D. C. Yost

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

D. C. Yost is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. C. Yost has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 16 papers in Spectroscopy and 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. C. Yost's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (22 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (13 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (12 papers). D. C. Yost is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (22 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (13 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (12 papers). D. C. Yost collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Russia. D. C. Yost's co-authors include Jun Ye, A. Cingöz, M. E. Fermann, Ingmar Hartl, Thomas K. Allison, T. R. Schibli, Arthur Matveev, Theodor W. Hänsch, Axel Ruehl and J. Ye and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

D. C. Yost

35 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Rydberg constant and proton size from atomic hydrogen 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
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. The Rydberg constant and proton size from atomic hydrogen
    2017 241 citations Axel Beyer, Lothar Maisenbacher 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
D. C. Yost United States 19 1.5k 549 401 255 71 37 1.6k
Birgitta Bernhardt Germany 15 1.3k 0.9× 664 1.2× 555 1.4× 109 0.4× 44 0.6× 45 1.5k
T. W. Hänsch Germany 11 966 0.6× 377 0.7× 186 0.5× 118 0.5× 35 0.5× 20 1.0k
O. Acef France 17 998 0.7× 364 0.7× 289 0.7× 137 0.5× 65 0.9× 67 1.2k
P. E. G. Baird United Kingdom 19 981 0.6× 220 0.4× 229 0.6× 420 1.6× 72 1.0× 51 1.3k
Arthur Matveev Germany 18 1.3k 0.9× 149 0.3× 253 0.6× 311 1.2× 113 1.6× 42 1.5k
J. W. Thomsen Denmark 21 1.7k 1.2× 219 0.4× 156 0.4× 48 0.2× 45 0.6× 68 1.8k
Th. Udem Germany 7 694 0.5× 262 0.5× 152 0.4× 112 0.4× 16 0.2× 8 793
B. de Beauvoir France 11 788 0.5× 152 0.3× 170 0.4× 121 0.5× 37 0.5× 19 866
B. A. Zon Russia 16 767 0.5× 101 0.2× 205 0.5× 107 0.4× 111 1.6× 152 941
H. Bruhns Germany 18 580 0.4× 99 0.2× 191 0.5× 320 1.3× 117 1.6× 47 923

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. C. Yost

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by D. C. Yost. 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 D. C. Yost. The network helps show where D. C. Yost may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. C. Yost

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D. C. Yost. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D. C. Yost 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 D. C. Yost. D. C. Yost 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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Ozawa, Akira, Johannes Weitenberg, Savely G. Karshenboim, et al.. (2025). Towards trapping of hydrogen atoms for computable optical clock applications. Physical review. A. 112(3).
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Jentschura, Ulrich D., et al.. (2025). Interferometric differential high-frequency lock-in probe for laser-induced vacuum birefringence. Physical Review Research. 7(2). 1 indexed citations
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Lombardi, Michael A., et al.. (2024). Dissemination of UTC(NIST) over 20 km of commercial optical fiber with active phase stabilization. Optics Letters. 49(10). 2545–2545. 2 indexed citations
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Weitenberg, Johannes, Savely G. Karshenboim, Randolf Pohl, et al.. (2024). Proposal for a computable optical Clock. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2889(1). 12027–12027. 1 indexed citations
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Yost, D. C., et al.. (2023). Optical deceleration of atomic hydrogen. New Journal of Physics. 25(9). 93038–93038. 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, S., et al.. (2023). Ramsey Spectroscopy of the 2S1/2 Hyperfine Interval in Atomic Hydrogen. Physical Review Letters. 130(20). 203001–203001. 12 indexed citations
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Jentschura, Ulrich D. & D. C. Yost. (2023). Precision Rydberg state spectroscopy with slow electrons and the proton-radius puzzle. Physical review. A. 108(6). 2 indexed citations
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Grinin, Alexey, Arthur Matveev, D. C. Yost, et al.. (2020). Two-photon frequency comb spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen. Science. 370(6520). 1061–1066. 101 indexed citations
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Yost, D. C., et al.. (2018). Cavity-enhanced deep ultraviolet laser for two-photon cooling of atomic hydrogen. Optics Letters. 43(6). 1375–1375. 12 indexed citations
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Beyer, Axel, Lothar Maisenbacher, Arthur Matveev, et al.. (2017). The Rydberg constant and proton size from atomic hydrogen. Science. 358(6359). 79–85. 241 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yost, D. C., Arthur Matveev, Alexey Grinin, et al.. (2016). Spectroscopy of the hydrogen1S−3Stransition with chirped laser pulses. Physical review. A. 93(4). 28 indexed citations
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Beyer, Axel, Lothar Maisenbacher, Arthur Matveev, et al.. (2016). Active fiber-based retroreflector providing phase-retracing anti-parallel laser beams for precision spectroscopy. Optics Express. 24(15). 17470–17470. 21 indexed citations
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Benko, Craig, Thomas K. Allison, A. Cingöz, et al.. (2014). Extreme ultraviolet radiation with coherence time greater than 1 s. Nature Photonics. 8(7). 530–536. 70 indexed citations
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Allison, Thomas K., A. Cingöz, Craig Benko, et al.. (2013). High Brightness XUV Frequency Combs via Intracavity High Harmonic Generation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 41. 11006–11006.
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Beyer, Axel, Jānis Alnis, K. Yu. Khabarova, et al.. (2013). Precision spectroscopy of the 2S‐4P transition in atomic hydrogen on a cryogenic beam of optically excited 2S atoms. Annalen der Physik. 525(8-9). 671–679. 30 indexed citations
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Cingöz, A., D. C. Yost, Thomas K. Allison, et al.. (2012). Direct frequency comb spectroscopy in the extreme ultraviolet. Nature. 482(7383). 68–71. 317 indexed citations
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Yost, D. C.. (2011). Development of an Extreme Ultraviolet Frequency Comb for Precision Spectroscopy. CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder). 2 indexed citations
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Yost, D. C., A. Cingöz, Thomas K. Allison, et al.. (2011). Power optimization of XUV frequency combs for spectroscopy applications [Invited]. Optics Express. 19(23). 23483–23483. 30 indexed citations
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Briles, Travis C., D. C. Yost, A. Cingöz, Jun Ye, & T. R. Schibli. (2010). Simple piezoelectric-actuated mirror with 180 kHz servo bandwidth. Optics Express. 18(10). 9739–9739. 74 indexed citations
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Yost, D. C., T. R. Schibli, Jun Ye, et al.. (2009). Vacuum-ultraviolet frequency combs from below-threshold harmonics. Nature Physics. 5(11). 815–820. 141 indexed citations

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