Christophe Couteau

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Christophe Couteau is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christophe Couteau has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christophe Couteau's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (14 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (13 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (12 papers). Christophe Couteau is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (14 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (13 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (12 papers). Christophe Couteau collaborates with scholars based in France, Singapore and United Kingdom. Christophe Couteau's co-authors include Gregor Weihs, Cesare Soci, Raymond Laflamme, Sen Zhang, Hai Liu, Giorgio Adamo, Xing Dai, Zilong Wang, Yizhong Huang and Urbasi Sinha and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Christophe Couteau

54 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing

2023 106 citations Christophe Couteau, Stefanie Barz et al. Nature Reviews Physics profile →

Peers

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M. J. A. de Dood Netherlands

Tomás Sarmiento United States

Benjamin J. Lawrie United States

Monika Emmerling Germany

Christopher Gies Germany

Tigran V. Shahbazyan United States

А. В. Акимов Russia

Erik W. Streed Australia

Parinda Vasa India

Alexander S. Solntsev Australia

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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.

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Couteau, Christophe, et al.. (2025). Green synthesis of antimicrobial silver–copper nanoparticles using Banana and pineapple peel extracts: A sustainable approach for biomaterial sterilization. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 333. 130364–130364. 6 indexed citations

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Gorji, Nima E., et al.. (2025). SEM, EDX, AFM, and XPS analysis of surface microstructure and chemical composition of nanograting patterns on silicon substrates. Optical and Quantum Electronics. 57(4). 1 indexed citations

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Couteau, Christophe, et al.. (2024). Study of Transmission and Haze of Translucent Wood Based on Wood Density and Hyperspectral Analysis of Wood Fabrication. ACS Applied Optical Materials. 3(1). 42–53.

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Chen, Minyu, Sylvie Marguet, Safi Jradi, et al.. (2024). Approaches for Positioning the Active Medium in Hybrid Nanoplasmonics. Focus on Plasmon-Assisted Photopolymerization. ACS Photonics. 11(10). 3933–3953. 3 indexed citations

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Couteau, Christophe, Stefanie Barz, Thomas Durt, et al.. (2023). Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing. Nature Reviews Physics. 5(6). 326–338. 106 indexed citations breakdown →

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D’Amico, Irene, Dimitris G. Angelakis, Félix Bussières, et al.. (2020). Nanoscale Quantum Optics. ORBi UMONS. 5 indexed citations

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Vezzoli, Stefano, J. Valente, Weibo Gao, et al.. (2017). Coherent Perfect Absorption in Metamaterials with Entangled Photons. ACS Photonics. 4(9). 2124–2128. 32 indexed citations

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Pita, K., et al.. (2016). Study of energy transfer mechanism from ZnO nanocrystals to Eu3+ ions. Nanoscale Research Letters. 11(1). 73–73. 23 indexed citations

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Yuan, Guang, Stefano Vezzoli, Edward T. F. Rogers, et al.. (2016). Quantum super-oscillation of a single photon. Light Science & Applications. 5(8). e16127–e16127. 40 indexed citations

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Geng, Wei, Mathieu Manceau, Vincent Sallet, et al.. (2016). Localised excitation of a single photon source by a nanowaveguide. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19721–19721. 6 indexed citations

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Roger, Thomas, Stefano Vezzoli, Eliot Bolduc, et al.. (2015). Coherent perfect absorption in deeply subwavelength films in the single-photon regime. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7031–7031. 142 indexed citations

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Couteau, Christophe, Laurent Divay, P. Le Barny, et al.. (2014). Efficient Pump Photon Recycling via Gain-Assisted Waveguiding Energy Transfer. ACS Photonics. 1(3). 246–253. 7 indexed citations

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Dai, Xing, Sen Zhang, Zilong Wang, et al.. (2014). GaAs/AlGaAs Nanowire Photodetector. Nano Letters. 14(5). 2688–2693. 219 indexed citations

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Šimić, Vesna, Licinio Rocha, Vincent Sallet, et al.. (2013). ZnO nanowires as effective luminescent sensing materials for nitroaromatic derivatives. Nanoscale. 5(19). 9176–9176. 34 indexed citations

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Geng, Wei, Olivier Simonetti, Sergeï Kostcheev, et al.. (2013). Characterizations of Ohmic and Schottky-behaving contacts of a single ZnO nanowire. Nanotechnology. 24(41). 415202–415202. 28 indexed citations

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Pita, K., et al.. (2013). Annealing temperature and environment effects on ZnO nanocrystals embedded in SiO2: a photoluminescence and TEM study. Nanoscale Research Letters. 8(1). 517–517. 14 indexed citations

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Divay, Laurent, et al.. (2012). Leaky mode analysis of luminescent thin films: The case of ZnO on sapphire. Journal of Applied Physics. 112(6). 7 indexed citations

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Elias, Jamil, Johann Michler, Laëtitia Philippe, et al.. (2011). ZnO Nanowires, Nanotubes, and Complex Hierarchical Structures Obtained by Electrochemical Deposition. Journal of Electronic Materials. 40(5). 728–732. 19 indexed citations

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Grachev, Sergey, E. Søndergård, Komla Nomenyo, et al.. (2011). High efficiency white luminescence of alumina doped ZnO. Journal of Luminescence. 131(12). 2646–2651. 24 indexed citations

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