68. Witnessing non-stationary and non-Markovian environments with a quantum sensor
John W. Rosenberg, Martín Kuffer, Inbar Zohar, Rainer Stöhr, Andrej Denisenko, Analia Zwick, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Amit Finkler
Submitted (2025). arXiv:2501.05814. [PDF]

67. Global out-of-time-order correlators as a signature of scrambling dynamics of local observables
Fabricio S. Lozano-Negro, Claudia M. Sánchez, Ana K. Chattah, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Horacio M. Pastawski
Phys. Rev. A 110, 042410 (2024). arXiv:2407.03273. [PDF]

66. Sensing Out-of-Equilibrium and Quantum Non-Gaussian environments via induced Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking on the quantum-probe dynamics
Martin Kuffer, Analia Zwick, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Submitted (2024). arXiv:2405.04742. [PDF]

65. Optimising microstructural characterisation of white-matter phantoms: impact of gradient waveform modulation on Non-uniform Oscillating Gradient Spin-Echo sequences
Melisa L. Gimenez, Pablo Jimenez, Leonardo A. Pedraza Pérez, Diana Betancourth, Analia Zwick, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Submitted (2024). arXiv:2406.02568. [PDF]

64. Maximizing information obtainable by quantum sensors through the Quantum Zeno Effect
Bruno Ronchi, Analia Zwick and Gonzalo A. Alvarez
Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 034058 (2024). arXiv:2403.11339. [PDF]

63. Selective filters of translational molecular diffusion dynamics in human brain microstructures
Analia Zwick, Ezequiel L. Saidman, Stefano Tambalo, Manuela Moretto, Lisa Novello, Thorsten Feiweier, Jorge Jovicich, and Gonzalo A. Alvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 32, 0116 (2024).

62. Selective probe of intra- and extra-cellular diffusion with non-invasive MRI using non-uniform oscillating gradients
Ignacio Lembo Ferrari, Manuel Avellaneda, Ezequiel L. Saidman, Francisco Divi, and Gonzalo A. Alvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 32, 3469 (2024).

61. Diffusion spectrums of intra- and extra-cellular molecular diffusion via Oscillating Gradient Spin-Echo MRI-techniques
Manuel Avellaneda, Ignacio Lembo Ferrari and Gonzalo A. Alvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 32, 3473 (2024).

60. In-silico study of internal gradient distribution effects on diffusion-weighted signals of white matter tracts models at 9.4T
Jesus Fajardo and Gonzalo A. Alvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 32, 0590 (2024).

59. Cumulant expansion framework for internal gradient distributions tensors
Leonardo Pedraza, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Open 16-17, 100136 (2023). arXiv:2304.02065. [PDF]

58. Quantum sensing tools to characterize physical, chemical and biological processes with magnetic resonance
Analia Zwick, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Open 16-17, 100113 (2023). [PDF]

57. Selective filters of translational molecular diffusion dynamics in white matter microstructures with preclinical and clinical MRI
Ezequiel L. Saidman, Analia Zwick, Stefano Tambalo, Thorsten Feiweier, Jorge Jovicich, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 31, 0970 (2023).

56. Framework for Internal Gradient Distribution Tensors to characterize tissue microstructure with MRI
Leonardo Pedraza, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 31, 5251 (2023).

55. Evaluation of reliability and self-consistency of compartment size-distribution estimations by oscillating gradient spin-echo sequences
Melisa Giménez, Leonardo Pedraza, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 31, 4308 (2023).

54. Optimization of non-uniform oscillating gradient spin echo sequences for selective microstructure-size imaging
Milena Capiglioni, Analia Zwick, Pablo Jiménez, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 31, 4492 (2023).

53. Optimization method for estimating tissue microstructure size-distributions with diffusion weighted imaging
Pablo Jiménez, Analia Zwick, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 31, 4485 (2023).

52. Una mirada a las tecnologías cuánticas y la medicina
Gonzalo A. Álvarez
in Serie: hojitas de conocimiento, No 51 CIENCIA. Publicación a cargo del Dr. Daniel Pasquevich y la Lic. Stella Maris Spurio (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica - Instituto de Energía y Desarrollo Sustentable, Argentina, (2022), pp. 455–456. ISBN: 978-987-1323-12-8.

51. Path integral framework for characterizing and controlling decoherence induced by non-stationary environments on a quantum probe
Martin Kuffer, Analia Zwick, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
PRX Quantum 3, 020321 (2022). arXiv:2203.05063. [PDF]

50. Dynamics of quantum information scrambling under decoherence effects measured via active spin clusters
Federico D. Domínguez, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Phys. Rev. A 104, 062406 (2021). arXiv:2107.03870. [PDF]

49. Decoherence scaling transition in the dynamics of quantum information scrambling
Federico D. Domínguez, Maria C. Rodríguez, Robin Kaiser, Dieter Suter, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Phys. Rev. A 104, 012402 (2021). arXiv:2005.12361. [PDF]

48. Internal gradient distribution tensors of white matter tracts models
Jesus E. Fajardo, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 29, 1716 (2021).

47. Selective microstructure-size filters for non-invasive quantitative MRI
Milena Capiglioni, Analia Zwick, Pablo Jiménez, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 29, 2036 (2021).

46. Microstructure size-distribution estimations with smooth and sharp non-uniform oscillating gradient spin-echo modulations
Melisa Giménez, Pablo Jiménez, Leonardo Pedraza, Diana Betancourth, Analia Zwick, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 29, 3418 (2021).

45. Noninvasive Quantitative Imaging of Selective Microstructure Sizes via Magnetic Resonance
Milena Capiglioni, Pablo Jiménez, Analia Zwick, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Phys. Rev. Applied 15, 014045 (2021). arXiv:2006.02035. [PDF]

44. Precision limits of tissue microstructure characterization by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Analia Zwick, Dieter Suter, Gershon Kurizki, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Phys. Rev. Applied 14, 024088 (2020). arXiv:1912.12239. [PDF]

43. Internal gradient distributions: A susceptibility-derived tensor delivering morphologies by magnetic resonance
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Noam Shemesh, and Lucio Frydman
Scientific Reports 7, 3311 (2017). [PDF]
Featured in Noticias del Instituto Balseiro and Árticulo de Divulgación.

42. Quantum sensing of noisy and complex systems under dynamical control
Gershon Kurizki, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Analia Zwick.
Technologies 5, 1 (2017). [PDF]

41. Criticality of environmental information obtainable by dynamically controlled quantum probes
Analia Zwick, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Gershon Kurizki
Phys. Rev. A 94, 042122 (2016). arXiv:1509.06516. [PDF]

40. Protecting quantum information against environmental noise
Dieter Suter and Gonzalo A. Álvarez.
Rev. Mod. Phys. 88, 041001 (2016). [PDF]

39. Maximizing information on the environment by dynamically controlled qubit probes
Analia Zwick, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Gershon Kurizki
Phys. Rev. Applied 5, 014007 (2016). arXiv:1507.03281. [PDF]

38. Local and bulk 13C hyperpolarization in nitrogen-vacancy-centred diamonds at variable fields and orientations
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Christian O. Bretschneider, Ran Fischer, Paz London, Hisao Kanda, Shinobu Onoda, Junichi Isoya, David Gershoni, and Lucio Frydman
Nat. Commun. 6, 8456 (2015). arXiv:1412.8635. [PDF]

37. Localization-delocalization transition in the dynamics of dipolar-coupled nuclear spins
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Dieter Suter, and Robin Kaiser
Science 349, 846 (2015). arXiv:1409.4562. [PDF]
Featured in Infobrief der TU Dortmund (August 2015), datacenter-insider.de, pro-physik.de, Informationsdienst Wissenschaft online magazine, Innovation Report magazine, and Science Magazine.

36. Size distribution imaging by Non-Uniform Oscillating-Gradient Spin Echo (NOGSE) MRI
Noam Shemesh, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Lucio Frydman
PLoS ONE 10, e0133201 (2015). [PDF]

35. Quantum state transfer in disordered spin chains: How much engineering is reasonable?
Analia Zwick, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Joachim Stolze, and Omar Osenda
Quant. Inf. Comm. 15, 582 (2015). arXiv:1306.1695. [PDF]

34. Diffusion-assisted Selective Dynamical Recoupling: A new approach to measure background gradients in magnetic resonance
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Noam Shemesh, and Lucio Frydman
J. Chem. Phys. 140, 084205 (2014). [PDF]

33. Optimized dynamical control of state transfer through noisy spin chains
Analia Zwick, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Guy Bensky, and Gershon Kurizki
New J. Phys. 16, 065021 (2014). arXiv:1310.1621. [PDF]

32. Robustness of spin-chain state-transfer schemes
Joachim Stolze, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Omar Osenda, and Analia Zwick
in Quantum State Transfer and Network Engineering, edited by G. M. Nikolopoulos and I. Jex (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014), pp. 149–182 [PDF link].
Partly published in arXiv:1502.04879. [PDF]

31. Probing Internal-Gradient-Distribution-Tensors (IGDT) by Non-Uniform Oscillating-Gradient Spin-Echo (NOGSE) MRI: A New Approach to Map Orientations in Biological Tissues
Noam Shemesh, Gonzalo A. Alvarez, and Lucio Frydman
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 22, 0631 (2014). [PDF]

30. Cellular Size Distributions Revealed by Non-Uniform Oscillating-Gradient Spin-Echo (NOGSE) MRI
Noam Shemesh, Gonzalo A. Alvarez, and Lucio Frydman
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 22, 0797 (2014). [PDF]

29. Measuring small compartment dimensions by probing diffusion dynamics via Non-uniform Oscillating-Gradient Spin-Echo (NOGSE) NMR
Noam Shemesh, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Lucio Frydman
J. Magn. Reson. 237, 49 (2013). [Preprint PDF]
Erratum for the Appendix: J. Magn. Reson. 254, 70 (2015).

28. Coherent dynamical recoupling of diffusion-driven decoherence in magnetic resonance
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Noam Shemesh, and Lucio Frydman
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 080404 (2013). arXiv:1305.2794. [PDF]
Featured in the Interface magazine (winter 2014).

27. Quantum simulations of localization effects with dipolar interactions
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Robin Kaiser, and Dieter Suter
Ann. Phys. (Berlin) 525, 833 (2013). arXiv:1305.2526. [PDF]
Special Issue on "Quantum Simulations", featuring review papers written by last year's Nobel Prize winners describing their foundational work (Wineland and Haroche). Issue edited by: Rainer Blatt, Immanuel Bloch, Ignacio Cirac, Peter Zoller.

26. Robustness of dynamical decoupling sequences
Mustafa Ahmed Ali Ahmed, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Dieter Suter
Phys. Rev. A 87, 042309 (2013). arXiv:1211.5001. [PDF]

25. Experimental protection of quantum gates against decoherence and control errors
Alexandre M. Souza, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Dieter Suter
Phys. Rev. A (Rapid Communication) 86, 050301 (2012). arXiv:1206.2933. [PDF (205 kB)]

24. Iterative rotation scheme for robust dynamical decoupling
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Alexandre M. Souza, and Dieter Suter
Phys. Rev. A 85, 052324 (2012). arXiv:1203.0252. [PDF (1.5 MB)]
Featured in Phys. Rev. A Kaleidoscope (May 2012).

23. Shift-driven modulations of spin echo signals
Pieter E.S. Smith, Guy Bensky, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Gershon Kurizki, and Lucio Frydman
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 109, 5958 (2012). [PDF (733 kB)]

22. Spin chains for robust state transfer: Modified boundary couplings versus completely engineered chains
Analia Zwick, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Joachim Stolze, and Omar Osenda
Phys. Rev. A 85, 012318 (2012). arXiv:1111.2238. [PDF (938 kB)]

21. Robust dynamical decoupling
Alexandre M. Souza, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Dieter Suter
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 370, 4748 (2012). arXiv:1110.6334. [PDF (1.3 MB)]

20. Effects of time-reversal symmetry in dynamical decoupling
Alexandre M. Souza, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Dieter Suter
Phys. Rev. A 85, 032306 (2012). arXiv:1110.1011. [PDF (913 kB)]

19. Controlling spin-spin network dynamics by repeated projective measurements
Christian O. Bretschneider, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Gershon Kurizki, and Lucio Frydman
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 140403 (2012). arXiv:1109.3796. [PDF (651 kB)]

18. Measuring the spectrum of colored noise by dynamical decoupling
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Dieter Suter
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 230501 (2011). arXiv:1106.3463. [PDF (377 kB)]

17. Robustness of spin-coupling distributions for perfect quantum state transfer
Analia Zwick, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Joachim Stolze, and Omar Osenda
Phys. Rev. A 84, 022311 (2011). arXiv:1105.0071. [PDF (1,6 MB)]
Featured in Phys. Rev. A Kaleidoscope (August 2011).

16. Robust dynamical decoupling for quantum computing and quantum memory
Alexandre M. Souza, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Dieter Suter
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 240501 (2011). arXiv:1103.4563. [PDF (6.8 MB)]

15. Localization effects induced by decoherence in superpositions of many-spin quantum states
Gonzalo A. Álvarez and Dieter Suter
Phys. Rev. A 84, 012320 (2011). arXiv:1103.4546. [PDF (1.3 MB)]

14. Optimal pulse spacing for dynamical decoupling in the presence of a purely-dephasing spin-bath
Ashok Ajoy, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, and Dieter Suter
Phys. Rev. A 83, 032303 (2011). arXiv:1011.6243. [PDF (1430 kB)]

13. Zeno and anti-Zeno polarization control of spin-ensembles by induced dephasing
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, D.D. Bhaktavatsala Rao, Lucio Frydman, and Gershon Kurizki
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 160401 (2010). arXiv:1008.5122. [PDF (328 kB)]
Featured in the New Scientist Magazine (10 October 2010), in the Interface magazine (spring/summer 2011), in "Novedades e información de cyt - UNC" (15.02.2012), and in the Interface magazine (winter 2014).

12. Performance comparison of dynamical decoupling sequences for a qubit in a rapidly fluctuating spin bath
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Ashok Ajoy, Xinhua Peng, and Dieter Suter
Phys. Rev. A 82, 042306 (2010). arXiv:1008.1962. [PDF (2146 kB)]

11. Decoherence as attenuation of mesoscopic echoes in a spin-chain channel
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Ernesto P. Danieli, Patricia R. Levstein, and Horacio M. Pastawski
Phys. Rev. A 82, 012310 (2010). arXiv:1005.2045. [PDF (724 kB)]

10. NMR quantum simulation of localization effects induced by decoherence
Gonzalo A. Álvarez and Dieter Suter
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 230403 (2010). arXiv:1004.5003. [PDF (300 kB)]

9. Perfect state transfers based on selective quantum interferences within a complex spin network
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Mor Mishkovsky, Ernesto P. Danieli, Patricia R. Levstein, Horacio M. Pastawski, and Lucio Frydman
Phys. Rev. A (Rapid Communication) 81, 060302 (2010). arXiv:1005.2593. [PDF (806 kB)]

8. Quantum parallelism as a tool for ensemble spin dynamics calculations
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Ernesto P. Danieli, Patricia R. Levstein, and Horacio M. Pastawski
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 120503 (2008). arXiv:0710.3747. [PDF (486 kB)]

7. Decoherence of many-spin systems in NMR: From molecular characterization to an environmentally induced quantum dynamical phase transition
Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Ph.D thesis, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 2007. arXiv:0705.2350 [PDF file (2.7 MB)]
Director: Prof. Dr. Patricia R. Levstein, Co-Director: Prof. Dr. Horacio M. Pastawski
Examining Committee: Prof. Dr. Carlos A. Balseiro, Prof. Dr. Guido A. Raggio, Prof. Dr. Juan Pablo Paz, and Prof. Dr. Pablo Serra

6. Decoherence under many-body system-environment interactions: a stroboscopic representation based on a fictitiously homogenized interaction rate
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Ernesto P. Danieli, Patricia R. Levstein, and Horacio M. Pastawski
Phys. Rev. A 75, 062116 (2007). arXiv:cond-mat/0701574. [PDF (311 kB)]
This work was featured in the July 2007 issue of the Virtual Journal of Quantum Information

5. Signatures of a quantum dynamical phase transition in a three-spin system in presence of a spin environment
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Patricia R. Levstein, and Horacio M. Pastawski
Physica B 398, 438 (2007). arXiv:cond-mat/0703158. [PDF file (184 kB)]

4. Quantum dynamical phase transition in a system with many-body interactions
Ernesto P. Danieli, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Patricia R. Levstein, and Horacio M. Pastawski
Solid State Commun. 141, 422 (2007) - arXiv:cond-mat/0511639. [PDF file (481 kB)]

3. Environmentally induced Quantum Dynamical Phase Transition in the spin swapping operation
Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Ernesto P. Danieli, Patricia R. Levstein, and Horacio M. Pastawski
J. Chem. Phys. 124, 194507 (2006) . arXiv:cond-mat/0504347. [PDF file (649 kB)]
This work was featured in the June 2006 issue of the Virtual Journal of Quantum Information and in the June 2006 issue of the Virtual of Nanoscale Science & Technology

2. Quantum dynamics under coherent and incoherent effects of a spin bath in the Keldish formalism: application to a spin swapping operation
Ernesto P. Danieli, Horacio M. Pastawski, and Gonzalo A. Álvarez
Chem. Phys. Lett. 402, 88 (2005), arXiv:ond-mat/0403399. [PDF file (199 kB)]

1. Many-spin quantum dynamics during cross polarization in 8CB
Ana K. Chattah, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Patricia R. Levstein, Fernando M. Cucchietti, Horacio M. Pastawski, Jésus Raya and Jérôme Hirschinger
J. Chem. Phys.119, 7943 (2003). [PDF file (140 kB)]