Matthew Markham

16.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
109 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Matthew Markham is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Markham has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Materials Chemistry, 72 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 32 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Matthew Markham's work include Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (89 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (32 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (23 papers). Matthew Markham is often cited by papers focused on Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (89 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (32 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (23 papers). Matthew Markham collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Matthew Markham's co-authors include Daniel J. Twitchen, T. H. Taminiau, Ronald Hanson, Fedor Jelezko, Machiel Blok, Hannes Bernien, Jörg Wrachtrup, Bas Hensen, Philipp Neumann and Johannes Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Markham

103 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Loophole-free Bell inequality violation using electron spins separated by 1.3 kilometres

2015 1.5k citations Bas Hensen, Hannes Bernien et al. Nature profile →
Ultralong spin coherence time in isotopically engineered diamond

2009 1.4k citations Daniel J. Twitchen, Matthew Markham et al. profile →
Heralded entanglement between solid-state qubits separated by three metres

2013 757 citations Hannes Bernien, Bas Hensen et al. Nature profile →
Room-Temperature Quantum Bit Memory Exceeding One Second

2012 618 citations Matthew Markham, Daniel J. Twitchen et al. Science profile →
Unconditional quantum teleportation between distant solid-state quantum bits

2014 359 citations Bas Hensen, Hannes Bernien et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew Markham United Kingdom	46	7.7k	6.5k	3.4k	2.1k	1.8k	109	10.9k
Philipp Neumann Germany	43	6.0k 0.8×	6.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	68	9.1k
Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg Australia	54	9.3k 1.2×	5.0k 0.8×	3.8k 1.1×	4.3k 2.1×	1.4k 0.8×	295	13.1k
Paola Cappellaro United States	38	6.8k 0.9×	4.4k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	130	9.1k
Lilian Childress United States	27	5.7k 0.7×	4.4k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	44	7.7k
Daniel J. Twitchen United Kingdom	57	7.7k 1.0×	9.4k 1.4×	3.2k 0.9×	3.6k 1.7×	2.7k 1.5×	158	13.9k
J. R. Maze Chile	31	4.8k 0.6×	4.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	71	7.3k
Ronald Hanson Netherlands	50	12.8k 1.7×	5.3k 0.8×	6.4k 1.9×	4.5k 2.1×	1.2k 0.7×	110	15.8k
Dmitry Budker United States	61	13.8k 1.8×	5.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	374	16.9k
A. S. Zibrov United States	36	11.8k 1.5×	4.1k 0.6×	4.4k 1.3×	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	88	14.3k
Kohei M. Itoh Japan	50	6.9k 0.9×	3.7k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	4.6k 2.2×	630 0.3×	303	10.7k

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Wang, Yihua, et al.. (2026). Unraveling quantum dephasing of nitrogen-vacancy center ensembles in diamond. npj Quantum Materials. 11(1).

Graham, Suzanne, Colin Stephen, Andrew M. Edmonds, et al.. (2025). On the road with a diamond magnetometer. Diamond and Related Materials. 152. 111945–111945. 1 indexed citations

Graham, Suzanne, et al.. (2025). Endoscopic diamond magnetometer for cancer surgery. Physical Review Applied. 24(2). 1 indexed citations

Bartling, H. P., Maarten Degen, S. J. H. Loenen, et al.. (2025). Control of individual electron-spin pairs in an electron-spin bath. Physical Review Research. 7(1).

Bartling, Hanna, J. Yun, Masoud Babaie, et al.. (2025). Universal high-fidelity quantum gates for spin qubits in diamond. Physical Review Applied. 23(3). 8 indexed citations

Bradley, C. E., J. Randall, M. H. Abobeih, et al.. (2024). Mapping a 50-spin-qubit network through correlated sensing. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2006–2006. 22 indexed citations

Zhang, Zi-Huai, Lila V. H. Rodgers, Xin Gui, et al.. (2023). Neutral Silicon Vacancy Centers in Undoped Diamond via Surface Control. Physical Review Letters. 130(16). 166902–166902. 16 indexed citations

Chen, Kevin C., Ryan A. Parker, Michael Titze, et al.. (2023). Hyperfine Spectroscopy of Isotopically Engineered Group-IV Color Centers in Diamond. PRX Quantum. 4(4). 13 indexed citations

Mayer, Ludovic, Martin Schmidt, Matthew Markham, et al.. (2023). Efficient and all-carbon electrical readout of a NV-based quantum sensor. Applied Physics Letters. 122(19). 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zi-Huai, Daniel G. Oblinsky, Brett C. Johnson, et al.. (2023). A Telecom O-Band Emitter in Diamond. Nano Letters. 23(7). 2557–2562. 11 indexed citations

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Stephen, Colin, Ben G. Breeze, Soumen Mandal, et al.. (2023). Long spin coherence and relaxation times in nanodiamonds milled from polycrystalline 12C diamond. Physical Review Applied. 20(4). 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zi-Huai, et al.. (2023). Neutral Silicon-Vacancy Centers in Diamond via Photoactivated Itinerant Carriers. Physical Review Applied. 19(3). 9 indexed citations

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Bradley, C. E., Simon Baier, Maarten Degen, et al.. (2022). Robust quantum-network memory based on spin qubits in isotopically engineered diamond. npj Quantum Information. 8(1). 41 indexed citations

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Abobeih, M. H., Yang Wang, J. Randall, et al.. (2022). Fault-tolerant operation of a logical qubit in a diamond quantum processor. Nature. 606(7916). 884–889. 142 indexed citations

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Görlitz, Johannes, Philipp Fuchs, Takayuki Iwasaki, et al.. (2022). Coherence of a charge stabilised tin-vacancy spin in diamond. npj Quantum Information. 8(1). 35 indexed citations

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Edmonds, Andrew M., Connor Hart, Matthew Turner, et al.. (2021). Characterisation of CVD diamond with high concentrations of nitrogen for magnetic-field sensing applications. 1(2). 25001–25001. 56 indexed citations

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Degen, Maarten, S. J. H. Loenen, H. P. Bartling, et al.. (2021). Entanglement of dark electron-nuclear spin defects in diamond. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3470–3470. 38 indexed citations

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Rose, Brendon C., Ding Huang, Zi-Huai Zhang, et al.. (2018). Observation of an environmentally insensitive solid-state spin defect in diamond. Science. 361(6397). 60–63. 171 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Simon, Tuvia Gefen, Thomas Unden, et al.. (2017). Submillihertz magnetic spectroscopy performed with a nanoscale quantum sensor. Science. 356(6340). 832–837. 231 indexed citations

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Hensen, Bas, Hannes Bernien, Andreas Reiserer, et al.. (2016). Experimental loophole-free Bell inequality violation using electron spins separated by 1.3 km. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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