Bettina Heim

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 943 citations indexed

About

Bettina Heim is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bettina Heim has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 943 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bettina Heim's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (18 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (11 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (10 papers). Bettina Heim is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (18 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (11 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (10 papers). Bettina Heim collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Bettina Heim's co-authors include Gerd Leuchs, Christoph Marquardt, Christian Peuntinger, Dominique Elser, Kevin Günthner, Ebrahim Karimi, Robert W. Boyd, Robert Fickler, Jérémie Gagnon-Bischoff and C. Wittmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Optics Express and New Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

Bettina Heim

20 papers receiving 888 citations

Hit Papers

High-dimensional intracity quantum cryptography with stru... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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. High-dimensional intracity quantum cryptography with structured photons
    2017 366 citations Alicia Sit, Frédéric Bouchard et al. Optica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bettina Heim Germany 13 763 681 195 151 59 21 943
Davide Bacco Denmark 21 1.2k 1.5× 1.2k 1.8× 533 2.7× 184 1.2× 29 0.5× 77 1.6k
Jian-Yu Guan China 14 986 1.3× 982 1.4× 178 0.9× 36 0.2× 21 0.4× 32 1.2k
M. Menotti Italy 11 547 0.7× 615 0.9× 395 2.0× 64 0.4× 25 0.4× 17 916
Fei Zhou China 9 1.1k 1.4× 1.1k 1.7× 171 0.9× 67 0.4× 9 0.2× 26 1.3k
Stefanie Barz Germany 13 1.0k 1.3× 1.2k 1.7× 195 1.0× 43 0.3× 18 0.3× 31 1.4k
Shabir Barzanjeh Canada 15 962 1.3× 668 1.0× 406 2.1× 60 0.4× 10 0.2× 26 1.2k
Hanwu Chen China 15 513 0.7× 620 0.9× 86 0.4× 47 0.3× 11 0.2× 99 807
Oleksandr Kyriienko Iceland 21 1.0k 1.3× 410 0.6× 375 1.9× 175 1.2× 27 0.5× 59 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Bettina Heim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bettina Heim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bettina Heim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bettina Heim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bettina Heim based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bettina Heim. Bettina Heim is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCaskey, Alex, et al.. (2023). CUDA Quantum: The Platform for Integrated Quantum-Classical Computing. 1–4. 7 indexed citations
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Geller, Alan, et al.. (2022). Advancing hybrid quantum–classical computation with real-time execution. Frontiers in Physics. 10. 21 indexed citations
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Heim, Bettina. (2021). Universal Quantum Intermediate Representation. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Ang, Bo Fang, Christopher Granade, et al.. (2021). SV-sim. 1–14. 26 indexed citations
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Heim, Bettina, Mathias Soeken, Chris Granade, et al.. (2020). Quantum programming languages. Nature Reviews Physics. 2(12). 709–722. 63 indexed citations
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Peuntinger, Christian, Bettina Heim, Kevin Günthner, et al.. (2019). Fading channel estimation for free-space continuous-variable secure quantum communication. New Journal of Physics. 21(12). 123036–123036. 31 indexed citations
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Khan, Imran, Bettina Heim, Andreas Neuzner, & Christoph Marquardt. (2018). Satellite-Based QKD. Optics and Photonics News. 29(2). 26–26. 30 indexed citations
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Sit, Alicia, Frédéric Bouchard, Robert Fickler, et al.. (2017). High-dimensional intracity quantum cryptography with structured photons. Optica. 4(9). 1006–1006. 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Peuntinger, Christian, Bettina Heim, Imran Khan, et al.. (2016). Free-Space Quantum Signatures Using Heterodyne Measurements. Physical Review Letters. 117(10). 100503–100503. 42 indexed citations
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Steiger, Damian S., Bettina Heim, Troels F. Rønnow, & Matthias Troyer. (2015). Performance of quantum annealing hardware. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9648. 964816–964816. 3 indexed citations
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Lavery, Martin P. J., Bettina Heim, Christian Peuntinger, et al.. (2015). Study of Turbulence Induced Orbital Angular Momentum Channel Crosstalk in a 1.6km Free-Space Optical Link. Civil War Book Review. STu1L.4–STu1L.4. 8 indexed citations
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Peuntinger, Christian, Bettina Heim, C. Müller, et al.. (2014). Distribution of Squeezed States through an Atmospheric Channel. Physical Review Letters. 113(6). 60502–60502. 75 indexed citations
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Jennewein, Thomas, Brendon L. Higgins, Catherine Holloway, et al.. (2014). QEYSSAT: a mission proposal for a quantum receiver in space. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8997. 89970A–89970A. 28 indexed citations
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Heim, Bettina, Christian Peuntinger, Nathan Killoran, et al.. (2014). Atmospheric continuous-variable quantum communication. New Journal of Physics. 16(11). 113018–113018. 81 indexed citations
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Erven, Chris, Bettina Heim, Evan Meyer-Scott, et al.. (2012). Studying free-space transmission statistics and improving free-space quantum key distribution in the turbulent atmosphere. New Journal of Physics. 14(12). 123018–123018. 58 indexed citations
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Heim, Bettina, Christian Peuntinger, Christoffer Wittmann, Christoph Marquardt, & Gerd Leuchs. (2011). Free Space Quantum Communication using Continuous Polarization Variables. Imaging and Applied Optics. LWD3–LWD3. 2 indexed citations
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Heim, Bettina, Dominique Elser, Tim J. Bartley, et al.. (2009). Free space quantum key distribution with coherent polarization states. 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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Heim, Bettina, Dominique Elser, Tim J. Bartley, et al.. (2009). Atmospheric channel characteristics for quantum communication with continuous polarization variables. Applied Physics B. 98(4). 635–640. 27 indexed citations
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Elser, Dominique, Tim J. Bartley, Bettina Heim, et al.. (2009). Feasibility of free space quantum key distribution with coherent polarization states. New Journal of Physics. 11(4). 45014–45014. 64 indexed citations

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