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Peter L. McMahon

Cornell University · US
Area of research
Artificial Intelligence · Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, and Photonic and Optical Devices.
h-index
37
citations
8,179
works
211
NIH funding
primary concept
Physics
email

Recent publications

Programmable on-chip nonlinear photonics.
2026cited by 1position: contributordoi
Exponential advantage in quantum sensing of correlated parameters
Quantum 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Hamiltonian-reconstruction distance as a success metric for the variational quantum eigensolver
Quantum Science and Technology 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Training of physical neural networks
Nature 2025cited by 45position: middledoi
Quantum-limited stochastic optical neural networks operating at a few quanta per activation
Nature Communications 2025cited by 18position: lastdoi
Roadmap on Neuromorphic Photonics
ArXiv.org 2025cited by 15position: middledoi
Programmable on-chip nonlinear photonics
Nature 2025cited by 13position: lastdoi
Training of physical neural networks.
2025cited by 12position: contributordoi
Synthetic High Angular Momentum Spin Dynamics in a Microwave Oscillator
Physical Review X 2025cited by 6position: contributordoi
Quantum-limited stochastic optical neural networks operating at a few quanta per activation.
2025cited by 5position: contributordoi
Arbitrary control over multimode wave propagation for machine learning
Nature Physics 2025cited by 3position: contributordoi
An integrated microwave neural network for broadband computation and communication
Nature Electronics 2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
An integrated microwave neural network for broadband computation and communication
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Roadmap for unconventional computing with nanotechnology
Nano Futures 2024cited by 69position: contributordoi
Roadmap for unconventional computing with nanotechnology
Nano Futures 2024cited by 68position: middledoi
Quantum variational solving of nonlinear and multidimensional partial differential equations
Physical Review A 2024cited by 33position: contributordoi
Quantum variational solving of nonlinear and multidimensional partial differential equations
Physical review. A/Physical review, A 2024cited by 31position: lastdoi
Microwave signal processing using an analog quantum reservoir computer
Nature Communications 2024cited by 21position: lastdoi
Nonlinear computation with linear systems
Nature Physics 2024cited by 5position: contributordoi
Microwave signal processing using an analog quantum reservoir computer.
2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
The physics of optical computing
Nature Reviews Physics 2023cited by 337position: contributordoi
The physics of optical computing
Nature Reviews Physics 2023cited by 332position: firstdoi
Image sensing with multilayer nonlinear optical neural networks
Nature Photonics 2023cited by 247position: lastdoi
Image sensing with multilayer nonlinear optical neural networks
Nature Photonics 2023cited by 241position: contributordoi
Programmable large-scale simulation of bosonic transport in optical synthetic frequency lattices
Nature Physics 2023cited by 45position: lastdoi
Linear-depth quantum circuits for loading Fourier approximations of arbitrary functions
Quantum Science and Technology 2023cited by 26position: lastdoi
Linear-depth quantum circuits for loading Fourier approximations of arbitrary functions
Quantum Science and Technology 2023cited by 25position: contributordoi
Quantum-noise-limited optical neural networks operating at a few quanta per activation
2023cited by 3position: contributordoi
Deep physical neural networks trained with backpropagation
Nature 2022cited by 686position: lastdoi
Ising machines as hardware solvers of combinatorial optimization problems
Nature Reviews Physics 2022cited by 511position: middledoi

Grants

EAGER: QAC-QSA: Hamiltonian Reconstruction for Ansatz Selection and Validation of the Variational Quantum Eigensolver
NSF2038027$300,0002020–2023PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 21 papers (2019–2026)Logan G. Wright · Cornell University9 papers (2020–2025)Tatsuhiro Onodera · University of Toronto7 papers (2020–2025) · 6 papers (2020–2025) · 5 papers (2022–2025) · 5 papers (2022–2025)Tianyu Wang · Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine4 papers (2022–2025) · 4 papers (2022–2025)Shi-Yuan Ma · Cornell University3 papers (2022–2025) · 3 papers (2012–2020) · 3 papers (2025–2026) · 3 papers (2025–2026)Ryotatsu Yanagimoto · Cornell University3 papers (2020–2025)Martin M. Stein · Cornell University3 papers (2022–2025)M. M. Fejer · University of Trieste2 papers (2019–2022)Mandar M. Sohoni · Cornell University2 papers (2023–2025)Abhijat Sarma · University of California, Santa Barbara2 papers (2023–2024) · 2 papers (2020–2022) · 2 papers (2020–2022) · 2 papers (2025–2026)