Kevin Günthner

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 721 citations indexed

About

Kevin Günthner is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Günthner has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 721 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kevin Günthner's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (9 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (7 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (5 papers). Kevin Günthner is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (9 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (7 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (5 papers). Kevin Günthner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and United Kingdom. Kevin Günthner's co-authors include Christoph Marquardt, Gerd Leuchs, Dominique Elser, Christian Peuntinger, Robert W. Boyd, Bettina Heim, Robert Fickler, Frédéric Bouchard, Ebrahim Karimi and Jérémie Gagnon-Bischoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Science Advances, New Journal of Physics and Optica.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Günthner

11 papers receiving 667 citations

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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.

High-dimensional intracity quantum cryptography with structured photons

2017 366 citations Alicia Sit, Frédéric Bouchard et al. Optica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Günthner Germany	6	640	392	196	189	77	13	721
Christian Peuntinger Germany	10	784 1.2×	504 1.3×	198 1.0×	212 1.1×	79 1.0×	19	871
Mark T. Gruneisen United States	14	445 0.7×	138 0.4×	111 0.6×	187 1.0×	46 0.6×	60	544
Shuai Shi China	14	878 1.4×	523 1.3×	148 0.8×	161 0.9×	63 0.8×	41	955
Daniel Giovannini United Kingdom	10	747 1.2×	438 1.1×	183 0.9×	154 0.8×	102 1.3×	15	851
Magued B. Nasr United States	12	602 0.9×	312 0.8×	246 1.3×	210 1.1×	19 0.2×	19	831
A. Nicolas France	3	520 0.8×	206 0.5×	151 0.8×	113 0.6×	88 1.1×	4	549
Lambert Giner Canada	9	680 1.1×	326 0.8×	173 0.9×	127 0.7×	100 1.3×	16	731
J. A. W. van Houwelingen Switzerland	7	595 0.9×	316 0.8×	153 0.8×	141 0.7×	60 0.8×	8	631
Haitao Zhou China	7	407 0.6×	120 0.3×	67 0.3×	206 1.1×	48 0.6×	32	501
Benjamin Perez-García Mexico	12	562 0.9×	157 0.4×	270 1.4×	123 0.7×	67 0.9×	37	621

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Günthner

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Günthner, Kevin, et al.. (2025). Photonic Integrated Phase Encoding Transmitter for Satellite QKD. 1–1.

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Hacker, Bastian, et al.. (2023). Phase-locking an interferometer with single-photon detections. New Journal of Physics. 25(11). 113007–113007. 5 indexed citations

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Günthner, Kevin, et al.. (2020). Birth, death, and revival of spontaneous emission in a three-atom system. Physical Review Research. 2(1). 5 indexed citations

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Moll, Florian, Thierry Botter, Christoph Marquardt, et al.. (2019). Stratospheric QKD: feasibility analysis and free-space optics system concept. elib (German Aerospace Center). 23–23. 6 indexed citations

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Peuntinger, Christian, Bettina Heim, Kevin Günthner, et al.. (2019). Fading channel estimation for free-space continuous-variable secure quantum communication. New Journal of Physics. 21(12). 123036–123036. 31 indexed citations

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Lavery, Martin P. J., Christian Peuntinger, Kevin Günthner, et al.. (2017). Free-space propagation of high-dimensional structured optical fields in an urban environment. Science Advances. 3(10). e1700552–e1700552. 148 indexed citations

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Sit, Alicia, Frédéric Bouchard, Robert Fickler, et al.. (2017). High-dimensional intracity quantum cryptography with structured photons. Optica. 4(9). 1006–1006. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vasylyev, Dmytro, А. А. Семенов, W. Vogel, et al.. (2017). Free-space quantum links under diverse weather conditions. Physical review. A. 96(4). 61 indexed citations

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Günthner, Kevin, Imran Khan, Dominique Elser, et al.. (2017). Quantum-limited measurements of optical signals from a geostationary satellite. Optica. 4(6). 611–611. 93 indexed citations

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Günthner, Kevin, Imran Khan, Birgit Stiller, et al.. (2017). Quantum measurements of signals from the Alphasat TDP1 laser communication terminal. 199–199. 2 indexed citations

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Günthner, Kevin, Imran Khan, Dominique Elser, et al.. (2017). Quantum-limited measurements of optical signals from a satellite in geostationary earth orbit. 1–1. 2 indexed citations

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Peuntinger, Christian, Bettina Heim, Kevin Günthner, et al.. (2016). Proof-of-principle test of coherent-state continuous variable quantum key distribution through turbulent atmosphere (Conference Presentation). 5–5.

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Lavery, Martin P. J., Christian Peuntinger, Kevin Günthner, et al.. (2016). Long Distance Free-Space Propagation of light carrying Orbital Angular Momentum. LTh3B.1–LTh3B.1. 2 indexed citations

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