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Quantum Optics

Quantum Optics is a branch of physics that studies the interaction between light and matter at the quantum level, where the quantization of the electromagnetic field and the quantum nature of photons become essential to understanding optical phenomena.

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25.6K

Fine Structure Constant Defines Visual Transparency of Graphene

Rahul R. Nair, Peter Blake, A. N. Grigorenko et al. · Science · 2008 · 9K citations · Full text

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Coherent and Incoherent States of the Radiation Field

Roy J. Glauber · Physical Review · 1963 · 6.8K citations

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A scheme for efficient quantum computation with linear optics

E. Knill, Raymond Laflamme, G. J. Milburn · Nature · 2001 · 5.9K citations

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Cavity optomechanics

Markus Aspelmeyer, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Florian Marquardt · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2014 · 5.7K citations · Full text

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Electromagnetically induced transparency: Optics in coherent media

Michael Fleischhauer, Ataç İmamoğlu, J. P. Marangos · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2005 · 5.1K citations

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  1. PZ
    P. Zoller

    Universität Innsbruck, Austria

    99 publications · 23.4K citations

    66

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  2. HJ
    H. J. Kimble

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    109 publications · 27.3K citations

    65

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  3. FN
    Franco Nori

    University of Michigan, United States

    126 publications · 14.8K citations

    62

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  4. MO
    Marlan O. Scully

    Texas A&M University, United States

    130 publications · 14.5K citations

    61

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  5. MD
    Mikhail D. Lukin

    Harvard University, United States

    77 publications · 25.9K citations

    57

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Institutions

4.1K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    144 h-index

    4.8K publications

    426K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

    Garching, Germany

    132 h-index

    1.3K publications

    195.2K citations

  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology

    Gaithersburg, United States

    126 h-index

    1.7K publications

    261.4K citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    125 h-index

    1.5K publications

    302.4K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    120 h-index

    1.4K publications

    469.6K citations

  6. Universität Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Austria

    113 h-index

    1K publications

    168.1K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    112 h-index

    880 publications

    174.7K citations

  8. Laboratoire Kastler Brossel

    Paris, France

    101 h-index

    1.3K publications

    172.4K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 3.4K publications · 474.4K citations

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  2. Physical Review A

    PRA · 3.6K publications · 216.6K citations

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  3. Nature

    294 publications · 139K citations

    186

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  4. Science

    220 publications · 90.8K citations

    140

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  5. Nature Physics

    214 publications · 43.6K citations

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