D. T. Smithey

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

D. T. Smithey is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, D. T. Smithey has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in D. T. Smithey's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (10 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (6 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (4 papers). D. T. Smithey is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (10 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (6 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (4 papers). D. T. Smithey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Portugal. D. T. Smithey's co-authors include Michael G. Raymer, M. Beck, Adel Faridani, M. Crew, James Nightingale, Ravi Shanker, Dwayne T. Friesen, William Curatolo, J. Cooper and John D. Downie and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

D. T. Smithey

20 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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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.

Measurement of the Wigner distribution and the density matrix of a light mode using optical homodyne tomography: Application to squeezed states and the vacuum

1993 1.1k citations D. T. Smithey, M. Beck et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Acetate Succinate-Based Spray-Dried Dispersions: An Overview

2008 479 citations Dwayne T. Friesen, Ravi Shanker et al. Molecular Pharmaceutics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. T. Smithey United States	14	1.6k	1.2k	397	195	187	20	2.2k
Joshua Nunn United Kingdom	27	1.4k 0.9×	901 0.7×	33 0.1×	290 1.5×	274 1.5×	54	2.6k
Steven Weber United States	19	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	38 0.1×	59 0.3×	188 1.0×	43	2.2k
T. A. B. Kennedy United States	27	3.4k 2.2×	1.5k 1.2×	32 0.1×	88 0.5×	427 2.3×	74	4.0k
S. Chaturvedi India	28	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	18 0.0×	53 0.3×	75 0.4×	141	2.4k
Katsuhiro Nakamura Japan	20	902 0.6×	340 0.3×	25 0.1×	66 0.3×	103 0.6×	106	1.4k
Maria Bondani Italy	24	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	8 0.0×	84 0.4×	228 1.2×	162	2.0k
Jonathan Romero Colombia	15	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	14 0.0×	168 0.9×	145 0.8×	24	2.1k
Patrick Becker Germany	10	1.6k 1.0×	837 0.7×	6 0.0×	110 0.6×	75 0.4×	29	2.0k
Masahiro Kitagawa Japan	25	2.4k 1.6×	2.4k 2.0×	6 0.0×	584 3.0×	375 2.0×	79	4.0k
Peiyu Zhang China	24	811 0.5×	57 0.0×	58 0.1×	240 1.2×	79 0.4×	60	1.4k

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Friesen, Dwayne T., Ravi Shanker, M. Crew, et al.. (2008). Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Acetate Succinate-Based Spray-Dried Dispersions: An Overview. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 5(6). 1003–1019. 479 indexed citations breakdown →

Downie, John D., Doǧan A. Timuçin, D. T. Smithey, & M. Crew. (1998). Long holographic lifetimes in bacteriorhodopsin films. Optics Letters. 23(9). 730–730. 32 indexed citations

Downie, John D. & D. T. Smithey. (1996). Measurements of holographic properties of bacteriorhodopsin films. Applied Optics. 35(29). 5780–5780. 33 indexed citations

Zang, De Yu, James E. Millerd, & D. T. Smithey. (1996). Asymmetric, reflection mode nonlinear Fabry–Perot modulator using bacteriorhodopsin. Applied Physics Letters. 69(21). 3143–3145. 4 indexed citations

Downie, John D. & D. T. Smithey. (1996). Red-shifted photochromic behavior of a bacteriorhodopsin film made from the L93T genetic variant. Optics Letters. 21(9). 680–680. 6 indexed citations

Raymer, Michael G., J. Cooper, H. J. Carmichael, M. Beck, & D. T. Smithey. (1995). Ultrafast measurement of optical-field statistics by dc-balanced homodyne detection. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 12(10). 1801–1801. 62 indexed citations

Raymer, Michael G., D. T. Smithey, M. Beck, & J. Cooper. (1994). Quantum States and Number-Phase Uncertainty Relations Measured by Optical Homodyne Tomography. Acta Physica Polonica A. 86(1-2). 71–80. 10 indexed citations

Smithey, D. T., M. Beck, Adel Faridani, & Michael G. Raymer. (1993). Measurement of the Wigner distribution and the density matrix of a light mode by using optical homodyne tomography: application to squeezed states and vacuum. Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. 1 indexed citations

Belsley, Michael, et al.. (1993). Observation of extreme sensitivity to induced molecular coherence in stimulated Raman scattering. Physical Review A. 48(2). 1514–1525. 17 indexed citations

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Smithey, D. T., M. Beck, J. Cooper, & Michael G. Raymer. (1993). Measurement of number-phase uncertainty relations of optical fields. Physical Review A. 48(4). 3159–3167. 110 indexed citations

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Beck, M., D. T. Smithey, & Michael G. Raymer. (1993). Experimental determination of quantum-phase distributions using optical homodyne tomography. Physical Review A. 48(2). R890–R893. 62 indexed citations

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Smithey, D. T., M. Beck, Michael G. Raymer, & Adel Faridani. (1993). Measurement of the Wigner distribution and the density matrix of a light mode using optical homodyne tomography: Application to squeezed states and the vacuum. Physical Review Letters. 70(9). 1244–1247. 1090 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smithey, D. T., M. Beck, J. Cooper, Michael G. Raymer, & Adel Faridani. (1993). Complete experimental characterization of the quantum state of a light mode via the Wigner function and the density matrix: application to quantum phase distributions of vacuum and squeezed-vacuum states. Physica Scripta. T48. 35–44. 124 indexed citations

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Beck, M., D. T. Smithey, J. Cooper, & Michael G. Raymer. (1993). Experimental determination of number–phase uncertainty relations. Optics Letters. 18(15). 1259–1259. 45 indexed citations

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Smithey, D. T., M. Beck, Michael Belsley, & Michael G. Raymer. (1992). Sub-shot-noise correlation of total photon number using macroscopic twin pulses of light. Physical Review Letters. 69(18). 2650–2653. 63 indexed citations

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Belsley, Michael, D. T. Smithey, Michael G. Raymer, & Jan Mostowski. (1992). Twin photon beams resulting from the interference of independent broadband squeezed vacua. Physical Review A. 46(1). 414–423. 9 indexed citations

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Smithey, D. T., et al.. (1992). Beam-pointing fluctuations in a gain-guided Raman amplifier. Physical Review A. 45(3). 2031–2043. 11 indexed citations

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Smithey, D. T., et al.. (1991). Spatial interference of macroscopic light fields from independent Raman sources. Physical Review A. 43(7). 4083–4086. 35 indexed citations

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Smithey, D. T., et al.. (1991). Beam-pointing fluctuations in gain-guided amplifiers. Physical Review Letters. 66(20). 2605–2608. 18 indexed citations

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Smithey, D. T., et al.. (1991). Near quantum-limited phase memory in a Raman amplifier. Physical Review Letters. 67(18). 2446–2449. 14 indexed citations

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