Erik Knall

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 649 citations indexed

About

Erik Knall is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Knall has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 649 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Erik Knall's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (8 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (6 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (4 papers). Erik Knall is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (8 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (6 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (4 papers). Erik Knall collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Erik Knall's co-authors include Hongkun Park, Bartholomeus Machielse, Marko Lončar, Mihir K. Bhaskar, David Levonian, Ralf Riedinger, Denis D. Sukachev, Mikhail D. Lukin, C. T. Nguyen and P. Stroganov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Erik Knall

15 papers receiving 635 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.

Entanglement of nanophotonic quantum memory nodes in a telecom network

2024 127 citations Can M. Knaut, Aziza Suleymanzade et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erik Knall United States	9	461	289	231	152	60	16	649
K. Saeedi Germany	9	532 1.2×	177 0.6×	190 0.8×	321 2.1×	30 0.5×	21	699
Kevin J. Satzinger United States	11	632 1.4×	346 1.2×	101 0.4×	203 1.3×	87 1.4×	15	758
C. C. Lo United States	11	370 0.8×	110 0.4×	109 0.5×	232 1.5×	53 0.9×	36	531
Min-Fong Yang Taiwan	15	575 1.2×	135 0.5×	119 0.5×	110 0.7×	20 0.3×	40	744
P. Bertet France	6	894 1.9×	543 1.9×	130 0.6×	132 0.9×	28 0.5×	6	953
Dingwei Zheng France	5	516 1.1×	231 0.8×	194 0.8×	84 0.6×	34 0.6×	7	582
Sandoko Kosen Sweden	10	340 0.7×	161 0.6×	80 0.3×	121 0.8×	18 0.3×	15	411
Stefan Putz Austria	15	1.1k 2.5×	645 2.2×	151 0.7×	261 1.7×	55 0.9×	20	1.2k
M. J. Tiggelman Netherlands	5	687 1.5×	560 1.9×	162 0.7×	101 0.7×	35 0.6×	6	822
Zav Shotan Israel	9	582 1.3×	75 0.3×	204 0.9×	109 0.7×	99 1.6×	14	729

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Knall

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Erik Knall. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Erik Knall 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 Erik Knall. Erik Knall is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Wei, Yan-Cheng, Pieter-Jan Stas, Aziza Suleymanzade, et al.. (2025). Universal distributed blind quantum computing with solid-state qubits. Science. 388(6746). 509–513. 6 indexed citations

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Knaut, Can M., Aziza Suleymanzade, Yan-Cheng Wei, et al.. (2024). Entanglement of nanophotonic quantum memory nodes in a telecom network. Nature. 629(8012). 573–578. 127 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stas, Pieter-Jan, Yan-Cheng Wei, Aziza Suleymanzade, et al.. (2024). Distributed Blind Quantum Computing with a Two-Node Quantum Network. QTu4B.5–QTu4B.5.

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Knall, Erik, et al.. (2024). Limitations in design and applications of ultra-small mode volume photonic crystals. New Journal of Physics. 26(5). 53004–53004. 2 indexed citations

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Stas, Pieter-Jan, Yan Qi Huan, Bartholomeus Machielse, et al.. (2022). Robust multi-qubit quantum network node with integrated error detection. Science. 378(6619). 557–560. 135 indexed citations

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Levonian, David, Ralf Riedinger, Bartholomeus Machielse, et al.. (2022). Optical Entanglement of Distinguishable Quantum Emitters. Physical Review Letters. 128(21). 213602–213602. 13 indexed citations

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Knall, Erik, Can M. Knaut, Rivka Bekenstein, et al.. (2022). Efficient Source of Shaped Single Photons Based on an Integrated Diamond Nanophotonic System. Physical Review Letters. 129(5). 53603–53603. 3 indexed citations

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Reshef, Orad, M. Zahirul Alam, Daryl I. Vulis, et al.. (2022). Relaxed Phase-Matching Constraints in Zero-Index Waveguides. Physical Review Letters. 128(20). 203902–203902. 14 indexed citations

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Aslam, Nabeel, Erik Knall, Daniel Kim, et al.. (2022). Nanoscale Nuclear Magnetic Resonance with Quantum Sensors enhanced by Nanostructures. QW4C.3–QW4C.3. 1 indexed citations

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Stas, Pieter-Jan, Bartholomeus Machielse, David Levonian, et al.. (2021). High-Fidelity Quantum Memory for the Silicon-vacancy Defect in Diamond. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Lobet, Michaël, Iñigo Liberal, Erik Knall, et al.. (2020). Fundamental Radiative Processes in Near-Zero-Index Media of Various Dimensionalities. ACS Photonics. 7(8). 1965–1970. 33 indexed citations

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Nguyen, C. T., Denis D. Sukachev, Mihir K. Bhaskar, et al.. (2019). An integrated nanophotonic quantum register based on silicon-vacancy spins in diamond. Physical review. B.. 100(16). 125 indexed citations

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Nguyen, C. T., Denis D. Sukachev, Mihir K. Bhaskar, et al.. (2019). Quantum Network Nodes Based on Diamond Qubits with an Efficient Nanophotonic Interface. Physical Review Letters. 123(18). 183602–183602. 143 indexed citations

14.

Chen, Aiping, Yaomin Dai, Zhen Liu, et al.. (2019). Competing Interface and Bulk Effect–Driven Magnetoelectric Coupling in Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites. Advanced Science. 6(19). 24 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, D. B., et al.. (2018). A platform for high-repetition-rate laser experiments on the Large Plasma Device. High Power Laser Science and Engineering. 6. 14 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, D. B., et al.. (2016). Fast gated imaging of the collisionless interaction of a laser-produced and magnetized ambient plasma. High Energy Density Physics. 22. 17–20. 8 indexed citations

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