Aaron W. Young

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 732 citations indexed

About

Aaron W. Young is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron W. Young has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 732 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 2 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 2 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Aaron W. Young's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (12 papers), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (8 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (7 papers). Aaron W. Young is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (12 papers), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (8 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (7 papers). Aaron W. Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Aaron W. Young's co-authors include Adam M. Kaufman, William J. Eckner, Matthew A. Norcia, Jun Ye, Nathan Schine, E. Oelker, William R. Milner, Dhruv Kedar, Alec Cao and Michael J. Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Aaron W. Young

15 papers receiving 709 citations

Hit Papers

Realizing spin squeezing with Rydberg interactions in an ... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2024 25 50 75
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Realizing spin squeezing with Rydberg interactions in an optical clock
    2023 88 citations William J. Eckner, Nelson Darkwah Oppong et al. Nature profile →
  2. Multi-qubit gates and Schrödinger cat states in an optical clock
    2024 48 citations Alec Cao, William J. Eckner et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aaron W. Young United States 10 667 297 40 38 23 15 732
Aline Vernier France 4 514 0.8× 242 0.8× 30 0.8× 30 0.8× 25 1.1× 6 553
Nathan Schine United States 9 489 0.7× 198 0.7× 46 1.1× 15 0.4× 26 1.1× 15 525
Lucas Béguin France 8 757 1.1× 416 1.4× 78 1.9× 36 0.9× 40 1.7× 10 817
Peter A. Ivanov Bulgaria 16 670 1.0× 529 1.8× 44 1.1× 27 0.7× 14 0.6× 46 744
Florence Nogrette France 8 537 0.8× 294 1.0× 26 0.7× 16 0.4× 17 0.7× 9 577
Jiazhong Hu China 13 531 0.8× 336 1.1× 31 0.8× 25 0.7× 15 0.7× 36 575
Alexander Krupp Germany 9 474 0.7× 112 0.4× 18 0.5× 61 1.6× 12 0.5× 22 531
Svetoslav S. Ivanov Bulgaria 15 410 0.6× 293 1.0× 49 1.2× 32 0.8× 7 0.3× 23 470
T. Deuschle Germany 6 868 1.3× 738 2.5× 54 1.4× 40 1.1× 18 0.8× 6 964
D. Stick United States 6 365 0.5× 291 1.0× 58 1.4× 42 1.1× 28 1.2× 6 456

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron W. Young

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Zhang, Shiwei, et al.. (2025). A neutral-atom Hubbard quantum simulator in the cryogenic regime. Nature. 642(8069). 909–915. 6 indexed citations
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Young, Aaron W., William J. Eckner, Nathan Schine, et al.. (2024). An atomic boson sampler. Nature. 629(8011). 311–316. 16 indexed citations
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Cao, Alec, William J. Eckner, Aaron W. Young, et al.. (2024). Multi-qubit gates and Schrödinger cat states in an optical clock. Nature. 634(8033). 315–320. 48 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eckner, William J., Nelson Darkwah Oppong, Alec Cao, et al.. (2023). Realizing spin squeezing with Rydberg interactions in an optical clock. Nature. 621(7980). 734–739. 88 indexed citations breakdown →
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Young, Aaron W., William J. Eckner, Nathan Schine, Andrew M. Childs, & Adam M. Kaufman. (2022). Tweezer-programmable 2D quantum walks in a Hubbard-regime lattice. Science. 377(6608). 885–889. 63 indexed citations
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Schine, Nathan, Aaron W. Young, William J. Eckner, Michael J. Martin, & Adam M. Kaufman. (2022). Long-lived Bell states in an array of optical clock qubits. Nature Physics. 18(9). 1067–1073. 73 indexed citations
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Eckner, William J., Aaron W. Young, Nathan Schine, & Adam M. Kaufman. (2021). High-Power, Fiber-Laser-Based Source for Magic-Wavelength Trapping in Neutral-Atom Optical Clocks. arXiv (Cornell University). 5 indexed citations
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Young, Aaron W., W. G. Graham, T. J. Morgan, & Lutz Hüwel. (2021). Laser-induced breakdown in liquid water: Influence of repeated laser pulses on plasma formation and emission. Journal of Applied Physics. 129(18). 7 indexed citations
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Young, Aaron W., William J. Eckner, William R. Milner, et al.. (2020). Half-minute-scale atomic coherence and high relative stability in a tweezer clock. Nature. 588(7838). 408–413. 17 indexed citations
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Young, Aaron W., William J. Eckner, William R. Milner, et al.. (2020). A tweezer clock with half-minute atomic coherence at optical frequencies and high relative stability. arXiv (Cornell University). 137 indexed citations
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Norcia, Matthew A., Aaron W. Young, William J. Eckner, et al.. (2019). Seconds-scale coherence on an optical clock transition in a tweezer array. Science. 366(6461). 93–97. 119 indexed citations
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Norcia, Matthew A., Aaron W. Young, & Adam M. Kaufman. (2018). Microscopic Control and Detection of Ultracold Strontium in Optical-Tweezer Arrays. Physical Review X. 8(4). 135 indexed citations
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Burns, George & Aaron W. Young. (1980). Trajectory study of atomic recombination reactions. VIII. The energy transfer mechanism. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 72(6). 3630–3632. 3 indexed citations
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Shin, Hyung Kyu & Aaron W. Young. (1974). Vibrational de-excitation of HF(v = 1) in HF + Ar: Importance of rotational transitions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 60(1). 193–194. 9 indexed citations
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Young, Aaron W. & Hyung Kyu Shin. (1973). Simultaneous vibrational and rotational transitions in hydrogen + argon at high collision velocities: Collisions at nonzero impact parameters. Chemical Physics Letters. 21(2). 267–270. 6 indexed citations

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