Chad Orzel

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Chad Orzel is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chad Orzel has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 2 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Chad Orzel's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (10 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (6 papers) and Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (3 papers). Chad Orzel is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (10 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (6 papers) and Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (3 papers). Chad Orzel collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Chad Orzel's co-authors include A. K. Tuchman, Mark A. Kasevich, Masami Yasuda, S. L. Rolston, Scott Bergeson, S. A. Kulin, T. C. Killian, L. A. Orozco, Uwe Sterr and M. Walhout and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Chad Orzel

19 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Squeezed States in a Bose-Einstein Condensate 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 200 400 600
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. Squeezed States in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
    2001 630 citations Chad Orzel, A. K. Tuchman et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chad Orzel United States 9 1.2k 216 134 106 99 21 1.2k
M. W. Reynolds Netherlands 17 1.2k 1.0× 134 0.6× 124 0.9× 78 0.7× 72 0.7× 51 1.3k
B. Laburthe-Tolra France 27 2.5k 2.1× 335 1.6× 212 1.6× 150 1.4× 387 3.9× 58 2.6k
Fabian Böttcher Germany 18 1.6k 1.3× 64 0.3× 145 1.1× 91 0.9× 335 3.4× 26 1.6k
Mariusz Gajda Poland 25 1.9k 1.6× 192 0.9× 145 1.1× 227 2.1× 257 2.6× 81 1.9k
Simon Stellmer Germany 16 1.5k 1.3× 84 0.4× 121 0.9× 258 2.4× 171 1.7× 32 1.6k
Wenhui Li United States 13 1.7k 1.4× 170 0.8× 97 0.7× 30 0.3× 501 5.1× 25 1.7k
M. Marinescu United States 16 1.2k 1.0× 83 0.4× 196 1.5× 71 0.7× 53 0.5× 26 1.3k
Anders Kastberg Sweden 13 586 0.5× 158 0.7× 113 0.8× 137 1.3× 23 0.2× 51 676
V. V. Kocharovsky Russia 16 732 0.6× 86 0.4× 187 1.4× 206 1.9× 22 0.2× 69 893
George A. Ruff United States 9 1.0k 0.9× 146 0.7× 239 1.8× 156 1.5× 47 0.5× 14 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chad Orzel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chad Orzel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chad Orzel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chad Orzel 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 Chad Orzel. Chad Orzel 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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Orzel, Chad, et al.. (2012). Exploring Uncertainty with Projectile Launchers. The Physics Teacher. 50(9). 546–547. 1 indexed citations
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Orzel, Chad. (2012). The Infinity Puzzle: Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe. Physics Today. 65(8). 50–50.
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Orzel, Chad. (2012). Searching for new physics through atomic, molecular and optical precision measurements. Physica Scripta. 86(6). 68101–68101. 16 indexed citations
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Orzel, Chad. (2011). The brave new-media world. Physics World. 24(11). 19–19. 2 indexed citations
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Orzel, Chad. (2009). How to Teach Physics to Your Dog. 2 indexed citations
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Orzel, Chad. (2009). How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 5 indexed citations
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Orzel, Chad. (2009). Measuring (almost) zero. Physics World. 22(12). 23–27. 1 indexed citations
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Orzel, Chad. (2007). Blog life:Uncertain Principles. Physics World. 20(1). 41–41.
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Tuchman, A. K., Chad Orzel, Anatoli Polkovnikov, & Mark A. Kasevich. (2006). Nonequilibrium coherence dynamics of a soft boson lattice. Physical Review A. 74(5). 36 indexed citations
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McKinsey, D. N. & Chad Orzel. (2005). Radioactive krypton background evaluation using atom counting. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 545(1-2). 524–531. 4 indexed citations
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Fletcher, Colin D. & Chad Orzel. (2005). Construction and calibration of a low cost Fabry-Perot interferometer for spectroscopy experiments. American Journal of Physics. 73(12). 1135–1138. 2 indexed citations
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Orzel, Chad, et al.. (2001). Squeezed States in a Bose-Einstein Condensate. Science. 291(5512). 2386–2389. 630 indexed citations breakdown →
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Orzel, Chad, M. Walhout, Uwe Sterr, Paul S. Julienne, & S. L. Rolston. (1999). Spin polarization and quantum-statistical effects in ultracold ionizing collisions. Physical Review A. 59(3). 1926–1935. 34 indexed citations
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Kulin, S. A., T. C. Killian, Scott Bergeson, et al.. (1999). An ultracold neutral plasma. AIP conference proceedings. 367–375. 1 indexed citations
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Killian, T. C., S. A. Kulin, Scott Bergeson, et al.. (1999). Creation of an Ultracold Neutral Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 83(23). 4776–4779. 334 indexed citations
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Rolston, S. L., Scott Bergeson, S. A. Kulin, & Chad Orzel. (1998). A Strongly Coupled Plasma or a Dense Rydberg Gas. 27. 5 indexed citations
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Orzel, Chad, Scott Bergeson, S. L. Rolston, & S. A. Kulin. (1998). Time-Resolved Studies of Ultra-Cold Ionizing Collisions. Physical Review Letters. 80(23). 1 indexed citations
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Lawall, John, Chad Orzel, & S. L. Rolston. (1998). Suppression and Enhancement of Collisions in Optical Lattices. Physical Review Letters. 80(3). 480–483. 13 indexed citations
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Suominen, Kalle‐Antti, K. Burnett, Paul S. Julienne, et al.. (1996). Ultracold collisions and optical shielding in metastable xenon. Physical Review A. 53(3). 1678–1689. 28 indexed citations
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Walhout, M., Uwe Sterr, Chad Orzel, M. D. Hoogerland, & S. L. Rolston. (1995). Optical Control of Ultracold Collisions in Metastable Xenon. Physical Review Letters. 74(4). 506–509. 70 indexed citations

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