Imam Usmani

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Imam Usmani is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Imam Usmani has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 2 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Imam Usmani's work include Quantum optics and atomic interactions (14 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (11 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (6 papers). Imam Usmani is often cited by papers focused on Quantum optics and atomic interactions (14 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (11 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (6 papers). Imam Usmani collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and Sweden. Imam Usmani's co-authors include Mikael Afzelius, Nicolas Gisin, Hugues de Riedmatten, Nicolas Sangouard, Félix Bussières, Christoph Clausen, Nuala Timoney, Pierre Jobez, Björn Lauritzen and Andreas Walther and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

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Imam Usmani

15 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Quantum storage of photonic entanglement in a crystal

2011 351 citations Christoph Clausen, Imam Usmani et al. Nature profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Imam Usmani Switzerland	12	1.1k	639	202	64	33	15	1.1k
Christoph Clausen Switzerland	8	724 0.7×	459 0.7×	159 0.8×	57 0.9×	20 0.6×	12	805
Chih‐Sung Chuu Taiwan	16	1.1k 1.0×	671 1.1×	191 0.9×	51 0.8×	36 1.1×	41	1.2k
Johannes Otterbach Germany	15	1.1k 1.1×	554 0.9×	100 0.5×	103 1.6×	43 1.3×	26	1.2k
Z. Kis Hungary	17	884 0.8×	544 0.9×	126 0.6×	57 0.9×	11 0.3×	59	955
Sarah E. Beavan Australia	9	605 0.6×	302 0.5×	145 0.7×	122 1.9×	27 0.8×	12	686
Nuala Timoney Switzerland	12	810 0.7×	508 0.8×	124 0.6×	79 1.2×	11 0.3×	14	879
P. R. Hemmer United States	16	1.1k 1.0×	392 0.6×	145 0.7×	87 1.4×	55 1.7×	42	1.2k
Jeongwan Jin Canada	10	822 0.8×	523 0.8×	245 1.2×	51 0.8×	18 0.5×	21	910
Alexey Tiranov Switzerland	16	683 0.6×	524 0.8×	202 1.0×	72 1.1×	10 0.3×	34	830
Xiaoxue Yang China	19	1.2k 1.1×	482 0.8×	207 1.0×	37 0.6×	32 1.0×	53	1.2k

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Cruzeiro, Emmanuel Zambrini, Alexey Tiranov, Imam Usmani, et al.. (2017). Spectral hole lifetimes and spin population relaxation dynamics in neodymium-doped yttrium orthosilicate. Physical review. B.. 95(20). 15 indexed citations

Das, Sumanta, Andrey Grankin, E. Brion, et al.. (2016). Photonic controlled-phase gates through Rydberg blockade in optical cavities. Physical review. A. 93(4). 46 indexed citations

Grankin, Andrey, et al.. (2016). Inelastic Photon Scattering via the Intracavity Rydberg Blockade. Physical Review Letters. 117(25). 253602–253602. 8 indexed citations

Grankin, Andrey, E. Brion, Erwan Bimbard, et al.. (2015). Quantum-optical nonlinearities induced by Rydberg-Rydberg interactions: A perturbative approach. Physical Review A. 92(4). 11 indexed citations

Grankin, Andrey, E. Brion, Erwan Bimbard, et al.. (2014). Quantum statistics of light transmitted through an intracavity Rydberg medium. New Journal of Physics. 16(4). 43020–43020. 33 indexed citations

Jobez, Pierre, Imam Usmani, Nuala Timoney, et al.. (2014). Cavity-enhanced storage in an optical spin-wave memory. New Journal of Physics. 16(8). 83005–83005. 105 indexed citations

Timoney, Nuala, Imam Usmani, Pierre Jobez, Mikael Afzelius, & N. Gisin. (2013). Single-photon-level optical storage in a solid-state spin-wave memory. Physical Review A. 88(2). 51 indexed citations

Timoney, Nuala, Imam Usmani, Pierre Jobez, Mikael Afzelius, & Nicolas Gisin. (2013). A long-lived solid-state quantum memory. 68. 171–172. 1 indexed citations

Timoney, Nuala, Bent Lauritzen, Imam Usmani, Mikael Afzelius, & Nicolas Gisin. (2012). Atomic frequency comb memory with spin-wave storage in¹⁵³Eu^{3 +}:Y₂SiO₅. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 45(12). 124001–124001. 29 indexed citations

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Usmani, Imam, Christoph Clausen, Félix Bussières, et al.. (2012). Heralded quantum entanglement between two crystals. Nature Photonics. 6(4). 234–237. 101 indexed citations

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Clausen, Christoph, Imam Usmani, Félix Bussières, et al.. (2012). Heralded Quantum Entanglement between two Rare-Earth-Ion Doped Crystals. QT3A.5–QT3A.5. 1 indexed citations

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Clausen, Christoph, Imam Usmani, Félix Bussières, et al.. (2011). Quantum storage of photonic entanglement in a crystal. Nature. 469(7331). 508–511. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Afzelius, Mikael, Imam Usmani, A. Amari, et al.. (2010). Demonstration of Atomic Frequency Comb Memory for Light with Spin-Wave Storage. Physical Review Letters. 104(4). 40503–40503. 189 indexed citations

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Amari, A., Andreas Walther, Mahmood Sabooni, et al.. (2010). Towards an efficient atomic frequency comb quantum memory. Journal of Luminescence. 130(9). 1579–1585. 49 indexed citations

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Usmani, Imam, Mikael Afzelius, Hugues de Riedmatten, & Nicolas Gisin. (2010). Mapping multiple photonic qubits into and out of one solid-state atomic ensemble. Nature Communications. 1(1). 12–12. 153 indexed citations

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