Igor Pikovski

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Igor Pikovski is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Igor Pikovski has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Igor Pikovski's work include Mechanical and Optical Resonators (12 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (10 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (10 papers). Igor Pikovski is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical and Optical Resonators (12 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (10 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (10 papers). Igor Pikovski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and United Kingdom. Igor Pikovski's co-authors include Michael R. Vanner, M. S. Kim, Markus Aspelmeyer, Magdalena Zych, Fabio Costa, Časlav Brukner, Časlav Brukner, Nicholas Langellier, M. D. Lukin and Ronald L. Walsworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Physics.

In The Last Decade

Igor Pikovski

28 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Probing Planck-scale physics with quantum optics 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
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. Probing Planck-scale physics with quantum optics
    2012 381 citations Igor Pikovski, Michael R. Vanner et al. Nature Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Igor Pikovski United States 16 1.4k 442 384 327 282 29 1.6k
Andrew Geraci United States 20 1.8k 1.3× 403 0.9× 442 1.2× 371 1.1× 603 2.1× 38 2.3k
P. Falferi Italy 20 706 0.5× 152 0.3× 224 0.6× 155 0.5× 502 1.8× 62 1.2k
Marko Toroš United Kingdom 17 987 0.7× 382 0.9× 250 0.7× 138 0.4× 177 0.6× 40 1.1k
Peter Asenbaum Austria 12 991 0.7× 242 0.5× 117 0.3× 117 0.4× 101 0.4× 18 1.1k
Andrea Vinante Italy 20 815 0.6× 238 0.5× 282 0.7× 172 0.5× 337 1.2× 57 1.1k
H. Miao United Kingdom 24 1.3k 0.9× 411 0.9× 113 0.3× 448 1.4× 597 2.1× 82 1.6k
M. S. Kim United Kingdom 11 804 0.6× 333 0.8× 275 0.7× 289 0.9× 118 0.4× 12 921
Friedrich König United Kingdom 15 1.3k 0.9× 427 1.0× 200 0.5× 430 1.3× 160 0.6× 27 1.3k
Carlos Sabín Spain 20 1.0k 0.8× 733 1.7× 149 0.4× 55 0.2× 108 0.4× 54 1.1k
Y. S. Kim United States 18 504 0.4× 141 0.3× 218 0.6× 64 0.2× 124 0.4× 73 933

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Igor Pikovski

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pikovski, Igor, et al.. (2025). Solving Quantum Dynamics with a Lie-Algebra Decoupling Method. PRX Quantum. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Pikovski, Igor, et al.. (2025). Detecting kHz gravitons from a neutron star merger with a multi-mode resonant mass detector. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 42(5). 55017–55017. 4 indexed citations
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Pikovski, Igor, et al.. (2024). Detecting single gravitons with quantum sensing. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7229–7229. 21 indexed citations
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Hartong, Jelle, Emil Have, Niels A. Obers, & Igor Pikovski. (2024). A coupling prescription for post-Newtonian corrections in quantum mechanics. SciPost Physics. 16(3). 6 indexed citations
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Pikovski, Igor, et al.. (2022). Optimal fidelity witnesses for gravitational entanglement. Physical review. A. 105(2). 7 indexed citations
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Bekenstein, Rivka, Igor Pikovski, Hannes Pichler, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Quantum metasurfaces with atom arrays. Nature Physics. 16(6). 703–703. 2 indexed citations
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Bekenstein, Rivka, Igor Pikovski, Hannes Pichler, et al.. (2020). Quantum metasurfaces with atom arrays. Nature Physics. 16(6). 676–681. 111 indexed citations
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Bekenstein, Rivka, Igor Pikovski, Hannes Pichler, et al.. (2020). Quantum Metasurfaces. QW5B.3–QW5B.3. 1 indexed citations
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Kolkowitz, Shimon, et al.. (2016). Gravitational wave detection with optical lattice clocks. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Genoni, Marco G., et al.. (2016). Probing anharmonicity of a quantum oscillator in an optomechanical cavity. Physical review. A. 93(5). 22 indexed citations
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Pikovski, Igor, Magdalena Zych, Fabio Costa, & Časlav Brukner. (2016). Reply to 'Questioning universal decoherence due to gravitational time dilation'. Nature Physics. 12(1). 2–3. 2 indexed citations
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Pikovski, Igor & Abraham Loeb. (2016). Quantum coherent oscillations in the early universe. Physical review. D. 93(10). 2 indexed citations
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Pikovski, Igor, et al.. (2016). Quantum and classical phases in optomechanics. Physical review. A. 93(6). 12 indexed citations
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Pikovski, Igor, Magdalena Zych, Fabio Costa, & Časlav Brukner. (2015). Universal decoherence due to gravitational time dilation. Nature Physics. 11(8). 668–672. 139 indexed citations
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Vanner, Michael R., Igor Pikovski, & M. S. Kim. (2014). Towards optomechanical quantum state reconstruction of mechanical motion. Annalen der Physik. 527(1-2). 15–26. 45 indexed citations
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Zych, Magdalena, Fabio Costa, Igor Pikovski, Timothy C. Ralph, & Časlav Brukner. (2012). General relativistic effects in quantum interference of photons. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 29(22). 224010–224010. 56 indexed citations
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Zych, Magdalena, Fabio Costa, Igor Pikovski, & Časlav Brukner. (2011). Quantum interferometric visibility as a witness of general relativistic proper time. Nature Communications. 2(1). 505–505. 132 indexed citations
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Vanner, Michael R., Igor Pikovski, Garrett D. Cole, et al.. (2011). Pulsed quantum optomechanics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(39). 16182–16187. 198 indexed citations
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Pikovski, Igor, et al.. (2011). Probing Planck-scale physics with quantum optics. arXiv (Cornell University). 1111. 25 indexed citations
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Kleckner, Dustin, Igor Pikovski, E. Jeffrey, et al.. (2008). Creating and verifying a quantum superposition in a micro-optomechanical system. New Journal of Physics. 10(9). 95020–95020. 94 indexed citations

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