Erik Urban

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Erik Urban is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Urban has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 1 paper in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Erik Urban's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (10 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (9 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (4 papers). Erik Urban is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (10 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (9 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (4 papers). Erik Urban collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Erik Urban's co-authors include M. Saffman, Thomas Henage, Thad Walker, L. Isenhower, D. D. Yavuz, Todd A. Johnson, Alexander Gill, Nicholas Proite, Hartmut Häffner and Boerge Hemmerling and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Physics and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Erik Urban

11 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Observation of Rydberg blockade between two atoms 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2010 200 400 600
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. Observation of Rydberg blockade between two atoms
    2009 699 citations Erik Urban, Todd A. Johnson et al. Nature Physics profile →
  2. Demonstration of a Neutral Atom Controlled-NOT Quantum Gate
    2010 582 citations L. Isenhower, Erik Urban et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers

Erik Urban
Thomas Henage United States
Alpha Gaétan France
Y. Miroshnychenko Germany
L. Isenhower United States
Giuseppe Castagnoli Italy
Lucas Béguin France
L. Mauritz Andersson Sweden
Lothar Ratschbacher Germany
I. I. Ryabtsev Russia
Vincent Lienhard France
Thomas Henage United States
Erik Urban
Citations per year, relative to Erik Urban Erik Urban (= 1×) peers Thomas Henage

Countries citing papers authored by Erik Urban

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erik Urban

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Urban

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
1.
Stickler, Benjamin A., et al.. (2025). Probing Rotational Decoherence with a Trapped-Ion Planar Rotor. Physical Review Letters. 134(3). 33601–33601. 1 indexed citations
2.
Urban, Erik, et al.. (2019). Coherent Control of the Rotational Degree of Freedom of a Two-Ion Coulomb Crystal. Physical Review Letters. 123(13). 133202–133202. 14 indexed citations
3.
Urban, Erik. (2019). Implementation of a Rotationally Symmetric Ring Ion Trap and Coherent Control of Rotational States. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Matthiesen, Clemens, et al.. (2019). Distance scaling and polarization of electric-field noise in a surface ion trap. Physical review. A. 100(6). 12 indexed citations
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Matthiesen, Clemens, et al.. (2018). Surface trap with dc-tunable ion-electrode distance. Review of Scientific Instruments. 89(9). 93102–93102. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Haokun, Erik Urban, Crystal Noel, et al.. (2017). Realization of Translational Symmetry in Trapped Cold Ion Rings. Physical Review Letters. 118(5). 53001–53001. 30 indexed citations
7.
Urban, Erik & Ronald T. Wakai. (2011). Optical Sensor Position Indicator for Neonatal MEG. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 59(1). 255–262. 2 indexed citations
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Isenhower, L., Erik Urban, Alexander Gill, et al.. (2010). Demonstration of a Neutral Atom Controlled-NOT Quantum Gate. Physical Review Letters. 104(1). 10503–10503. 582 indexed citations breakdown →
9.
Urban, Erik, Todd A. Johnson, Thomas Henage, et al.. (2009). Observation of Rydberg blockade between two atoms. Nature Physics. 5(2). 110–114. 699 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Urban, Erik, Thomas Henage, L. Isenhower, et al.. (2008). Rabi Oscillations between Ground and Rydberg States with Dipole-Dipole Atomic Interactions. Physical Review Letters. 100(11). 113003–113003. 132 indexed citations
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Yavuz, D. D., Erik Urban, Todd A. Johnson, et al.. (2006). Fast Ground State Manipulation of Neutral Atoms in Microscopic Optical Traps. Physical Review Letters. 96(6). 63001–63001. 123 indexed citations

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