/075008. arXiv:0912.5121. PDF.

17. M. D. Grace, J. Dominy, R. L. Kosut, C. Brif, and H. Rabitz, "Environment-invariant measure of distance between evolutions of an open quantum system," New Journal of Physics 12, 015001 (2010). doi:10.1088/1367-2630/12/1/015001. arXiv:0909.0077. PDF.

18. H. Rabitz, C. Brif, and R. B. Wu, "Controlling quantum systems in the presence of an environment," in Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (IEEE, 2009), pp. 380–385. doi:10.1109/CDC.2009.5400122. PDF.

19. M. P. A. Branderhorst, P. Londero, P. Wasylczyk, C. Brif, R. L. Kosut, H. Rabitz, and I. A. Walmsley, "Coherent Control of Decoherence," Science 320, 638–643 (2008). doi:10.1126/science.1154576. PDF. Supplementary material (PDF).

20. R. Wu, A. Pechen, C. Brif, and H. Rabitz, "Controllability of open quantum systems with Kraus-map dynamics," Journal of Physics A 40, 5681–5693 (2007). doi:10.1088/1751-8113/40/21/015. arXiv:quant-ph/0611215. PDF.

21. M. D. Grace, C. Brif, H. Rabitz, D. A. Lidar, I. A. Walmsley, and R. L. Kosut, "Fidelity of optimally controlled quantum gates with randomly coupled multiparticle environments," Journal of Modern Optics 54, 2339–2349 (2007). doi:10.1080/09500340701639615. arXiv:0712.2935. PDF.

22. M. Grace, C. Brif, H. Rabitz, I. A. Walmsley, R. L. Kosut, and D. A. Lidar, "Optimal control of quantum gates and suppression of decoherence in a system of interacting two-level particles," Journal of Physics B 40, S103–S125 (2007). doi:10.1088/0953-4075/40/9/S06. arXiv:quant-ph/0702147. PDF.

23. M. Grace, C. Brif, H. Rabitz, I. Walmsley, R. Kosut, and D. Lidar, "Encoding a qubit into multilevel subspaces," New Journal of Physics 8, 35 (2006). doi:10.1088/1367-2630/8/3/035. arXiv:quant-ph/0412059. PDF.

24. C. Brif, H. Rabitz, S. Wallentowitz, and I. A. Walmsley, "Decoherence of molecular vibrational wave packets: Observable manifestations and control criteria," Physical Review A 63, 063404 (2001). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.63.063404. PDF.

25. C. Brif and H. Rabitz, "Extracting molecular Hamiltonian structure from time-dependent fluorescence intensity data," Journal of Physics B 33, L519–L525 (2000). doi:10.1088/0953-4075/33/15/102. arXiv:physics/0009089. PDF.

26. C. Brif and A. Mann, "Inverted spectroscopy and interferometry for quantum-state reconstruction of systems with SU(2) symmetry," Journal of Optics B 2, 245–251 (2000). doi:10.1088/1464-4266/2/3/305. arXiv:quant-ph/9904054. PDF.

27. C. Brif and A. Mann, "Testing Bell's inequality with two-level atoms via population spectroscopy," Europhysics Letters 49, 1–7 (2000). doi:10.1209/epl/i2000-00111-0. arXiv:quant-ph/9904097. PDF.

28. C. Brif and A. Mann, "Quantum statistical properties of the radiation field in a cavity with a movable mirror," Journal of Optics B 2, 53–61 (2000). doi:10.1088/1464-4266/2/1/309. arXiv:quant-ph/9905040. PDF.

29. C. Brif, "Reduction of optimum light power with Heisenberg-limited photon-counting noise in interferometric gravitational-wave detectors," Physics Letters A 263, 15–20 (1999). doi:10.1016/S0375-9601(99)00714-8. arXiv:quant-ph/9904053. PDF.

30. C. Brif and A. Mann, "Phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics and quantum-state reconstruction for physical systems with Lie-group symmetries," Physical Review A 59, 971–987 (1999). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.59.971. arXiv:quant-ph/9809052. PDF.

31. G. Ramon, C. Brif and A. Mann, "Governing dynamics by squeezing in a system of cold trapped ions," Physical Review A 59, 736–739 (1999). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.59.736. arXiv:quant-ph/9809050. PDF.

32. G. Ramon, C. Brif and A. Mann, "Collective effects in the collapse-revival phenomenon and squeezing in the Dicke model," Physical Review A 58, 2506–2517 (1998). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.58.2506. arXiv:quant-ph/9809051. PDF.

33. C. Brif and A. Mann, "A general theory of phase-space quasiprobability distributions," Journal of Physics A 31, L9–L17 (1998). doi:10.1088/0305-4470/31/1/002. arXiv:quant-ph/9707010. PDF.

34. C. Brif, A. Mann, and M. Revzen, "Generalized coherent states are unique Bell states of quantum systems with Lie-group symmetries," Physical Review A 57, 742–745 (1998). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.57.742. arXiv:quant-ph/9707019. PDF.

35. C. Brif and A. Mann, "Generation of single-mode SU(1,1) intelligent states and an analytic approach to their quantum statistical properties," Quantum & Semiclassical Optics 9, 899–920 (1997). doi:10.1088/1355-5111/9/6/004. arXiv:quant-ph/9707009. PDF.

36. C. Brif, "SU(2) and SU(1,1) algebra eigenstates: A unified analytic approach to coherent and intelligent states," International Journal of Theoretical Physics 36, 1651–1682 (1997). doi:10.1007/BF02435763. arXiv:quant-ph/9701003. PDF.

37. C. Brif, "Coherent states for quantum systems with a trilinear boson Hamiltonian," Physical Review A 54, 5253–5261 (1996). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.54.5253. arXiv:quant-ph/9608022. PDF.

38. C. Brif and A. Mann, "Nonclassical interferometry with intelligent light," Physical Review A 54, 4505–4518 (1996). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.54.4505. arXiv:quant-ph/9608021. PDF.

39. C. Brif, "Two-photon algebra eigenstates: A unified approach to squeezing," Annals of Physics (N.Y.) 251, 180–207 (1996). doi:10.1006/aphy.1996.0112. arXiv:quant-ph/9605006. PDF.

40. A. Vourdas, C. Brif, and A. Mann, "Factorization of analytic representations in the unit disc and number-phase statistics of a quantum harmonic oscillator," Journal of Physics A 29, 5887–5898 (1996). doi:10.1088/0305-4470/29/18/018. arXiv:quant-ph/9606023. PDF.

41. C. Brif, A. Vourdas, and A. Mann, "Analytic representations based on SU(1,1) coherent states and their applications," Journal of Physics A 29, 5873–5885 (1996). doi:10.1088/0305-4470/29/18/017. arXiv:quant-ph/9607022. PDF.

42. C. Brif and A. Mann, "High-accuracy SU(1,1) interferometers with minimum-uncertainty input states," Physics Letters A 219, 257–262 (1996). doi:10.1016/0375-9601(96)00459-8. PDF.

43. C. Brif, A. Mann, and A. Vourdas, "Parity-dependent squeezing of light," Journal of Physics A 29, 2053–2067 (1996). doi:10.1088/0305-4470/29/9/018. arXiv:quant-ph/9604017. PDF.

44. C. Brif and Y. Ben-Aryeh, "Improvement of measurement accuracy in SU(1,1) interferometers," Quantum & Semiclassical Optics 8, 1–5 (1996). doi:10.1088/1355-5111/8/1/001. arXiv:quant-ph/9604016. PDF.

45. C. Brif, "Photon states associated with the Holstein–Primakoff realization of the SU(1,1) Lie algebra," Quantum & Semiclassical Optics 7, 803–834 (1995). doi:10.1088/1355-5111/7/5/004. arXiv:quant-ph/9504008. PDF.

46. C. Brif and Y. Ben-Aryeh, "SU(1,1) intelligent states: analytic representation in the unit disk," Journal of Physics A 27, 8185–8195 (1994). doi:10.1088/0305-4470/27/24/025. PDF.

47. C. Brif and Y. Ben-Aryeh, "Subcoherent P-representation for nonclassical photon states," Quantum Optics 6, 391–396 (1994). doi:10.1088/0954-8998/6/5/001. PDF.

48. C. Brif and Y. Ben-Aryeh, "Phase-state representation in quantum optics," Physical Review A 50, 3505–3516 (1994). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.50.3505. PDF.

49. C. Brif and Y. Ben-Aryeh, "Antinormal ordering of Susskind–Glogower quantum phase operators," Physical Review A 50, 2727–2737 (1994). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.50.2727. PDF.

Selected Conference Presentations and Contributions to Conference Proceedings

1. C. Brif, D. B. S. Soh, P. J. Coles, N. Lütkenhaus, R. M. Camacho, J. Urayama, and M. Sarovar, "Theoretical analysis and proof-of-principle demonstration of self-referenced continuous-variable quantum key distribution," in 6th International Conference on Quantum Cryptography (QCrypt 2016) (Washington, DC, USA, 2016). PDF. Video.

2. R. Kosut, C. Brif, M. Grace, and H. Rabitz, "Robust quantum control for quantum information systems," in The Principles and Applications of Control in Quantum Systems (PRACQSYS 2014) (Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2014). PDF. Video.

3. C. Brif, M. D. Grace, K. C. Young, D. L. Hocker, K. W. Moore, T.-S. Ho, and H. Rabitz, "Protecting quantum gates from control noise," in Control of Complex Quantum Systems (Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, 2013). PDF. Video.

4. M. Grace, R. Kosut, and C. Brif, "Verification and validation of controlled quantum information systems," in Control of Complex Quantum Systems (Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, 2013). PDF. Slides.

5. C. Brif, D. L. Hocker, K. W. Moore, M. D. Grace, K. C. Young, T.-S. Ho, and H. Rabitz, "Improving robustness of quantum gates to control noise," in 14th Annual SQuInT Workshop (Albuquerque, NM, 2012). PDF.

6. C. Brif, M. D. Grace, K. C. Young, D. L. Hocker, K. W. Moore, T.-S. Ho, and H. Rabitz, "Protecting quantum gates from control noise," in QEC11: Second International Conference on Quantum Error Correction (Los Angeles, CA, 2011). PDF. Video.

7. C. Brif, A. Pechen, R. B. Wu, R. Chakrabarti, and H. Rabitz, "General control landscape structure shared by open-loop and closed-loop quantum control approaches," in 242nd ACS National Meeting (American Chemical Society, Denver, CO, 2011), presentation 321-PHYS. PDF.

8. M. P. A. Branderhorst, P. Londero, P. Wasylczyk, I. A. Walmsley, C. Brif, H. Rabitz, and R. L. Kosut, "Coherent control of decoherence in diatomic molecules," in CLEO/QELS 2006: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper JTuB2. OpticsInfoBase. IEEE Xplore. PDF.

9. I. Walmsley, M. Branderhorst, P. Londero, C. Brif, H. Rabitz, and R. Kosut, "Coherent control of decoherence," in Laser Science (Optical Society of America, 2005), paper LTuB2. OpticsInfoBase. PDF.

10. C. Brif, H. Rabitz, S. Wallentowitz, and I. A. Walmsley, "Towards ultrafast laser control over decoherence of molecular vibrational wavepackets," in International Conference on Quantum Information (Rochester, New York, 2001), poster PA40. OpticsInfoBase. PDF.

11. C. Brif, A. Mann, and M. Revzen, "Classical properties of generalized coherent states: From phase-space dynamics to Bell's inequality," in Mathematical Methods of Quantum Physics: Proceedings of the 2nd Jagna International Workshop, edited by C. C. Bernido, M. V. Carpio-Bernido, K. Nakamura, and K. Watanabe (Gordon & Breach, London, 1999), pp. 215–225. arXiv:quant-ph/9805007. PDF.

12. C. Brif and A. Mann, "Use of intelligent states of light for quantum noise reduction in high-accuracy interferometers," in Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations, edited by D. Han, J. Janszky, Y. S. Kim, and V. I. Man'ko (NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1998), pp. 421–426. PDF.

13. C. Brif, A. Vourdas, and A. Mann, "Some properties and applications of analytic representations based on SU(1,1) coherent states," in GROUP21: Physical Applications and Mathematical Aspects of Geometry, Groups and Algebras, edited by H.-D. Doebner, W. Scherer, and P. Nattermann (World Scientific, Singapore, 1997), Vol. 1, pp. 233–237. PDF.

Dissertations

1. C. Brif, Generalized Coherent States and Their Applications in Quantum Optics, Ph.D. Thesis (Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1998). PDF.

2. C. Brif, Quantum Description of the Optical Phase, M.S. Thesis (Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1995).

Patents

1. M. Sarovar, D. Farley, D. B. S. Soh, R. Camacho, and C. Brif, "Secure fiber optic seals enabled by quantum optical communication concepts," United States Patent 10341015 (2019). 

Miscellaneous Publications

1. C. Brif and A. J. Stershic, "Simulation analysis of geometry and material effects for Dropkinson bar," Sandia report SAND2020-10555 (2020). doi:10.2172/1673171.

2. M. D. Grace, C. Brif, A. J. Landahl, and W. M. Witzel, "Control and optimization of open quantum systems for information processing," Sandia report SAND2010-6379P (2010).

3. R. L. Kosut, M. Grace, C. Brif, and H. Rabitz, "On the distance between unitary propagators of quantum systems of differing dimensions," arXiv:quant-ph/0606064.

4. C. Brif, "Optimization of thermal noise in multi-loop pendulum suspensions for use in interferometric gravitational-wave detectors," LIGO preprint LIGO-P990028-00-R. arXiv:physics/9909015.

5. C. Brif, "Notes on anelastic effects and thermal noise in suspensions of test masses in interferometric gravitational-wave detectors," LIGO technical note LIGO-T990041-00-R. arXiv:physics/9909014.

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