Jan Klaers

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jan Klaers is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Acoustics and Ultrasonics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Klaers has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 4 papers in Acoustics and Ultrasonics. Recurrent topics in Jan Klaers's work include Strong Light-Matter Interactions (19 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (14 papers) and Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (5 papers). Jan Klaers is often cited by papers focused on Strong Light-Matter Interactions (19 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (14 papers) and Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (5 papers). Jan Klaers collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland. Jan Klaers's co-authors include Martin Weitz, Frank Vewinger, Julian Schmitt, Tobias Damm, Emre Togan, Stefan Faelt, Ataç Îmamoğlu, Qi Liang, P. Moroshkin and I. Yu. Chestnov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jan Klaers

24 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Bose–Einstein condensation of photons in an optical microcavity

2010 451 citations Jan Klaers, Julian Schmitt et al. Nature profile →

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Frank Vewinger Germany

T. Jacqmin France

Simon Pigeon France

Nicola Bartolo France

Dibyendu Roy India

Mohammad F. Maghrebi United States

Simone Felicetti Spain

Sebastian Schmidt Switzerland

Eran Lustig Israel

E. Giacobino France

Frank Vewinger Germany

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315 ×1.0

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98 ×1.0

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Klaers, Jan, et al.. (2025). Inverse solving the Schrödinger equation for precision alignment of a microcavity. Physical Review Research. 7(1). 1 indexed citations

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Klaers, Jan, et al.. (2025). Energy–speed relationship of quantum particles challenges Bohmian mechanics. Nature. 643(8070). 67–72. 5 indexed citations

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Klaers, Jan, et al.. (2023). Mirror Surface Nanostructuring via Laser Direct Writing—Characterization and Physical Origins. Advanced Optical Materials. 11(12). 3 indexed citations

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Klaers, Jan, et al.. (2023). Particle motion associated with wave-function density gradients. Physical review. A. 107(5). 2 indexed citations

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Klaers, Jan, et al.. (2021). Modified Bose-Einstein condensation in an optical quantum gas. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5749–5749. 7 indexed citations

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Klaers, Jan. (2019). Landauer’s Erasure Principle in a Squeezed Thermal Memory. Physical Review Letters. 122(4). 40602–40602. 18 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Julian, et al.. (2019). Fluctuation dynamics of an open photon Bose-Einstein condensate. Physical review. A. 100(4). 7 indexed citations

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Damm, Tobias, et al.. (2017). Variable potentials for thermalized light and coupled condensates. Nature Photonics. 11(9). 565–569. 42 indexed citations

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Damm, Tobias, Julian Schmitt, Qi Liang, et al.. (2016). Calorimetry of a Bose–Einstein-condensed photon gas. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11340–11340. 19 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Julian, et al.. (2016). Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and Phase Coherence of a Photon Bose-Einstein Condensate Coupled to a Reservoir. Physical Review Letters. 116(3). 33604–33604. 24 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Julian, et al.. (2015). Thermalization kinetics of light: From laser dynamics to equilibrium condensation of photons. Physical Review A. 92(1). 51 indexed citations

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Moroshkin, P., et al.. (2014). Kennard-Stepanov Relation Connecting Absorption and Emission Spectra in an Atomic Gas. Physical Review Letters. 113(6). 63002–63002. 14 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Julian, et al.. (2014). Observation of Grand-Canonical Number Statistics in a Photon Bose-Einstein Condensate. Physical Review Letters. 112(3). 30401–30401. 86 indexed citations

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Klaers, Jan. (2014). The thermalization, condensation and flickering of photons. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 47(24). 243001–243001. 8 indexed citations

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Weitz, Martin, Jan Klaers, & Frank Vewinger. (2013). Optomechanical generation of a photonic Bose-Einstein condensate. Physical Review A. 88(4). 12 indexed citations

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Klaers, Jan, Julian Schmitt, Tobias Damm, Frank Vewinger, & Martin Weitz. (2012). Statistical physics of Bose-condensed light in a dye microcavity. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Klaers, Jan, Julian Schmitt, Tobias Damm, Frank Vewinger, & Martin Weitz. (2012). Statistical Physics of Bose-Einstein-Condensed Light in a Dye Microcavity. Physical Review Letters. 108(16). 160403–160403. 69 indexed citations

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Klaers, Jan, Julian Schmitt, Frank Vewinger, & Martin Weitz. (2011). Bose‐Einstein‐Kondensat aus Licht. Physik in unserer Zeit. 42(2). 58–59. 1 indexed citations

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Klaers, Jan, Frank Vewinger, & Martin Weitz. (2010). Thermalization of a two-dimensional photonic gas in a ‘white wall’ photon box. Nature Physics. 6(7). 512–515. 109 indexed citations

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Klaers, Jan, Julian Schmitt, Frank Vewinger, & Martin Weitz. (2010). Bose–Einstein condensation of photons in an optical microcavity. Nature. 468(7323). 545–548. 451 indexed citations breakdown →

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