Anatole Kenfack

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Anatole Kenfack is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Anatole Kenfack has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 19 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 8 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Anatole Kenfack's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (12 papers), stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (11 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (9 papers). Anatole Kenfack is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (12 papers), stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (11 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (9 papers). Anatole Kenfack collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Nigeria and Cameroon. Anatole Kenfack's co-authors include Kamal P. Singh, U. E. Vincent, Arjendu K. Pattanayak, J. Manz, Beate Paulus, Ingo Barth, Jiangbin Gong, G. K. Paramonov, D. J. Diestler and Michael Koppitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Anatole Kenfack

32 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Negativity of the Wigner function as an indicator of non-classicality

2004 509 citations Anatole Kenfack et al. Journal of Optics B Quantum and Semiclassical Optics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anatole Kenfack Germany	14	772	424	359	168	62	34	1.1k
Katsuhiro Nakamura Japan	20	902 1.2×	340 0.8×	679 1.9×	223 1.3×	38 0.6×	106	1.4k
H. D. Vollmer Germany	18	477 0.6×	98 0.2×	507 1.4×	156 0.9×	19 0.3×	30	816
D. Daems Belgium	15	581 0.8×	317 0.7×	207 0.6×	25 0.1×	76 1.2×	24	867
Adrián A. Budini Argentina	19	708 0.9×	614 1.4×	457 1.3×	50 0.3×	6 0.1×	57	953
Arjendu K. Pattanayak United States	15	422 0.5×	101 0.2×	435 1.2×	89 0.5×	36 0.6×	39	612
P. K. Aravind United States	18	758 1.0×	476 1.1×	146 0.4×	17 0.1×	53 0.9×	60	905
Carlo Presilla Italy	18	720 0.9×	187 0.4×	495 1.4×	160 1.0×	30 0.5×	55	1.0k
Elisabetta Paladino Italy	22	1.7k 2.1×	1.3k 3.2×	250 0.7×	25 0.1×	29 0.5×	77	1.9k
M. E. Goggin United States	14	1.1k 1.4×	959 2.3×	246 0.7×	55 0.3×	49 0.8×	23	1.4k
James D. Cresser Australia	20	1.1k 1.5×	855 2.0×	321 0.9×	38 0.2×	27 0.4×	44	1.3k

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Kenfack, Anatole, et al.. (2024). Non-Hermitian transport of kicked atoms in an optical ratchet potential. Optics Communications. 577. 131435–131435.

Singh, Kamal P., Anatole Kenfack, Jan M. Rost, & Thomas Pfeifer. (2018). Control of molecular breakup by an infrared pulse and a femtosecond pulse train. Physical review. A. 97(3).

Kenfack, Anatole, et al.. (2015). Absolute negative mobility induced by potential phase modulation. Physical Review E. 92(6). 62903–62903. 19 indexed citations

Akin‐Ojo, Omololu, et al.. (2015). Controlling current reversals in chaotic ratchet transport. Physica Scripta. 90(5). 55206–55206. 5 indexed citations

Diestler, D. J., et al.. (2013). Computation of the Electronic Flux Density in the Born–Oppenheimer Approximation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 117(36). 8519–8527. 35 indexed citations

Kenfack, Anatole, S. Banerjee, & Beate Paulus. (2012). Probing electron correlation in molecules via quantum fluxes. Physical Review A. 85(3). 5 indexed citations

Diestler, D. J., Anatole Kenfack, J. Manz, & Beate Paulus. (2011). Coupled-Channels Quantum Theory of Electronic Flux Density in Electronically Adiabatic Processes: Application to the Hydrogen Molecule Ion. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 116(11). 2736–2742. 26 indexed citations

Kenfack, Anatole & Kamal P. Singh. (2010). Stochastic resonance in coupled underdamped bistable systems. Physical Review E. 82(4). 55 indexed citations

Vincent, U. E., Anatole Kenfack, D. V. Senthilkumar, Dieter Mayer, & Jürgen Kurths. (2010). Current reversals and synchronization in coupled ratchets. Physical Review E. 82(4). 46208–46208. 25 indexed citations

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Pattanayak, Arjendu K., et al.. (2009). Controlling the Ratchet Effect for Cold Atoms. APS. 40. 2 indexed citations

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Kästner, Alexander, et al.. (2009). Steering a molecule into dissociation via vibrational excitation. New Journal of Physics. 11(8). 83014–83014. 11 indexed citations

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Kenfack, Anatole, Jan M. Rost, & Frank Großmann. (2008). Dissociation and ionization of small molecules steered by external noise. New Journal of Physics. 10(1). 13020–13020. 5 indexed citations

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Kenfack, Anatole, Jiangbin Gong, & Arjendu K. Pattanayak. (2008). Controlling the Ratchet Effect for Cold Atoms. Physical Review Letters. 100(4). 44104–44104. 49 indexed citations

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Vincent, U. E. & Anatole Kenfack. (2008). Synchronization and bifurcation structures in coupled periodically forced non-identical Duffing oscillators. Physica Scripta. 77(4). 45005–45005. 31 indexed citations

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Kenfack, Anatole, Sean Sweetnam, & Arjendu K. Pattanayak. (2007). Bifurcations and sudden current change in ensembles of classically chaotic ratchets. Physical Review E. 75(5). 56215–56215. 26 indexed citations

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Vincent, U. E., Anatole Kenfack, A. N. Njah, & O. Akinlade. (2005). Bifurcation and chaos in coupled ratchets exhibiting synchronized dynamics. Physical Review E. 72(5). 56213–56213. 31 indexed citations

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Kenfack, Anatole, et al.. (2004). Negativity of the Wigner function as an indicator of non-classicality. Journal of Optics B Quantum and Semiclassical Optics. 6(10). 396–404. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kenfack, Anatole, Jan M. Rost, & Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida. (2004). Optimal representations of quantum states by Gaussians in phase space. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 37(8). 1645–1657. 5 indexed citations

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Kenfack, Anatole & Timoléon Crépin Kofané. (1998). Melnikov’s Method for Spatial Periodic Field and Bifurcation in a Modified Sine-Gordon Model. Physica Scripta. 58(6). 659–663. 6 indexed citations

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Kenfack, Anatole & Timoléon Crépin Kofané. (1995). Chaos in rf-driven long Josephson junctions in the presence of an external field. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 52(14). 10359–10363. 10 indexed citations

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