K. Somiya

31.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

K. Somiya is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Somiya has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 34 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 23 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in K. Somiya's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (35 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (23 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (15 papers). K. Somiya is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (35 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (23 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (15 papers). K. Somiya collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. K. Somiya's co-authors include O. Miyakawa, Yuta Michimura, Y. Aso, Daisuke Tatsumi, Masaki Ando, H. Yamamoto, T. Sekiguchi, Yanbei Chen, H. Rehbein and H. Müller‐Ebhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

K. Somiya

49 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Interferometer design of the KAGRA gravitational wave detector

2013 675 citations Y. Aso, Yuta Michimura et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. Somiya Japan	12	837	446	238	161	159	52	1.1k
O. Miyakawa Japan	8	736 0.9×	449 1.0×	193 0.8×	141 0.9×	161 1.0×	26	1.1k
Y. Aso Japan	12	745 0.9×	269 0.6×	194 0.8×	186 1.2×	183 1.2×	32	978
S. Ballmer United States	14	728 0.9×	270 0.6×	153 0.6×	101 0.6×	157 1.0×	32	909
L. Barsotti United States	16	627 0.7×	588 1.3×	264 1.1×	86 0.5×	93 0.6×	30	962
Daisuke Tatsumi Japan	12	896 1.1×	253 0.6×	200 0.8×	177 1.1×	245 1.5×	28	1.0k
M. Evans United States	25	1.3k 1.6×	822 1.8×	475 2.0×	275 1.7×	261 1.6×	62	1.8k
P. Fritschel United States	13	612 0.7×	351 0.8×	157 0.7×	50 0.3×	247 1.6×	23	849
H. Grote United Kingdom	11	399 0.5×	440 1.0×	105 0.4×	51 0.3×	175 1.1×	24	739
Ho Jung Paik United States	17	559 0.7×	289 0.6×	217 0.9×	220 1.4×	149 0.9×	89	1.0k
Kimio Tsubono Japan	17	379 0.5×	365 0.8×	239 1.0×	106 0.7×	81 0.5×	52	669

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Nishino, Yohei, et al.. (2025). Teleportation-based speed meter for precision measurement. npj Quantum Information. 11(1).

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Eisenmann, M., et al.. (2025). Complete birefringence and Jones matrix characterization using arbitrary polarization. Optics Express. 33(8). 17462–17462. 2 indexed citations

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Sakai, Yusuke, et al.. (2024). Parameter estimation of protoneutron stars from gravitational wave signals using the Hilbert-Huang transform. Physical review. D. 110(10). 2 indexed citations

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Suzuki, K., et al.. (2024). Kerr-Enhanced Optical Spring. Physical Review Letters. 132(14). 143602–143602. 3 indexed citations

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Koyama, Naoki, et al.. (2024). Comparative study of 1D and 2D convolutional neural network models with attribution analysis for gravitational wave detection from compact binary coalescences. Physical review. D. 109(4). 8 indexed citations

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Garg, Suyog, et al.. (2023). Deep Learning for Detecting Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences and Its Visualization by Grad-CAM. Proceedings Of Science. 1498–1498. 1 indexed citations

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Komori, K., et al.. (2022). Photothermal effect in macroscopic optomechanical systems with an intracavity nonlinear optical crystal. Optics Express. 30(23). 42579–42579. 1 indexed citations

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Somiya, K., Eiichi Hirose, & Yuta Michimura. (2019). Influence of nonuniformity in sapphire substrates for a gravitational wave telescope. Physical review. D. 100(8). 9 indexed citations

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Michimura, Yuta, K. Komori, A. Nishizawa, et al.. (2018). Particle swarm optimization of the sensitivity of a cryogenic gravitational wave detector. Physical review. D. 97(12). 10 indexed citations

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Ogawa, T., K. Hayama, A. Araya, et al.. (2016). Measurement of Schumann Resonance at Kamioka. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 716. 12020–12020. 6 indexed citations

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Capocasa, E., M. Barsuglia, J. Degallaix, et al.. (2016). Estimation of losses in a 300 m filter cavity and quantum noise reduction in the KAGRA gravitational-wave detector. Physical review. D. 93(8). 20 indexed citations

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Somiya, K., et al.. (2015). Parametric signal amplification to create a stiff optical bar. Physics Letters A. 380(4). 521–524. 15 indexed citations

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Bond, Charlotte Z., et al.. (2015). Design study of the KAGRA output mode cleaner. Optical Review. 22(1). 149–152. 3 indexed citations

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Somiya, K. & O. Miyakawa. (2010). Shot-noise-limited control-loop noise in an interferometer with multiple degrees of freedom. Applied Optics. 49(23). 4335–4335. 3 indexed citations

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Somiya, K.. (2009). Reduction and Possible Elimination of Coating Thermal Noise Using a Rigidly Controlled Cavity with a Quantum-Nondemolition Technique. Physical Review Letters. 102(23). 230801–230801. 3 indexed citations

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Müller‐Ebhardt, H., H. Rehbein, Chao Li, et al.. (2009). Quantum-state preparation and macroscopic entanglement in gravitational-wave detectors. Physical Review A. 80(4). 29 indexed citations

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Sato, Shuichi, K. Kokeyama, R. L. Ward, et al.. (2007). Demonstration of Displacement- and Frequency-Noise-Free Laser Interferometry Using Bidirectional Mach-Zehnder Interferometers. Physical Review Letters. 98(14). 141101–141101. 12 indexed citations

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Sakata, S., Seiji Kawamura, Shuichi Sato, et al.. (2006). Development of a control scheme of homodyne detection for extracting ponderomotive squeezing from a Michelson interferometer. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 32. 464–469. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Yanbei, K. Somiya, Seiji Kawamura, et al.. (2006). Interferometers for Displacement-Noise-Free Gravitational-Wave Detection. Physical Review Letters. 97(15). 151103–151103. 21 indexed citations

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Somiya, K., P. T. Beyersdorf, K. Arai, et al.. (2005). Development of a frequency-detuned interferometer as a prototype experiment for next-generation gravitational-wave detectors. Applied Optics. 44(16). 3179–3179. 8 indexed citations

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