G. Ribordy

11.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

G. Ribordy is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Ribordy has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in G. Ribordy's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (16 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (13 papers) and Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (9 papers). G. Ribordy is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (16 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (13 papers) and Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (9 papers). G. Ribordy collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Sweden. G. Ribordy's co-authors include Nicolas Gisin, Hugo Zbinden, Wolfgang Tittel, Valerio Scarani, Antonio Acín, Olivier Guinnard, Sylvain Fasel, Damien Stucki, Barbara Kraus and Jean-Daniel Gautier and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

G. Ribordy

29 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum cryptography 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2004 2006 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. Quantum cryptography
    2002 5.7k citations Nicolas Gisin, G. Ribordy et al. Reviews of Modern Physics profile →
  2. Quantum Cryptography Protocols Robust against Photon Number Splitting Attacks for Weak Laser Pulse Implementations
    2004 514 citations Valerio Scarani, Antonio Acín et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Trojan-horse attacks on quantum-key-distribution systems
    2006 420 citations Nicolas Gisin, Sylvain Fasel et al. Physical Review A profile →

Peers

G. Ribordy
Feihu Xu China
Franco N. C. Wong United States
Alexander V. Sergienko United States
Wolfgang Tittel Canada
Yanhua Shih United States
Christine Silberhorn Germany
Adriana E. Lita United States
Hiroki Takesue Japan
Jingyun Fan United States
Feihu Xu China
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Countries citing papers authored by G. Ribordy

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Fields of papers citing papers by G. Ribordy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Ribordy

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of G. Ribordy. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of G. Ribordy 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 G. Ribordy. G. Ribordy 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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Ribordy, G.. (2006). Practical Quantum Key Distribution Systems Based on Faint Laser Pulses. 28–29. 2 indexed citations
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Gisin, Nicolas, Damien Stucki, Rob Thew, Hugo Zbinden, & G. Ribordy. (2006). Advances in Quantum Cryptography and Relays. 8. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
3.
Gisin, Nicolas, Sylvain Fasel, Barbara Kraus, Hugo Zbinden, & G. Ribordy. (2006). Trojan-horse attacks on quantum-key-distribution systems. Physical Review A. 73(2). 420 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ribordy, G., et al.. (2005). Enhancing ip security by integrating quantum key distribution into communication processes. IRIS. 4. 35–40. 2 indexed citations
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Scarani, Valerio, Antonio Acín, G. Ribordy, & Nicolas Gisin. (2004). Quantum Cryptography Protocols Robust against Photon Number Splitting Attacks for Weak Laser Pulse Implementations. Physical Review Letters. 92(5). 57901–57901. 514 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fasel, Sylvain, Nicolas Gisin, G. Ribordy, & Hugo Zbinden. (2004). Quantum key distribution over 30 km of standard fiber using energy-time entangled photon pairs: a comparison of two chromatic dispersion reduction methods. The European Physical Journal D. 30(1). 143–148. 37 indexed citations
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Rochas, A., et al.. (2003). First passively-quenched single photon counting avalanche photodiode element integrated in a conventional CMOS process with 32ns dead time. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4833. 107–107. 16 indexed citations
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Stucki, Damien, Nicolas Gisin, Olivier Guinnard, G. Ribordy, & Hugo Zbinden. (2002). Quantum key distribution over 67 km with a plug&play system. New Journal of Physics. 4. 41–41. 352 indexed citations
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Fasel, Sylvain, Nicolas Gisin, G. Ribordy, Valerio Scarani, & Hugo Zbinden. (2002). Quantum Cloning with an Optical Fiber Amplifier. Physical Review Letters. 89(10). 107901–107901. 80 indexed citations
10.
Zbinden, Hugo, Sylvain Fasel, Nicolas Gisin, et al.. (2002). Practical quantum key distribution. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4917. 40–40. 1 indexed citations
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Gisin, Nicolas, G. Ribordy, Wolfgang Tittel, & Hugo Zbinden. (2002). Quantum cryptography. Reviews of Modern Physics. 74(1). 145–195. 5731 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stucki, Damien, G. Ribordy, André Stefanov, et al.. (2001). Photon counting for quantum key distribution with peltier cooled InGaAs/InP APDs. Journal of Modern Optics. 48(13). 1967–1981. 100 indexed citations
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Stucki, Damien, Hugo Zbinden, John Rarity, et al.. (2001). Photon counting for quantum key distribution with Peltier cooled InGaAs/InP APDs. Journal of Modern Optics. 48(13). 1967–1981. 40 indexed citations
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Ribordy, G., Jean-Daniel Gautier, Nicolas Gisin, Olivier Guinnard, & Hugo Zbinden. (2000). Fast and user-friendly quantum key distribution. Journal of Modern Optics. 47(2-3). 517–531. 14 indexed citations
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Tittel, Wolfgang, J. Brendel, Nicolas Gisin, G. Ribordy, & Hugo Zbinden. (1999). Quantenoptik: Quantenkryptographie: Die eigentümliche Natur der Quantenmechanik läßt sich für die Übertragung geheimer Nachrichten ausnutzen. Physikalische Blätter. 55(6). 25–30. 5 indexed citations
16.
Tittel, Wolfgang, G. Ribordy, & Nicolas Gisin. (1998). Quantum cryptography. Physics World. 11(3). 41–46. 34 indexed citations
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Zbinden, Hugo, H. Bechmann-Pasquinucci, Nicolas Gisin, & G. Ribordy. (1998). Quantum cryptography. Applied Physics B. 67(6). 743–748. 77 indexed citations
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Ribordy, G., Jean-Daniel Gautier, Hugo Zbinden, & Nicolas Gisin. (1998). Performance of InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes as gated-mode photon counters. Applied Optics. 37(12). 2272–2272. 149 indexed citations
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Ribordy, G., Jean-Daniel Gautier, Nicolas Gisin, Olivier Guinnard, & Hugo Zbinden. (1998). Automated ‘plug & play’ quantumkey distribution. Electronics Letters. 34(22). 2116–2117. 91 indexed citations
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Hüttner, B., Antoine Müller, G. Ribordy, et al.. (1997). “Plug and Play” Quantum Cryptography. Optics and Photonics News. 8(12). 38–38. 1 indexed citations

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