M. Beck

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

M. Beck is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Beck has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 34 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in M. Beck's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (34 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (24 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (12 papers). M. Beck is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (34 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (24 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (12 papers). M. Beck collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. M. Beck's co-authors include Michael G. Raymer, D. T. Smithey, Ulf Leonhardt, Adel Faridani, D. F. McAlister, J. Cooper, Ian A. Walmsley, David Branning, M. G. Raymer and Laura Clarke and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

M. Beck

60 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Measurement of the Wigner distribution and the density matrix of a light mode using optical homodyne tomography: Application to squeezed states and the vacuum

1993 1.1k citations D. T. Smithey, M. Beck et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Measuring the Quantum State of Light

1998 717 citations M. Beck et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Beck United States	25	3.0k	2.2k	497	301	150	63	3.5k
Z. Hradil Czechia	29	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	268 0.5×	237 0.8×	94 0.6×	129	3.2k
L. L. Sánchez-Soto Spain	31	2.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	448 0.9×	312 1.0×	30 0.2×	235	3.5k
Horace P. Yuen United States	28	5.0k 1.7×	4.5k 2.0×	1.0k 2.0×	452 1.5×	40 0.3×	63	5.9k
G. Tóth Hungary	41	5.9k 2.0×	5.2k 2.3×	1.2k 2.5×	370 1.2×	44 0.3×	119	7.3k
J. Řeháček Czechia	27	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	216 0.4×	173 0.6×	76 0.5×	110	2.4k
Daniel F. V. James United States	36	5.1k 1.7×	4.4k 2.0×	718 1.4×	303 1.0×	33 0.2×	111	6.2k
R. Simon India	34	4.4k 1.5×	2.6k 1.2×	641 1.3×	583 1.9×	32 0.2×	85	5.1k
Hans‐A. Bachor Australia	33	4.4k 1.5×	2.5k 1.1×	1.3k 2.6×	172 0.6×	37 0.2×	151	5.3k
Jan Peřina Czechia	31	3.8k 1.3×	2.7k 1.2×	692 1.4×	391 1.3×	41 0.3×	299	4.3k
Michael G. Raymer United States	43	6.5k 2.2×	3.7k 1.6×	2.0k 3.9×	384 1.3×	167 1.1×	146	7.6k

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Beck, M., et al.. (2021). Self-consistent state and measurement tomography with fewer measurements. Physical review. A. 104(1). 2 indexed citations

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Beck, M., et al.. (2019). State Preparation and Measurement Tomography via Unitary Transformations. M3A.3–M3A.3. 1 indexed citations

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Beck, M., et al.. (2017). Experimental demonstration of loop state-preparation-and-measurement tomography. FM2D.2–FM2D.2. 1 indexed citations

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Galvez, Enrique J. & M. Beck. (2015). Quantum optics experiments with single photons for undergraduate laboratories. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9665. 966513–966513. 12 indexed citations

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Branning, David, et al.. (2011). Note: Scalable multiphoton coincidence-counting electronics. Review of Scientific Instruments. 82(1). 16102–16102. 13 indexed citations

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Beck, M. & Enrique J. Galvez. (2007). Quantum Optics in the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory. CSuA4–CSuA4.

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Beck, M., et al.. (2005). Comparing quantum and classical correlations in a quantum eraser. Physical Review A. 71(5). 24 indexed citations

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Dawes, Andrew M. C. & M. Beck. (2001). Simultaneous Quantum State Measurement using Array Detection. APS. 46.

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Beck, M., C. Dorrer, & Ian A. Walmsley. (2001). Joint Quantum Measurement Using Unbalanced Array Detection. Physical Review Letters. 87(25). 253601–253601. 26 indexed citations

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Dawes, Andrew M. C. & M. Beck. (2001). Simultaneous quantum-state measurements using array detection. Physical Review A. 63(4). 8 indexed citations

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Beck, M.. (2000). Quantum State Tomography with Array Detectors. Physical Review Letters. 84(25). 5748–5751. 27 indexed citations

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Beck, M., et al.. (2000). Polarization correlations in pulsed, vertical-cavity, surface-emitting lasers. Optics Express. 7(7). 249–249. 5 indexed citations

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McAlister, D. F., M. Beck, Laura Clarke, A. Mayer, & Michael G. Raymer. (1995). Optical phase retrieval by phase-space tomography and fractional-order Fourier transforms. Optics Letters. 20(10). 1181–1181. 80 indexed citations

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Raymer, M. G., M. Beck, & D. F. McAlister. (1994). Complex wave-field reconstruction by using phase-space tomography. 2 indexed citations

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Raymer, Michael G., M. Beck, & D. F. McAlister. (1994). Complex wave-field reconstruction using phase-space tomography. Physical Review Letters. 72(8). 1137–1140. 232 indexed citations

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Raymer, Michael G., D. T. Smithey, M. Beck, & J. Cooper. (1994). Quantum States and Number-Phase Uncertainty Relations Measured by Optical Homodyne Tomography. Acta Physica Polonica A. 86(1-2). 71–80. 10 indexed citations

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Smithey, D. T., M. Beck, Adel Faridani, & Michael G. Raymer. (1993). Measurement of the Wigner distribution and the density matrix of a light mode by using optical homodyne tomography: application to squeezed states and vacuum. Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. 1 indexed citations

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Smithey, D. T., M. Beck, J. Cooper, & Michael G. Raymer. (1993). Measurement of number-phase uncertainty relations of optical fields. Physical Review A. 48(4). 3159–3167. 110 indexed citations

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Smithey, D. T., M. Beck, Michael Belsley, & Michael G. Raymer. (1992). Sub-shot-noise correlation of total photon number using macroscopic twin pulses of light. Physical Review Letters. 69(18). 2650–2653. 63 indexed citations

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Beck, M. & Ian A. Walmsley. (1991). Experimental characterization of the intensity and phase of asymmetric 60fs pulses from a CPM dye laser. Optical Society of America Annual Meeting. PD29–PD29. 2 indexed citations

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