Gerd Schön

19.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
253 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Gerd Schön is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerd Schön has authored 253 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 235 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 106 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 68 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gerd Schön's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (188 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (100 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (50 papers). Gerd Schön is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (188 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (100 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (50 papers). Gerd Schön collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Gerd Schön's co-authors include Alexander Shnirman, Yuriy Makhlin, Andrei D. Zaikin, Jürgen König, Herbert Schoeller, Lydia L. Sohn, Leo P. Kouwenhoven, Rosario Fazio, Christoph Bruder and Ulrich Eckern and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Gerd Schön

244 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum-state engineering... 1990 2026 2002 2014 2001 1997 1990 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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-state engineering with Josephson-junction devices
    2001 1.8k citations Gerd Schön, Alexander Shnirman et al. profile →
  2. Mesoscopic Electron Transport
    1997 905 citations Gerd Schön et al. profile →
  3. Quantum coherent effects, phase transitions, and the dissipative dynamics of ultra small tunnel junctions
    1990 630 citations Gerd Schön, Andrei D. Zaikin profile →
  4. Decoherence in a superconducting quantum bit circuit
    2005 418 citations Alexander Shnirman, Gerd Schön et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gerd Schön 12.6k 5.3k 3.8k 3.6k 1.4k 253 14.3k
Yuli V. Nazarov 11.6k 0.9× 4.7k 0.9× 2.1k 0.5× 3.8k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 232 12.5k
J. E. Mooij 10.3k 0.8× 3.9k 0.7× 5.3k 1.4× 2.2k 0.6× 876 0.6× 185 11.7k
L. I. Glazman 12.6k 1.0× 5.6k 1.1× 2.5k 0.6× 2.8k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 267 14.0k
B. L. Altshuler 9.6k 0.8× 4.0k 0.7× 1.0k 0.3× 2.0k 0.6× 3.0k 2.1× 198 11.7k
Yasunobu Nakamura 13.7k 1.1× 1.5k 0.3× 9.7k 2.5× 3.4k 1.0× 968 0.7× 206 15.6k
Chetan Nayak 13.2k 1.0× 7.7k 1.4× 1.8k 0.5× 816 0.2× 2.9k 2.0× 147 15.2k
C. Urbina 7.3k 0.6× 2.3k 0.4× 2.5k 0.7× 3.0k 0.8× 942 0.7× 87 8.5k
W. Wegscheider 16.5k 1.3× 4.4k 0.8× 2.4k 0.6× 7.0k 2.0× 3.8k 2.7× 688 18.5k
Per Delsing 6.8k 0.5× 2.2k 0.4× 3.2k 0.8× 1.8k 0.5× 489 0.3× 201 8.0k
Eugene Demler 24.3k 1.9× 9.2k 1.7× 4.2k 1.1× 1.6k 0.4× 2.4k 1.7× 392 27.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zanker, Sebastian, et al.. (2018). Effects of gate errors in digital quantum simulations of fermionic systems. Quantum Science and Technology. 3(4). 45008–45008. 10 indexed citations
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Amico, Luigi, D. M. Basko, F. S. Bergeret, et al.. (2018). Mesoscopic electron transport and atomic gases, a review of Frank W. J. Hekking's scientific work. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).
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Jin, Pei-Qing, Michael Marthaler, Alexander Shnirman, & Gerd Schön. (2012). Strong Coupling of Spin Qubits to a Transmission Line Resonator. Physical Review Letters. 108(19). 190506–190506. 57 indexed citations
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Fazio, Rosario & Gerd Schön. (2011). Quantum vortex dynamics in Josephson arrays and optical lattices. Annalen der Physik. 524(3-4). 113–117. 2 indexed citations
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Wenzel, Wolfgang, et al.. (2010). Multilevel Atomic‐Scale Transistors Based on Metallic Quantum Point Contacts. Advanced Materials. 22(18). 2033–2036. 25 indexed citations
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André, Stephan, Valentina Brosco, Alexander Shnirman, & Gerd Schön. (2009). Phase diffusion and locking in single-qubit lasers. Physical Review A. 79(5). 13 indexed citations
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Grein, Roland, et al.. (2009). Spin-Dependent Cooper Pair Phase and Pure Spin Supercurrents in Strongly Polarized Ferromagnets. Physical Review Letters. 102(22). 227005–227005. 103 indexed citations
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Marthaler, Michael, Gerd Schön, & Alexander Shnirman. (2008). Photon-Number Squeezing in Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics. Physical Review Letters. 101(14). 147001–147001. 23 indexed citations
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Thielmann, Axel, Matthias H. Hettler, Jürgen König, & Gerd Schön. (2005). Cotunneling Current and Shot Noise in Quantum Dots. Physical Review Letters. 95(14). 146806–146806. 100 indexed citations
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Golubev, Dmitry S., Gerd Schön, & Andrei D. Zaikin. (2003). Low-Temperature Dephasing and Renormalization in Model Systems. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 72(Suppl.A). 30–35. 6 indexed citations
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Martinek, J., L. Borda, J. Barnaś, et al.. (2003). Kondo Effect in the Presence of Itinerant-Electron Ferromagnetism Studied with the Numerical Renormalization Group Method. Physical Review Letters. 91(24). 247202–247202. 174 indexed citations
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Eschrig, Matthias, J. Kopu, Juan Carlos Cuevas, & Gerd Schön. (2003). Theory of Half-Metal/Superconductor Heterostructures. Physical Review Letters. 90(13). 137003–137003. 298 indexed citations
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Martinek, J., Yasuhiro Utsumi, Hiroshi Imamura, et al.. (2003). Kondo Effect in Quantum Dots Coupled to Ferromagnetic Leads. Physical Review Letters. 91(12). 127203–127203. 259 indexed citations
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Heurich, J., Juan Carlos Cuevas, Wolfgang Wenzel, & Gerd Schön. (2002). Electrical Transport through Single-Molecule Junctions: From Molecular Orbitals to Conduction Channels. Physical Review Letters. 88(25). 256803–256803. 199 indexed citations
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Cuevas, Juan Carlos, J. Heurich, A. Martı́n-Rodero, A. Levy Yeyati, & Gerd Schön. (2002). Subharmonic Shapiro Steps and Assisted Tunneling in Superconducting Point Contacts. Physical Review Letters. 88(15). 157001–157001. 46 indexed citations
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Bruder, Christoph, Wolfgang Belzig, & Gerd Schön. (1997). Local Density of States in a Dirty Normal Metal Connected to a Superconductor. APS. 1 indexed citations
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Otterlo, Anne van, et al.. (1992). Charge dynamics in junction arrays. Helvetica physica acta. 65. 379–380.
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Ben‐Jacob, Eshel, Nigel Goldenfeld, J. S. Langer, & Gerd Schön. (1984). Boundary-layer model of pattern formation in solidification. Physical review. A, General physics. 29(1). 330–340. 150 indexed citations
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Schön, Gerd. (1983). Makroskopisches Quantentunneln. Physikalische Blätter. 39(5). 124–125. 1 indexed citations
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Schön, Gerd & Vinay Ambegaokar. (1979). Collective modes and nonequilibrium effects in current-carrying superconductors. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 19(7). 3515–3528. 31 indexed citations

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