Christoph Becher

13.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
132 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Christoph Becher is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Becher has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 51 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 44 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christoph Becher's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (50 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (42 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (40 papers). Christoph Becher is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (50 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (42 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (40 papers). Christoph Becher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Christoph Becher's co-authors include R. Blatt, F. Schmidt‐Kaler, Hartmut Häffner, M. Riebe, Peter Michler, Ataç Îmamoğlu, Evelyn L. Hu, Alper Kıraz, Lidong Zhang and C. F. Roos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Becher

122 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

A Quantum Dot Single-Photon Turnstile Device

2000 1.8k citations Peter Michler, Christoph Becher et al. profile →
Scalable multiparticle entanglement of trapped ions

2005 858 citations Hartmut Häffner, C. F. Roos et al. Nature profile →
Deterministic quantum teleportation with atoms

2004 745 citations M. Riebe, Hartmut Häffner et al. Nature profile →
Realization of the Cirac–Zoller controlled-NOT quantum gate

2003 634 citations F. Schmidt‐Kaler, Hartmut Häffner et al. Nature profile →
Entangling single atoms over 33 km telecom fibre

2022 142 citations Tim van Leent, Matthias Bock et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christoph Becher Germany	45	8.1k	5.1k	2.5k	2.4k	846	132	9.8k
M. D. Lukin United States	36	7.6k 0.9×	2.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	367 0.4×	51	8.6k
T. H. Taminiau Netherlands	30	4.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	2.9k 3.4×	55	7.9k
Lilian Childress United States	27	5.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	4.4k 1.8×	451 0.5×	44	7.7k
Christian L. Degen Switzerland	33	5.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	3.2k 1.3×	596 0.7×	109	7.3k
Andreas D. Wieck Germany	54	10.2k 1.3×	2.5k 0.5×	5.8k 2.3×	3.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	688	12.9k
Matthew Markham United Kingdom	46	7.7k 0.9×	3.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	6.5k 2.7×	710 0.8×	109	10.9k
Emre Togan Switzerland	17	3.7k 0.4×	1.4k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	2.9k 1.2×	428 0.5×	22	5.0k
J. R. Maze Chile	31	4.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	4.9k 2.0×	660 0.8×	71	7.3k
Anders S. Sørensen Denmark	57	13.8k 1.7×	9.5k 1.9×	2.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 2.1×	159	16.1k
Oliver Benson Germany	44	5.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.4×	4.4k 1.8×	3.4k 1.4×	2.1k 2.5×	175	9.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pauly, Christoph, Laia Ginés, Soumen Mandal, et al.. (2025). Coupling of single nanodiamonds hosting SiV color centers to plasmonic double bowtie microantennas. Nanotechnology. 36(13). 135001–135001.

Holl, P., et al.. (2025). 2.5 W GaSb-based VECSEL at 2062.4 nm with an absolute wavelength stability below 1 MHz. Applied Physics Letters. 127(16).

Bauer, Tobias, Nand Lal Sharma, Cornelius Nawrath, et al.. (2024). High-fidelity distribution of triggered polarization-entangled telecom photons via a 36 km intra-city fiber network. 2(4). 274–274. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Yiru, Florian Fertig, Matthias Bock, et al.. (2024). Long-Lived Quantum Memory Enabling Atom-Photon Entanglement over 101 km of Telecom Fiber. PRX Quantum. 5(2). 8 indexed citations

Fuchs, Philipp, Michael Kieschnick, C. Sürgers, et al.. (2024). Microwave Control of the Tin-Vacancy Spin Qubit in Diamond with a Superconducting Waveguide. Physical Review X. 14(3). 8 indexed citations

Sekatski, Pavel, Jean-Daniel Bancal, Tobias Bauer, et al.. (2024). Calibration-independent bound on the unitarity of a quantum channel with application to a frequency converter. npj Quantum Information. 10(1). 3 indexed citations

Bauer, Tobias, et al.. (2024). Demonstration of quantum network protocols over a 14-km urban fiber link. npj Quantum Information. 10(1). 10 indexed citations

Lee, Dong-Hoon, et al.. (2023). Toward the Realization of Single-Photon Sources for Radiometry Applications at Room Temperature. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 72. 1–7. 2 indexed citations

Bauer, Tobias, et al.. (2023). Two‐Stage, Low Noise Quantum Frequency Conversion of Single Photons from Silicon‐Vacancy Centers in Diamond to the Telecom C‐Band. Advanced Quantum Technologies. 8(2). 7 indexed citations

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Görlitz, Johannes, Philipp Fuchs, Takayuki Iwasaki, et al.. (2022). Coherence of a charge stabilised tin-vacancy spin in diamond. npj Quantum Information. 8(1). 35 indexed citations

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Becher, Christoph, Weibo Gao, Swastik Kar, et al.. (2022). 2023 roadmap for materials for quantum technologies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 12501–12501. 36 indexed citations

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Kück, S., Marco López, G. Porrovecchio, et al.. (2022). Single photon sources for quantum radiometry: a brief review about the current state-of-the-art. Applied Physics B. 128(2). 4 indexed citations

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Leent, Tim van, Matthias Bock, Robert Garthoff, et al.. (2020). Long-Distance Distribution of Atom-Photon Entanglement at Telecom Wavelength. Physical Review Letters. 124(1). 10510–10510. 79 indexed citations

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Görlitz, Johannes, Abdallah Slablab, Martin C. Fischer, et al.. (2019). Toward wafer-scale diamond nano- and quantum technologies. APL Materials. 7(1). 27 indexed citations

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Lenhard, Andreas, Sebastian Zaske, & Christoph Becher. (2012). Lock-in detection of single photons after two-step frequency conversion. Optics Letters. 37(20). 4254–4254. 2 indexed citations

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Zaske, Sebastian, Andreas Lenhard, & Christoph Becher. (2011). Efficient frequency downconversion at the single photon level from the red spectral range to the telecommunications C-band. Optics Express. 19(13). 12825–12825. 54 indexed citations

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Riedrich‐Möller, Janine, et al.. (2008). Design of Photonic Crystal Microcavities in Diamond Films. Optics Express. 16(3). 1632–1632. 39 indexed citations

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Bushev, Pavel, J. Eschner, Christoph Raab, et al.. (2004). Forces between a Single Atom and Its Distant Mirror Image. Physical Review Letters. 92(22). 223602–223602. 48 indexed citations

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Häffner, Hartmut, S. Gulde, M. Riebe, et al.. (2003). Precision Measurement and Compensation of Optical Stark Shifts for an Ion-Trap Quantum Processor. Physical Review Letters. 90(14). 143602–143602. 105 indexed citations

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Schmidt‐Kaler, F., Hartmut Häffner, M. Riebe, et al.. (2003). Realization of the Cirac–Zoller controlled-NOT quantum gate. Nature. 422(6930). 408–411. 634 indexed citations breakdown →

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