Lothar Maisenbacher

942 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 596 citations indexed

About

Lothar Maisenbacher is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lothar Maisenbacher has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 596 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 6 papers in Spectroscopy and 1 paper in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Lothar Maisenbacher's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (7 papers), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (7 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (6 papers). Lothar Maisenbacher is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (7 papers), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (7 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (6 papers). Lothar Maisenbacher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and United States. Lothar Maisenbacher's co-authors include Randolf Pohl, Arthur Matveev, Theodor W. Hänsch, Alexey Grinin, D. C. Yost, Thomas Udem, N. Kolachevsky, Axel Beyer, K. Yu. Khabarova and Tobias P. Lamour and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lothar Maisenbacher

15 papers receiving 568 citations

Hit Papers

The Rydberg constant and proton size from atomic hydrogen 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. The Rydberg constant and proton size from atomic hydrogen
    2017 241 citations Axel Beyer, Lothar Maisenbacher 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
Lothar Maisenbacher Germany 10 525 133 97 54 45 17 596
Joseph N. Tan United States 13 544 1.0× 89 0.7× 97 1.0× 31 0.6× 115 2.6× 31 607
Samuel M. Brewer United States 13 883 1.7× 57 0.4× 93 1.0× 54 1.0× 68 1.5× 31 929
B. Gross Germany 8 406 0.8× 113 0.8× 102 1.1× 56 1.0× 30 0.7× 8 479
Axel Beyer Germany 9 733 1.4× 197 1.5× 161 1.7× 44 0.8× 69 1.5× 14 823
R. Soria Orts Germany 11 540 1.0× 144 1.1× 145 1.5× 14 0.3× 104 2.3× 14 562
D. Kawall United States 8 331 0.6× 240 1.8× 57 0.6× 21 0.4× 80 1.8× 19 534
Ting-Yun Shi China 15 598 1.1× 84 0.6× 79 0.8× 16 0.3× 54 1.2× 63 614
T. Dinneen United States 12 463 0.9× 77 0.6× 144 1.5× 60 1.1× 41 0.9× 21 519
B. de Beauvoir France 11 788 1.5× 121 0.9× 170 1.8× 152 2.8× 37 0.8× 19 866
I. Reinhard United States 8 513 1.0× 78 0.6× 118 1.2× 18 0.3× 79 1.8× 11 577

Countries citing papers authored by Lothar Maisenbacher

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lothar Maisenbacher

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Maisenbacher, Lothar, et al.. (2026). Sub-part-per-trillion test of the Standard Model with atomic hydrogen. Nature. 650(8103). 845–851.
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Ozawa, Akira, Johannes Weitenberg, Savely G. Karshenboim, et al.. (2025). Towards trapping of hydrogen atoms for computable optical clock applications. Physical review. A. 112(3).
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Maisenbacher, Lothar, et al.. (2023). Dynamics of a buffer-gas-loaded, deep optical trap for molecules. Physical Review Research. 5(3). 3 indexed citations
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Maisenbacher, Lothar, Johannes Weitenberg, Alexey Grinin, et al.. (2021). Improved active fiber-based retroreflector with intensity stabilization and a polarization monitor for the near UV. Optics Express. 29(5). 7024–7024. 7 indexed citations
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Grinin, Alexey, Arthur Matveev, D. C. Yost, et al.. (2020). Two-photon frequency comb spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen. Science. 370(6520). 1061–1066. 101 indexed citations
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Udem, Thomas, Lothar Maisenbacher, Arthur Matveev, et al.. (2019). Quantum Interference Line Shifts of Broad Dipole‐Allowed Transitions. Annalen der Physik. 531(5). 24 indexed citations
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Kolachevsky, N., Axel Beyer, Lothar Maisenbacher, et al.. (2018). 2S-4S spectroscopy in hydrogen atom: The new value for the Rydberg constant and the proton charge radius. AIP conference proceedings. 1936. 20015–20015. 3 indexed citations
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Beyer, Axel, Lothar Maisenbacher, Arthur Matveev, et al.. (2017). The Rydberg constant and proton size from atomic hydrogen. Science. 358(6359). 79–85. 241 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hoff, Dominik, Michael Krüger, Lothar Maisenbacher, et al.. (2017). Tracing the phase of focused broadband laser pulses. Nature Physics. 13(10). 947–951. 42 indexed citations
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Hoff, Dominik, Michael Krüger, Lothar Maisenbacher, et al.. (2017). Using the focal phase to control attosecond processes. Journal of Optics. 19(12). 124007–124007. 11 indexed citations
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Pohl, Randolf, F. Nez, Thomas Udem, et al.. (2016). Deuteron charge radius from spectroscopy data in atomic deuterium. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Beyer, Axel, Lothar Maisenbacher, Arthur Matveev, et al.. (2016). Active fiber-based retroreflector providing phase-retracing anti-parallel laser beams for precision spectroscopy. Optics Express. 24(15). 17470–17470. 21 indexed citations
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Yost, D. C., Arthur Matveev, Alexey Grinin, et al.. (2016). Spectroscopy of the hydrogen1S−3Stransition with chirped laser pulses. Physical review. A. 93(4). 28 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Paul, Matt Jaffe, Justin M. Brown, et al.. (2015). Atom Interferometry in an Optical Cavity. Physical Review Letters. 114(10). 100405–100405. 65 indexed citations
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Beyer, Axel, Lothar Maisenbacher, K. Yu. Khabarova, et al.. (2015). Precision spectroscopy of 2S–nP transitions in atomic hydrogen for a new determination of the Rydberg constant and the proton charge radius. Physica Scripta. T165. 14030–14030. 17 indexed citations
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Higuchi, Takuya, et al.. (2015). A nanoscale vacuum-tube diode triggered by few-cycle laser pulses. Applied Physics Letters. 106(5). 28 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Paul, et al.. (2014). Atom Interferometry in an Optical Cavity. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 97. FTh5A.1–FTh5A.1. 3 indexed citations

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