D. Comparat

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

D. Comparat is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Comparat has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 17 papers in Spectroscopy and 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in D. Comparat's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (80 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (35 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (21 papers). D. Comparat is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (80 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (35 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (21 papers). D. Comparat collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and United States. D. Comparat's co-authors include P. Pillet, Matthieu Viteau, A. Fioretti, Amodsen Chotia, Olivier Dulieu, Thibault Vogt, A. Crubellier, F. Masnou-Seeuws, Antoine Browaeys and Y. Miroshnychenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

D. Comparat

94 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Observation of collective excitation of two individual at... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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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. Observation of collective excitation of two individual atoms in the Rydberg blockade regime
    2009 611 citations Amodsen Chotia, Matthieu Viteau et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Comparat France 30 3.7k 945 601 107 91 99 3.8k
P. van der Straten Netherlands 24 3.0k 0.8× 509 0.5× 397 0.7× 213 2.0× 175 1.9× 65 3.1k
Michael Drewsen Denmark 33 3.1k 0.8× 832 0.9× 701 1.2× 116 1.1× 56 0.6× 114 3.4k
E. E. Eyler United States 31 3.0k 0.8× 427 0.5× 921 1.5× 73 0.7× 72 0.8× 91 3.2k
B. J. Dalton Australia 23 2.1k 0.6× 838 0.9× 247 0.4× 154 1.4× 33 0.4× 103 2.3k
B. Jelenković Serbia 17 1.8k 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 132 0.2× 66 0.6× 40 0.4× 64 2.1k
Brian C. Sawyer United States 20 2.4k 0.6× 900 1.0× 336 0.6× 223 2.1× 234 2.6× 37 2.5k
T. Yabuzaki Japan 28 2.3k 0.6× 287 0.3× 402 0.7× 102 1.0× 65 0.7× 95 2.5k
Eric R. Hudson United States 29 2.4k 0.7× 374 0.4× 674 1.1× 33 0.3× 46 0.5× 85 2.6k
T. Bergeman United States 29 2.1k 0.6× 184 0.2× 466 0.8× 152 1.4× 94 1.0× 65 2.2k
D. J. Wineland United States 13 2.8k 0.7× 2.2k 2.4× 121 0.2× 143 1.3× 39 0.4× 16 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. Comparat

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Comparat

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All Works

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Camper, A., L. Penasa, R.S. Brusa, et al.. (2024). An alexandrite laser system for positronium laser cooling. Optics & Laser Technology. 182. 112097–112097.
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Comparat, D., et al.. (2024). Polarizabilities as probes for P, T, and PT violation. New Journal of Physics. 26(12). 125001–125001. 1 indexed citations
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Malbrunot, C., et al.. (2020). Stimulated decay and formation of antihydrogen atoms. Physical review. A. 101(4). 5 indexed citations
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Maňkoš, Marián, Y. J. Picard, D. Comparat, et al.. (2019). Design for a high resolution electron energy loss microscope. Ultramicroscopy. 207. 112848–112848. 1 indexed citations
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Fedchenko, O., et al.. (2017). Extraction dynamics of electrons from magneto-optically trapped atoms. Applied Physics Letters. 111(2). 6 indexed citations
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Viteau, Matthieu, B. Rasser, P. Sudraud, et al.. (2016). Ion microscopy based on laser-cooled cesium atoms. Ultramicroscopy. 164. 70–77. 27 indexed citations
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Pillet, P., et al.. (2016). Bichromatic magneto-optical trapping forJ→J,J−1configurations. Physical review. A. 93(5). 2 indexed citations
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Yzombard, P., et al.. (2015). Laser Cooling of Molecular Anions. Physical Review Letters. 114(21). 213001–213001. 67 indexed citations
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Viteau, Matthieu, Paul Huillery, Mark G. Bason, et al.. (2012). Cooperative Excitation and Many-Body Interactions in a Cold Rydberg Gas. Physical Review Letters. 109(5). 53002–53002. 51 indexed citations
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Horchani, R., Hans Lignier, P. Pillet, et al.. (2012). Rovibrational Cooling of Molecules by Optical Pumping. Physical Review Letters. 109(18). 183001–183001. 49 indexed citations
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Lignier, Hans, A. Fioretti, R. Horchani, et al.. (2011). Deeply bound cold caesium molecules formed after 0−g resonant coupling. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(42). 18910–18910. 15 indexed citations
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Perrin, Hélène, P. Lemonde, Franck Pereira dos Santos, et al.. (2011). Application of lasers to ultra-cold atoms and molecules. Comptes Rendus Physique. 12(4). 417–432. 6 indexed citations
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Viteau, Matthieu, Amodsen Chotia, Dimitris Sofikitis, et al.. (2009). Broadband lasers to detect and cool the vibration of cold molecules. Faraday Discussions. 142. 257–257. 4 indexed citations
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Castelli, F., I. Boscolo, S. Cialdi, et al.. (2008). Efficient positronium excitation by two laser pulses for antihydrogen production. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Stern, Guillaume, et al.. (2007). <title>Magnetic or optical molasses loading for a Cs dipole trap</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 66040M–66040M. 1 indexed citations
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Vogt, Thibault, Matthieu Viteau, Amodsen Chotia, et al.. (2007). Electric-Field Induced Dipole Blockade with Rydberg Atoms. Physical Review Letters. 99(7). 73002–73002. 109 indexed citations
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Zahzam, Nassim, et al.. (2006). Atom-Molecule Collisions in an Optically Trapped Gas. Physical Review Letters. 96(2). 23202–23202. 100 indexed citations
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Vogt, Thibault, Matthieu Viteau, Jianming Zhao, et al.. (2006). Dipole Blockade at Förster Resonances in High Resolution Laser Excitation of Rydberg States of Cesium Atoms. Physical Review Letters. 97(8). 83003–83003. 245 indexed citations
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Vanhaecke, Nicolas, Wilson S. Melo, B. Laburthe-Tolra, D. Comparat, & P. Pillet. (2002). Accumulation of Cold Cesium Molecules via Photoassociation in a Mixed Atomic and Molecular Trap. Physical Review Letters. 89(6). 63001–63001. 60 indexed citations
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Comparat, D., Cyril Drag, A. Fioretti, Olivier Dulieu, & P. Pillet. (1999). Photoassociative Spectroscopy and Formation of Cold Molecules in Cold Cesium Vapor: Trap–Loss Spectrum versus Ion Spectrum. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 195(2). 229–235. 37 indexed citations

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