Christopher C. Gerry

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
184 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher C. Gerry is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher C. Gerry has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 129 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 27 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Christopher C. Gerry's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (129 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (90 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (63 papers). Christopher C. Gerry is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (129 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (90 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (63 papers). Christopher C. Gerry collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Christopher C. Gerry's co-authors include P. L. Knight, Richard A. Campos, Adil Benmoussa, R. Grobe, Edwin E. Hach, J. H. Eberly, Richard J. Birrittella, Akira Inomata, S. J. Silverman and Edward R. Vrscay and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Christopher C. Gerry

181 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Introductory Quantum Optics 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2023 250 500 750
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. Introductory Quantum Optics
    2004 930 citations Christopher C. Gerry, P. L. Knight profile →
  2. Introductory Quantum Optics
    2023 126 citations Christopher C. Gerry, P. L. Knight profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher C. Gerry United States 39 5.4k 4.2k 802 363 183 184 5.9k
Berthold‐Georg Englert Singapore 39 6.1k 1.1× 4.6k 1.1× 781 1.0× 480 1.3× 212 1.2× 177 6.9k
V. V. Dodonov Brazil 34 5.5k 1.0× 3.0k 0.7× 1.6k 2.0× 189 0.5× 118 0.6× 234 5.8k
Giacomo Mauro D’Ariano Italy 44 6.3k 1.2× 6.4k 1.5× 948 1.2× 290 0.8× 53 0.3× 249 7.5k
Stefan Kuhr Germany 28 5.6k 1.0× 2.5k 0.6× 633 0.8× 260 0.7× 80 0.4× 53 6.0k
Juan José García‐Ripoll Spain 42 7.3k 1.3× 4.4k 1.0× 1.0k 1.3× 449 1.2× 72 0.4× 165 7.9k
Stephen D. Bartlett Australia 42 5.1k 0.9× 5.1k 1.2× 489 0.6× 620 1.7× 70 0.4× 128 6.3k
T. A. B. Kennedy United States 27 3.4k 0.6× 1.5k 0.3× 357 0.4× 427 1.2× 132 0.7× 74 4.0k
Alexey V. Gorshkov United States 56 9.6k 1.8× 5.0k 1.2× 1.3k 1.6× 618 1.7× 132 0.7× 195 10.6k
Soonwon Choi United States 32 5.9k 1.1× 3.2k 0.8× 1.4k 1.7× 401 1.1× 172 0.9× 60 7.4k
B. P. Lanyon Austria 29 5.0k 0.9× 4.6k 1.1× 723 0.9× 383 1.1× 76 0.4× 49 6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher C. Gerry

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Christopher C. Gerry's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Christopher C. Gerry with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Christopher C. Gerry more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher C. Gerry

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Christopher C. Gerry. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Christopher C. Gerry. The network helps show where Christopher C. Gerry may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher C. Gerry

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher C. Gerry. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher C. Gerry 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 Christopher C. Gerry. Christopher C. Gerry 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
1.
Gerry, Christopher C., et al.. (2024). Non-classicality and the effect of one photon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 382(2287). 20230331–20230331. 1 indexed citations
2.
Birrittella, Richard J., Paul M. Alsing, Christopher C. Gerry, & P. L. Knight. (2023). Photon entanglement via linear operator transformations. QTh2A.18–QTh2A.18. 1 indexed citations
3.
Birrittella, Richard J., et al.. (2023). Engineering superpositions of N00N states using an asymmetric non-linear Mach–Zehnder interferometer. AVS Quantum Science. 5(1).
4.
Gerry, Christopher C., et al.. (2008). Quantum non-demolition measurement of photon number using weak nonlinearities. Physics Letters A. 372(48). 7101–7104. 26 indexed citations
5.
Gerry, Christopher C. & Adil Benmoussa. (2005). Beam splitting and entanglement: Generalized coherent states, group contraction, and the classical limit. Physical Review A. 71(6). 31 indexed citations
6.
Gerry, Christopher C., Richard A. Campos, & Adil Benmoussa. (2004). Comment on “Interferometric Detection of Optical Phase Shifts at the Heisenberg Limit”. Physical Review Letters. 92(20). 209301; discussion 209302–209301; discussion 209302. 15 indexed citations
7.
Gerry, Christopher C. & P. L. Knight. (1997). Quantum superpositions and Schrödinger cat states in quantum optics. American Journal of Physics. 65(10). 964–974. 119 indexed citations
8.
Gerry, Christopher C., et al.. (1997). Squeezing enhancement in the Jaynes-Cummings model via selective atomic measurements. Physics Letters A. 229(1). 17–22. 15 indexed citations
9.
Gerry, Christopher C. & R. Grobe. (1995). Two-mode intelligent SU(1,1) states. Physical Review A. 51(5). 4123–4131. 37 indexed citations
10.
Gerry, Christopher C.. (1993). Non-classical Properties of Even and Odd Coherent States. Journal of Modern Optics. 40(6). 1053–1071. 100 indexed citations
11.
Gerry, Christopher C. & Edwin E. Hach. (1993). Generation of even and odd coherent states in a competitive two-photon process. Physics Letters A. 174(3). 185–189. 88 indexed citations
12.
Gerry, Christopher C.. (1993). Population dynamics of a two-channel, three-level system interacting with three classical fields. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 26(3). 547–558. 5 indexed citations
13.
Gerry, Christopher C., et al.. (1992). Dynamics of a two-mode two-photon Jaynes–Cummings model interacting with correlated SU(1, 1) coherent states. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 9(2). 290–290. 30 indexed citations
14.
Gerry, Christopher C., et al.. (1991). Interactions of a two-level atom with one mode of correlated two-mode field states. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 8(4). 868–868. 12 indexed citations
15.
Gerry, Christopher C.. (1990). Quantum and classical dynamics of an anharmonic oscillator. Physics Letters A. 146(7-8). 363–368. 5 indexed citations
16.
Gerry, Christopher C. & J. H. Eberly. (1990). Dynamics of a Raman coupled model interacting with two quantized cavity fields. Physical Review A. 42(11). 6805–6815. 147 indexed citations
17.
Gerry, Christopher C.. (1989). Berry’s phase in the degenerate parametric amplifier. Physical review. A, General physics. 39(6). 3204–3207. 36 indexed citations
18.
Gerry, Christopher C. & Edward R. Vrscay. (1989). Dynamics of pulsed SU(1,1) coherent states. Physical review. A, General physics. 39(11). 5717–5724. 20 indexed citations
19.
Gerry, Christopher C. & Patrick J. Moyer. (1988). Squeezing and higher-order squeezing in one- and two-photon Jaynes-Cummings models. Physical review. A, General physics. 38(11). 5665–5669. 53 indexed citations
20.
Gerry, Christopher C. & Akira Inomata. (1981). Path-integral formulation of the Langer modification and its applications to the hydrogen atom. Physics Letters A. 84(4). 172–176. 19 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Berthold‐Georg Englert Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by V. V. Dodonov Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Giacomo Mauro D’Ariano Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stefan Kuhr Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Juan José García‐Ripoll Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stephen D. Bartlett Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by T. A. B. Kennedy Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Alexey V. Gorshkov Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Soonwon Choi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by B. P. Lanyon
Rankless by CCL
2026