P. L. Knight

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

P. L. Knight is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, P. L. Knight has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 46 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in P. L. Knight's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (45 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (31 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (26 papers). P. L. Knight is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (45 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (31 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (26 papers). P. L. Knight collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. P. L. Knight's co-authors include Martin B. Plenio, Christoph H. Keitel, Emmanuel Paspalakis, M. Protopapas, Stephen M. Barnett, P.M. Radmore, Simon J. D. Phoenix, N. J. Kylstra, S. M. Dutra and V. Buek and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

P. L. Knight

71 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

The quantum-jump approach to dissipative dynamics in quan... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1998 1997 250 500 750 1000
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 quantum-jump approach to dissipative dynamics in quantum optics
    1998 1.0k citations Martin B. Plenio, P. L. Knight Reviews of Modern Physics profile →
  2. Atomic physics with super-high intensity lasers
    1997 635 citations M. Protopapas, P. L. Knight et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. L. Knight United Kingdom 35 4.4k 2.5k 495 377 266 73 4.5k
D. J. Heinzen United States 31 6.6k 1.5× 2.7k 1.1× 491 1.0× 296 0.8× 151 0.6× 67 6.9k
Juha Javanainen United States 41 6.3k 1.4× 2.1k 0.8× 563 1.1× 237 0.6× 362 1.4× 155 6.5k
C. R. Stroud United States 35 4.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 702 1.4× 561 1.5× 90 0.3× 137 4.7k
C. I. Westbrook France 32 4.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.5× 381 0.8× 153 0.4× 158 0.6× 115 4.6k
Martin Weitz Germany 36 4.1k 0.9× 711 0.3× 621 1.3× 399 1.1× 321 1.2× 116 4.4k
K. Wódkiewicz United States 28 3.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 524 1.1× 251 0.7× 87 0.3× 85 3.6k
Christopher C. Gerry United States 39 5.4k 1.2× 4.2k 1.7× 802 1.6× 363 1.0× 183 0.7× 184 5.9k
Hartmut Häffner United States 31 5.6k 1.3× 4.6k 1.8× 368 0.7× 346 0.9× 168 0.6× 77 6.3k
Roee Ozeri Israel 38 5.5k 1.3× 3.9k 1.5× 254 0.5× 359 1.0× 188 0.7× 106 6.2k
D. Kielpinski United States 25 5.6k 1.3× 4.1k 1.6× 443 0.9× 383 1.0× 96 0.4× 75 6.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Scheel, Stefan, et al.. (2007). Single photons on demand from tunable 3D photonic band-gap structures. Journal of Modern Optics. 54(2-3). 409–416. 3 indexed citations
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Knight, P. L., et al.. (2006). Spatial decoherence near metallic surfaces (9 pages). Physical Review A. 73(3). 32902. 3 indexed citations
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Scheel, Stefan, et al.. (2005). Atomic spin decoherence near conducting and superconducting films (4 pages). Physical Review A. 72(4). 42901. 1 indexed citations
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Paspalakis, Emmanuel & P. L. Knight. (2002). Electromagnetically induced transparency and controlled group velocity in a multilevel system. Physical Review A. 66(1). 151 indexed citations
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Murao, Mio, et al.. (2001). Generalisation of purification to multi-particle entanglement. Springer eBooks. 275–280.
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Angelakis, Dimitris G., Emmanuel Paspalakis, & P. L. Knight. (2001). Coherent phenomena in photonic crystals. Physical Review A. 64(1). 73 indexed citations
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Dalton, B. J., Stephen M. Barnett, & P. L. Knight. (1999). Macroscopic canonical quantization in quantum optics: Properties of quasi mode annihilation and creation operators. Journal of Modern Optics. 46(10). 1495–1502. 7 indexed citations
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Paspalakis, Emmanuel, N. J. Kylstra, & P. L. Knight. (1999). Transparency Induced via Decay Interference. Physical Review Letters. 82(10). 2079–2082. 107 indexed citations
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Plenio, Martin B. & P. L. Knight. (1998). The quantum-jump approach to dissipative dynamics in quantum optics. Reviews of Modern Physics. 70(1). 101–144. 1011 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bužek, Vladimír, Vlatko Vedral, Martin B. Plenio, P. L. Knight, & Mark Hillery. (1997). Broadcasting of entanglement via local copying. Physical Review A. 55(5). 3327–3332. 71 indexed citations
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Dutra, S. M. & P. L. Knight. (1996). Spontaneous emission in a planar Fabry-Pérot microcavity. Physical Review A. 53(5). 3587–3605. 45 indexed citations
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Ficek, Z., B. J. Dalton, & P. L. Knight. (1994). Steady-state squeezing in a driven three-level Λ system. Physical Review A. 50(3). 2594–2598. 12 indexed citations
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Protopapas, M., P. L. Knight, & K. Burnett. (1994). Phase dependence in two-color excitation of a model atom by intense fields. Physical Review A. 49(3). 1945–1949. 38 indexed citations
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Knight, P. L. & Bruce W. Shore. (1993). Schrödinger-cat states of the electromagnetic field and multilevel atoms. Physical Review A. 48(1). 642–655. 57 indexed citations
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Buek, V., et al.. (1991). Dynamics of a three-level atom in a two-mode squeezed vacuum. Physical Review A. 44(9). 6043–6056. 39 indexed citations
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Phoenix, Simon J. D. & P. L. Knight. (1990). Periodicity, phase, and entropy in models of two-photonresonance. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 7(1). 116–116. 145 indexed citations
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Oliveira, F. A. M. de & P. L. Knight. (1989). Injected-field optical bistability model of squeezed coherent light generation. Physical review. A, General physics. 39(7). 3417–3431. 16 indexed citations
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Knight, P. L.. (1989). Progress in Optics. Vol. XXV. Journal of Modern Optics. 36(3). 417–417. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, M. S. & P. L. Knight. (1987). Quantum-jump telegraph noise and macroscopic intensity fluctuations. Physical review. A, General physics. 36(11). 5265–5270. 30 indexed citations
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Knight, P. L., R. Loudon, & David T. Pegg. (1986). Quantum jumps and atomic cryptograms. Nature. 323(6089). 608–609. 9 indexed citations

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