Lev Vaidman

12.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
139 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Lev Vaidman is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lev Vaidman has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 89 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 34 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Lev Vaidman's work include Quantum Mechanics and Applications (120 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (88 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (27 papers). Lev Vaidman is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Mechanics and Applications (120 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (88 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (27 papers). Lev Vaidman collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Lev Vaidman's co-authors include Yakir Aharonov, David Z. Albert, Avshalom C. Elitzur, Sandu Popescu, Nadav Yoran, Gregg Jaeger, Abner Shimony, J. Anandan, Yaron Kedem and Stephen Wiesner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lev Vaidman

130 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

How the result of a measurement of a component of the spin of a spin-1/2particle can turn out to be 100

1988 1.6k citations Yakir Aharonov, David Z. Albert et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Properties of a quantum system during the time interval between two measurements

1990 776 citations Yakir Aharonov, Lev Vaidman Physical Review A profile →
Teleportation of quantum states

1994 620 citations Lev Vaidman Physical Review A profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Robust Weak Measurements with Certified Single Photons 2025 ·Advanced Quantum Technologies ·(unknown), Fabrizio Piacentini, Alessio Avella, (unknown), Marco Gramegna, Rudi Lussana, Federica Villa, (unknown), Eliahu Cohen, Lev Vaidman, Ivo Pietro Degiovanni, Marco Genovese	0
2	Comment on “photons can tell ‘contradictory’ answer about where they have been” 2024 ·The European Physical Journal Plus ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Florian Huber, Harald Weinfurter, Justin Dressel, Lev Vaidman	1
3	Comment on “Weak values and the past of a quantum particle” 2023 ·Physical Review Research ·Lev Vaidman	5
4	Comment on “Multitime quantum communication: Interesting but not counterfactual” 2023 ·Physical review. A ·Lev Vaidman	0
5	Counterfactual communication without a trace in the transmission channel 2023 ·npj Quantum Information ·Weiwei Pan, Xiao Liu, Xiao‐Ye Xu, (unknown), (unknown), Jian Wang, Zhao‐Di Liu, Geng Chen, Zong‐Quan Zhou, Chuan‐Feng Li, Guang‐Can Guo, Justin Dressel, Lev Vaidman	3
6	Comment on ‘From counterportation to local wormholes’ 2023 ·Quantum Science and Technology ·Justin Dressel, (unknown), Lev Vaidman	0
7	Footprints of Quantum Pigeons 2020 ·Chapman University Digital Commons (Chapman University) ·(unknown), (unknown), Justin Dressel, Lev Vaidman	3
8	Measurements of Nonlocal Variables and Demonstration of the Failure of the Product Rule for a Pre- and Postselected Pair of Photons 2019 ·Physical Review Letters ·Xiao-Ye Xu, Weiwei Pan, (unknown), (unknown), Lukas Knips, Yaron Kedem, Kai Sun, Jin‐Shi Xu, Yong‐Jian Han, Chuan‐Feng Li, Guang‐Can Guo, Lev Vaidman	12
9	Weak value controversy 2017 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·Lev Vaidman	33
10	Phase Estimation with Weak Measurement Using a White Light Source 2013 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Yaron Kedem, Kai Sun, Lev Vaidman, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo	218
11	Reply to “Comment on ‘Past of a quantum particle’ ” 2013 ·Physical Review A ·Lev Vaidman	34
12	Modular Values and Weak Values of Quantum Observables 2010 ·Physical Review Letters ·Yaron Kedem, Lev Vaidman	45
13	Can quantum mechanics help to win games 2007 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·(unknown), Lev Vaidman	1
14	Impossibility of the Counterfactual Computation for All Possible Outcomes 2007 ·Physical Review Letters ·Lev Vaidman	37
15	Quantum Mechanical Realization of a "PR-Box" 2006 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·(unknown), Benni Reznik, Lev Vaidman	1
16	Instantaneous Measurement of Nonlocal Variables 2003 ·Physical Review Letters ·Lev Vaidman	42
17	The Two-State Vector Formalism of Qauntum Mechanics 2001 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Yakir Aharonov, Lev Vaidman	1
18	Weak Measurements 1994 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Lev Vaidman	5
19	QUANTUM MECHANICAL INTERACTION-FREE MEASUREMENTS 1993 ·Avshalom C. Elitzur, Lev Vaidman	260
20	How the result of a measurement of a component of the spin of a spin-1/2particle can turn out to be 100 breakdown → 1988 ·Physical Review Letters ·Yakir Aharonov, David Z. Albert, Lev Vaidman	1628

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