Keith Schwab

10.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
73 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Keith Schwab is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Schwab has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 30 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Keith Schwab's work include Mechanical and Optical Resonators (44 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (21 papers) and Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (18 papers). Keith Schwab is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical and Optical Resonators (44 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (21 papers) and Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (18 papers). Keith Schwab collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Keith Schwab's co-authors include M. L. Roukes, Matthew LaHaye, Aashish A. Clerk, Markus Aspelmeyer, O. Buu, Jared Hertzberg, J. M. Worlock, M. P. Blencowe, A. D. Armour and Benedetta Camarota and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Keith Schwab

71 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Approaching the Quantum Limit of a Nanomechanical Resonator

2004 687 citations Matthew LaHaye, O. Buu et al. Science profile →
Self-cooling of a micromirror by radiation pressure

2006 685 citations Sylvain Gigan, Hannes R. Böhm et al. Nature profile →
Measurement of the quantum of thermal conductance

2000 660 citations Keith Schwab, M. L. Roukes et al. Nature profile →
Quantum squeezing of motion in a mechanical resonator

2015 483 citations Emma E. Wollman, Chan U Lei et al. Science profile →
Cooling a nanomechanical resonator with quantum back-action

2006 412 citations Akshay Naik, O. Buu et al. Nature profile →
Entanglement and Decoherence of a Micromechanical Resonator via Coupling to a Cooper-Pair Box

2002 372 citations A. D. Armour, M. P. Blencowe et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith Schwab United States	34	6.7k	3.8k	2.1k	1.1k	600	73	7.5k
I. Farrer United Kingdom	45	6.2k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	385 0.6×	343	7.4k
Peter Rabl Austria	43	7.7k 1.1×	2.3k 0.6×	3.3k 1.6×	710 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	83	8.1k
L. Worschech Germany	33	3.0k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	627 0.3×	606 0.5×	312 0.5×	176	4.0k
Darrick E. Chang Spain	44	9.2k 1.4×	4.2k 1.1×	4.0k 1.9×	1.3k 1.2×	340 0.6×	100	12.2k
R. W. Simmonds United States	38	7.5k 1.1×	3.5k 0.9×	3.6k 1.7×	405 0.4×	405 0.7×	84	8.3k
Stephan Reitzenstein Germany	46	7.1k 1.1×	4.8k 1.3×	3.1k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	156 0.3×	287	8.8k
K. W. Lehnert United States	42	7.3k 1.1×	3.8k 1.0×	3.1k 1.5×	267 0.2×	430 0.7×	95	8.1k
A. C. Gossard United States	26	4.4k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	778 0.7×	214 0.4×	92	5.2k
A. Amo France	40	8.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	639 0.6×	1.3k 2.1×	113	9.0k
M. Kira Germany	38	4.9k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	587 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	113 0.2×	157	5.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rochman, Jake, Tian Xie, John G. Bartholomew, Keith Schwab, & Andrei Faraon. (2023). Microwave-to-optical transduction with erbium ions coupled to planar photonic and superconducting resonators. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1153–1153. 24 indexed citations

Arora, Harpreet Singh, O.-P. Saira, Kenji Watanabe, et al.. (2023). Hot Carrier Thermalization and Josephson Inductance Thermometry in a Graphene-Based Microwave Circuit. Nano Letters. 23(10). 4136–4141. 2 indexed citations

Mauser, Kelly W., Seyoon Kim, Slobodan Mitrović, et al.. (2017). Resonant thermoelectric nanophotonics. Nature Nanotechnology. 12(8). 770–775. 97 indexed citations

Lei, Chan U, A. J. Weinstein, Junho Suh, et al.. (2016). Quantum Nondemolition Measurement of a Quantum Squeezed State Beyond the 3 dB Limit. Physical Review Letters. 117(10). 100801–100801. 98 indexed citations

Wollman, Emma E., Chan U Lei, Aaron Weinstein, et al.. (2015). Quantum squeezing of motion in a mechanical resonator. Science. 349(6251). 952–955. 483 indexed citations breakdown →

Schwab, Keith, et al.. (2014). Superfluid optomechanics: coupling of a superfluid to a superconducting condensate. New Journal of Physics. 16(11). 113020–113020. 36 indexed citations

Reynolds, Collin, et al.. (2013). Atom-mediated optical cooling of a mechanical resonator. APS. 2013.

Meystre, Pierre, et al.. (2013). Quantum backaction in spinor-condensate magnetometry. Physical Review A. 88(6). 4 indexed citations

Hertzberg, Jared, et al.. (2013). Linear and nonlinear coupling between transverse modes of a nanomechanical resonator. Journal of Applied Physics. 114(11). 114307–114307. 30 indexed citations

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Rocheleau, Tristan O., Tchefor Ndukum, Chris Macklin, et al.. (2009). Preparation and detection of a mechanical resonator near the ground state of motion. Nature. 463(7277). 72–75. 399 indexed citations

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Schwab, Keith. (2009). Preparation and Detection of a Mechanical Resonator Near the Ground State of Motion. LSTuB2–LSTuB2. 17 indexed citations

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Ndukum, Tchefor, et al.. (2007). Radio-frequency scanning tunnelling microscopy. Nature. 450(7166). 85–88. 79 indexed citations

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Naik, Akshay, O. Buu, Keith Schwab, et al.. (2006). Cooper-Pair Molasses: Cooling a nanomechanical resonator with quantum backaction. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 4 indexed citations

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Naik, Akshay, O. Buu, Matthew LaHaye, et al.. (2006). Cooling a nanomechanical resonator with quantum back-action. Nature. 443(7108). 193–196. 412 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gigan, Sylvain, Hannes R. Böhm, Mauro Paternostro, et al.. (2006). Self-cooling of a micromirror by radiation pressure. Nature. 444(7115). 67–70. 685 indexed citations breakdown →

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Irish, E. K. Twyeffort, Julio Gea-Banacloche, Ivar Martin, & Keith Schwab. (2005). Dynamics of a two-level system strongly coupled to a high-frequency quantum oscillator. Physical Review B. 72(19). 161 indexed citations

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Irish, E. K. Twyeffort & Keith Schwab. (2005). Quantum nanomechanics: a new perspective on the quantum harmonic oscillator (Invited Paper). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5866. 48–48. 1 indexed citations

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Ruskov, Rusko, Keith Schwab, & Alexander N. Korotkov. (2005). Quantum Nondemolition Squeezing of a Nanomechanical Resonator. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. 4(1). 132–140. 8 indexed citations

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Armour, A. D., M. P. Blencowe, & Keith Schwab. (2002). Entanglement and Decoherence of a Micromechanical Resonator via Coupling to a Cooper-Pair Box. Physical Review Letters. 88(14). 148301–148301. 372 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davis, J. C., et al.. (1992). Evidence for quantum tunneling of phase-slip vortices in superfluidHe4. Physical Review Letters. 69(2). 323–326. 44 indexed citations

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