Lars Lydersen

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Lars Lydersen is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Lydersen has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 2 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Lars Lydersen's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (11 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (7 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (5 papers). Lars Lydersen is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (11 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (7 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (5 papers). Lars Lydersen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Germany and Mexico. Lars Lydersen's co-authors include Johannes Skaar, Vadim Makarov, Christoffer Wittmann, Dominique Elser, Carlos Wiechers, Gerd Leuchs, Christoph Marquardt, Nitin Jain, A. Hamed Majedi and Mohsen K. Akhlaghi and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Nature Photonics.

In The Last Decade

Lars Lydersen

11 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Hacking commercial quantum cryptography systems by tailored bright illumination

2010 717 citations Lars Lydersen, Carlos Wiechers et al. Nature Photonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lars Lydersen Norway	10	1.1k	997	74	74	61	11	1.2k
Chi‐Hang Fred Fung Hong Kong	23	1.9k 1.7×	1.7k 1.7×	73 1.0×	189 2.6×	21 0.3×	41	2.0k
Bernhard Ömer Austria	6	809 0.7×	703 0.7×	19 0.3×	160 2.2×	17 0.3×	10	936
Juan Miguel Arrazola Canada	20	1.1k 1.0×	740 0.7×	21 0.3×	174 2.4×	17 0.3×	45	1.3k
Denis Sych Russia	15	843 0.8×	741 0.7×	19 0.3×	156 2.1×	27 0.4×	51	1000
Louis Salvail Denmark	9	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	45 0.6×	200 2.7×	32 0.5×	26	1.5k
Sebastian Nauerth Germany	9	585 0.5×	545 0.5×	9 0.1×	134 1.8×	31 0.5×	11	700
Zhen‐Qiang Yin China	19	968 0.9×	885 0.9×	10 0.1×	200 2.7×	24 0.4×	66	1.1k
Zong‐Wen Yu China	20	2.1k 1.9×	2.0k 2.0×	14 0.2×	229 3.1×	55 0.9×	42	2.3k
Juan Carlos García-Escartín Spain	8	565 0.5×	445 0.4×	22 0.3×	103 1.4×	15 0.2×	27	743

Countries citing papers authored by Lars Lydersen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Lydersen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lars Lydersen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lars Lydersen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lars Lydersen. Lars Lydersen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Fedorov, Aleksey K., Ilja Gerhardt, Anqi Huang, et al.. (2018). Comment on ‘Inherent security of phase coding quantum key distribution systems against detector blinding attacks’ (2018 Laser Phys. Lett . 15 095203). Laser Physics Letters. 16(1). 19401–19401. 5 indexed citations

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Sauge, Sébastien, et al.. (2014). Laser Damage Helps the Eavesdropper in Quantum Cryptography. Physical Review Letters. 112(7). 70503–70503. 77 indexed citations

3.

Jain, Nitin, Christoffer Wittmann, Lars Lydersen, et al.. (2011). Device Calibration Impacts Security of Quantum Key Distribution. Physical Review Letters. 107(11). 110501–110501. 160 indexed citations

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Lydersen, Lars, Mohsen K. Akhlaghi, A. Hamed Majedi, Johannes Skaar, & Vadim Makarov. (2011). Controlling a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector using tailored bright illumination. New Journal of Physics. 13(11). 113042–113042. 72 indexed citations

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Lydersen, Lars, Vadim Makarov, & Johannes Skaar. (2011). Secure gated detection scheme for quantum cryptography. Physical Review A. 83(3). 22 indexed citations

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Lydersen, Lars, Vadim Makarov, & Johannes Skaar. (2011). Comment on “Resilience of gated avalanche photodiodes against bright illumination attacks in quantum cryptography” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 231104 (2011)]. Applied Physics Letters. 99(19). 18 indexed citations

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Lydersen, Lars, Nitin Jain, Christoffer Wittmann, et al.. (2011). Superlinear threshold detectors in quantum cryptography. Physical Review A. 84(3). 51 indexed citations

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Lydersen, Lars, Carlos Wiechers, Christoffer Wittmann, et al.. (2010). Hacking commercial quantum cryptography systems by tailored bright illumination. Nature Photonics. 4(10). 686–689. 717 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lydersen, Lars & Johannes Skaar. (2010). Security of quantum key distribution with bit and basis dependent detector flaws. Quantum Information and Computation. 10(1&2). 60–76. 21 indexed citations

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Lydersen, Lars, et al.. (2010). Security of quantum key distribution with arbitrary individual imperfections. Physical Review A. 82(3). 42 indexed citations

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Lydersen, Lars, Carlos Wiechers, Christoffer Wittmann, et al.. (2010). Avoiding the blinding attack in QKD. Nature Photonics. 4(12). 801–801. 38 indexed citations

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