Adriana E. Lita

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
87 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Adriana E. Lita is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Adriana E. Lita has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 53 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Adriana E. Lita's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (51 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (31 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (26 papers). Adriana E. Lita is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (51 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (31 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (26 papers). Adriana E. Lita collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Adriana E. Lita's co-authors include Sae Woo Nam, Thomas Gerrits, Aaron Miller, Richard P. Mirin, Varun B. Verma, Brice Calkins, Burm Baek, Francesco Marsili, Matthew D. Shaw and Igor Vayshenker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Adriana E. Lita

86 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Detecting single infrared photons with 93% system efficiency

2013 810 citations Francesco Marsili, Varun B. Verma et al. profile →
Quantum computational advantage with a programmable photonic processor

2022 603 citations Matthew J. Collins, Adriana E. Lita et al. Nature profile →
Counting near-infrared single-photons with 95% efficiency

2008 484 citations Adriana E. Lita, Aaron Miller et al. Optics Express profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adriana E. Lita United States	31	3.2k	3.2k	1.6k	674	374	87	4.9k
Varun B. Verma United States	39	3.6k 1.1×	2.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.4×	778 1.2×	356 1.0×	142	5.4k
Francesco Marsili United States	34	2.9k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	758 1.1×	249 0.7×	105	4.4k
Lixing You China	40	4.7k 1.4×	4.6k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	749 1.1×	212 0.6×	310	6.9k
Thomas Gerrits United States	29	2.9k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	444 0.7×	144 0.4×	107	4.1k
Shigehito Miki Japan	33	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	517 0.8×	309 0.8×	182	3.2k
Andrew J. Kerman United States	32	3.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	441 0.7×	223 0.6×	65	4.6k
Richard P. Mirin United States	46	5.0k 1.6×	2.7k 0.8×	4.1k 2.6×	935 1.4×	370 1.0×	268	7.4k
Robert H. Hadfield United Kingdom	36	3.5k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	2.7k 1.7×	1.6k 2.3×	235 0.6×	161	5.9k
Val Zwiller Sweden	37	2.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	2.3k 1.5×	623 0.9×	149 0.4×	116	4.5k
Alan L. Migdall United States	31	4.5k 1.4×	2.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	621 0.9×	71 0.2×	168	5.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Weinhold, Till J., M. P. Almeida, Joshua Combes, et al.. (2024). Precisely determining photon-number in real time. Quantum. 8. 1355–1355. 8 indexed citations

Szypryt, Paul, D. A. Bennett, Joseph W. Fowler, et al.. (2024). Kinetic inductance current sensor for visible to near-infrared wavelength transition-edge sensor readout. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 160–160. 4 indexed citations

Lita, Adriana E., Matthew J. Collins, D. A. Bennett, et al.. (2023). Fast transition-edge sensors suitable for photonic quantum computing. Journal of Applied Physics. 133(23). 9 indexed citations

Lita, Adriana E., Varun B. Verma, Jeff Chiles, Richard P. Mirin, & Sae Woo Nam. (2021). Mo _x Si ₁₋ _x a versatile material for nanowire to microwire single-photon detectors from UV to near IR. Superconductor Science and Technology. 34(5). 54001–54001. 18 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaofu, Adriana E. Lita, Huanlong Liu, et al.. (2021). Size dependent nature of the magnetic-field driven superconductor-to-insulator quantum-phase transitions. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 6 indexed citations

Thekkadath, Guillaume, Bryn A. Bell, A. Eckstein, et al.. (2020). Quantum-enhanced interferometry with large heralded photon-number states. npj Quantum Information. 6(1). 35 indexed citations

Tiedau, Johannes, Tim J. Bartley, Georg Harder, et al.. (2019). Scalability of parametric down-conversion for generating higher-order Fock states. Physical review. A. 100(4). 31 indexed citations

Reddy, Dileep V., Robert R. Nerem, Adriana E. Lita, et al.. (2019). Exceeding 95% system efficiency within the telecom C-band in superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 6 indexed citations

Clements, William R., Jelmer J. Renema, Andreas Eckstein, et al.. (2018). Approximating vibronic spectroscopy with imperfect quantum optics. BURJC Digital (King Juan Carlos University). 26 indexed citations

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Marsili, Francesco, Martin J. Stevens, A. G. Kozorezov, et al.. (2016). Hotspot relaxation dynamics in a current-carrying superconductor. Physical review. B.. 93(9). 36 indexed citations

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Allman, Michael S., Varun B. Verma, Martin J. Stevens, et al.. (2015). A near-infrared 64-pixel superconducting nanowire single photon detector array with integrated multiplexed readout. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9504. 950402–950402. 3 indexed citations

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Lee, Catherine, Zheshen Zhang, Jacob Mower, et al.. (2014). High-dimensional time-energy entanglement-based quantum key distribution using dispersive optics. 87. FM4A.3–FM4A.3. 1 indexed citations

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Giustina, Marissa, Sven Ramelow, Bernhard Wittmann, et al.. (2013). Bell violation using entangled photons without the fair-sampling assumption. Nature. 497(7448). 227–230. 283 indexed citations

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Verma, Varun B., Francesco Marsili, Sean D. Harrington, et al.. (2013). A three-dimensional, polarization-insensitive superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetector. 16. QM4L.8–QM4L.8. 3 indexed citations

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Almeida, M. P., Devin H. Smith, Cyril Branciard, et al.. (2012). Conclusive quantum steering with superconducting transition edge sensors. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Gerrits, Thomas, Nicholas Thomas-Peter, James C. Gates, et al.. (2012). On-chip, photon-number-resolving, telecom-band detectors for scalable photonic information processing. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). QTu1E.1–QTu1E.1.

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Miller, Aaron, et al.. (2011). Compact cryogenic self-aligning fiber-to-detector coupling with losses below one percent. Optics Express. 19(10). 9102–9102. 115 indexed citations

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Gerrits, Thomas, James C. Gates, Adriana E. Lita, et al.. (2011). On-chip, photon-number-resolving, telecommunication-band detectors for scalable photonic information processing. 84(6). 2 indexed citations

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Lita, Adriana E., Brice Calkins, Aaron Miller, et al.. (2009). High-Efficiency Photon-Number-Resolving Detectors based on Hafnium Transition-Edge Sensors. AIP conference proceedings. 351–354. 17 indexed citations

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Rosenberg, Danna, Jim Harrington, Patrick R. Rice, et al.. (2007). Long-Distance Decoy-State Quantum Key Distribution in Optical Fiber. Physical Review Letters. 98(1). 10503–10503. 243 indexed citations

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