Leonid Förster

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 811 citations indexed

About

Leonid Förster is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonid Förster has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 811 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Leonid Förster's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (9 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (9 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (5 papers). Leonid Förster is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (9 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (9 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (5 papers). Leonid Förster collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and South Korea. Leonid Förster's co-authors include Dieter Meschede, Wolfgang Alt, Artur Widera, Michał Karski, Jai-Min Choi, Andreas Steffen, I. Dotsenko, Arno Rauschenbeutel, Y. Miroshnychenko and M. Khudaverdyan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Leonid Förster

11 papers receiving 789 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.

  1. Quantum Walk in Position Space with Single Optically Trapped Atoms
    2009 443 citations Michał Karski, Leonid Förster et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonid Förster Germany 10 636 618 118 25 20 11 811
Jai-Min Choi Germany 3 394 0.6× 445 0.7× 118 1.0× 22 0.9× 12 0.6× 3 562
Michał Karski Germany 7 558 0.9× 502 0.8× 118 1.0× 24 1.0× 106 5.3× 7 745
Martin Enderlein Germany 9 410 0.6× 411 0.7× 97 0.8× 25 1.0× 6 0.3× 13 576
D. Chek-al-kar Austria 4 800 1.3× 788 1.3× 40 0.3× 31 1.2× 8 0.4× 7 921
Thomas Feldker Germany 11 592 0.9× 480 0.8× 47 0.4× 25 1.0× 13 0.7× 15 761
Arinjoy De United States 7 260 0.4× 244 0.4× 39 0.3× 37 1.5× 24 1.2× 12 367
Jinzhao Sun United Kingdom 10 318 0.5× 457 0.7× 68 0.6× 28 1.1× 14 0.7× 21 517
Christian D. Marciniak Austria 8 453 0.7× 510 0.8× 56 0.5× 15 0.6× 8 0.4× 16 677
Peter Groszkowski United States 11 445 0.7× 522 0.8× 87 0.7× 19 0.8× 17 0.8× 14 623
P. Milman France 18 900 1.4× 865 1.4× 45 0.4× 65 2.6× 7 0.3× 56 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Leonid Förster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leonid Förster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonid Förster

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leonid Förster. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leonid Förster 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 Leonid Förster. Leonid Förster is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Förster, Leonid, et al.. (2013). Microwave control of atomic motional states in a spin-dependent optical lattice. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 46(10). 104006–104006. 39 indexed citations
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Förster, Leonid, et al.. (2011). Direct Observation and Analysis of Spin Dependent Transport of Single Atoms in a 1D Optical Lattice. Journal of the Korean Physical Society. 59(4(1)). 2947–2952. 7 indexed citations
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Karski, Michał, Leonid Förster, Jai-Min Choi, et al.. (2010). Imprinting patterns of neutral atoms in an optical lattice using magnetic resonance techniques. New Journal of Physics. 12(6). 65027–65027. 40 indexed citations
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Karski, Michał, Leonid Förster, Jai-Min Choi, et al.. (2009). Quantum Walk in Position Space with Single Optically Trapped Atoms. Science. 325(5937). 174–177. 443 indexed citations breakdown →
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Förster, Leonid, Michał Karski, Andreas Steffen, et al.. (2009). Microwave Control of Atomic Motion in Optical Lattices. Physical Review Letters. 103(23). 233001–233001. 55 indexed citations
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Karski, Michał, Leonid Förster, Jai-Min Choi, et al.. (2009). Nearest-Neighbor Detection of Atoms in a 1D Optical Lattice by Fluorescence Imaging. Physical Review Letters. 102(5). 53001–53001. 79 indexed citations
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Miroshnychenko, Y., Wolfgang Alt, I. Dotsenko, et al.. (2006). Inserting Two Atoms into a Single Optical Micropotential. Physical Review Letters. 97(24). 243003–243003. 18 indexed citations
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Miroshnychenko, Y., Wolfgang Alt, I. Dotsenko, et al.. (2006). An atom-sorting machine. Nature. 442(7099). 151–151. 93 indexed citations
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Miroshnychenko, Y., Wolfgang Alt, I. Dotsenko, et al.. (2006). Precision preparation of strings of trapped neutral atoms. New Journal of Physics. 8(9). 191–191. 11 indexed citations
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Förster, Leonid, Wolfgang Alt, I. Dotsenko, et al.. (2006). Number-triggered loading and collisional redistribution of neutral atoms in a standing wave dipole trap. New Journal of Physics. 8(10). 259–259. 14 indexed citations
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Khudaverdyan, M., Wolfgang Alt, I. Dotsenko, et al.. (2005). Adiabatic quantum state manipulation of single trapped atoms. Physical Review A. 71(3). 12 indexed citations

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