Pierre Cladé

4.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
44 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Pierre Cladé is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Cladé has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 12 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 8 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Pierre Cladé's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (29 papers), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (13 papers) and Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation (12 papers). Pierre Cladé is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (29 papers), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (13 papers) and Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation (12 papers). Pierre Cladé collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Austria. Pierre Cladé's co-authors include Saïda Guellati-Khélifa, F. Biraben, F. Nez, Kristian Helmerson, Changhyun Ryu, Mikkel F. Andersen, William D. Phillips, Vasant Natarajan, Rym Bouchendira and Alipasha Vaziri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Cladé

41 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Quantized Rotation of Atoms from Photons with Orbital Angular Momentum
    2006 424 citations Mikkel F. Andersen, Changhyun Ryu et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. New Determination of the Fine Structure Constant and Test of the Quantum Electrodynamics
    2011 384 citations Rym Bouchendira, Pierre Cladé et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Determination of the fine-structure constant with an accuracy of 81 parts per trillion
    2020 353 citations Pierre Cladé, Saïda Guellati-Khélifa et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Pierre Cladé
N. Kolachevsky Russia
W.H. Oskay United States
P. Lemonde France
C. Salomon France
F. Nez France
J. E. Stalnaker United States
Hidetoshi Katori Japan
Thomas Udem Germany
A. Clairon France
G. Santarelli France
N. Kolachevsky Russia
Pierre Cladé
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guellati-Khélifa, Saïda, et al.. (2024). Atom interferometer using spatially localized beam splitters. Physical review. A. 110(1). 2 indexed citations
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Cladé, Pierre, et al.. (2022). Improving the statistical analysis of antihydrogen free fall by using near-edge events. Physical review. A. 105(2). 4 indexed citations
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Cladé, Pierre, et al.. (2022). Analysis of the timing of freely falling antihydrogen. New Journal of Physics. 24(3). 33045–33045. 9 indexed citations
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Cladé, Pierre, et al.. (2022). Atom Interferometer Driven by a Picosecond Frequency Comb. Physical Review Letters. 129(17). 173204–173204. 5 indexed citations
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Cladé, Pierre, et al.. (2020). Determination of the fine-structure constant with an accuracy of 81 parts per trillion. Nature. 588(7836). 61–65. 353 indexed citations breakdown →
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Andia, M., et al.. (2018). Observation of Extra Photon Recoil in a Distorted Optical Field. Physical Review Letters. 121(7). 73603–73603. 19 indexed citations
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Cladé, Pierre, M. Andia, & Saïda Guellati-Khélifa. (2017). Improving efficiency of Bloch oscillations in the tight-binding limit. Physical review. A. 95(6). 4 indexed citations
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Bouchendira, Rym, Pierre Cladé, Saïda Guellati-Khélifa, F. Nez, & F. Biraben. (2013). State of the art in the determination of the fine structure constant: test of Quantum Electrodynamics and determination of. Annalen der Physik. 525(7). 484–492. 28 indexed citations
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Andia, M., et al.. (2013). Compact atomic gravimeter based on a pulsed and accelerated optical lattice. Physical Review A. 88(3). 29 indexed citations
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Bouchendira, Rym, Pierre Cladé, Saïda Guellati-Khélifa, F. Nez, & F. Biraben. (2011). New Determination of the Fine Structure Constant and Test of the Quantum Electrodynamics. Physical Review Letters. 106(8). 80801–80801. 384 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cadoret, Malo, E. de Mirandes, Pierre Cladé, et al.. (2011). Measurement of the ratio h / m Rb and determination of the fine structure constant. Comptes Rendus Physique. 12(4). 379–386. 5 indexed citations
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Cladé, Pierre, Changhyun Ryu, Anand Ramanathan, Kristian Helmerson, & William H. Phillips. (2009). Observation of a 2D Bose Gas: From Thermal to Quasicondensate to Superfluid. Physical Review Letters. 102(17). 170401–170401. 165 indexed citations
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Cladé, Pierre, Saïda Guellati-Khélifa, F. Nez, & F. Biraben. (2009). Large Momentum Beam Splitter Using Bloch Oscillations. Physical Review Letters. 102(24). 240402–240402. 104 indexed citations
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Cadoret, Malo, E. de Mirandes, Pierre Cladé, et al.. (2008). Combination of Bloch Oscillations with a Ramsey-Bordé Interferometer: New Determination of the Fine Structure Constant. Physical Review Letters. 101(23). 230801–230801. 127 indexed citations
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Papoular, D. J., Pierre Cladé, S. V. Polyakov, et al.. (2008). Measuring optical tunneling times using a Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer. Optics Express. 16(20). 16005–16005. 7 indexed citations
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Ryu, Changhyun, Mikkel F. Andersen, Pierre Cladé, et al.. (2007). Observation of Persistent Flow of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in a Toroidal Trap. Physical Review Letters. 99(26). 260401–260401. 366 indexed citations
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Andersen, Mikkel F., Changhyun Ryu, Pierre Cladé, et al.. (2006). Quantized Rotation of Atoms from Photons with Orbital Angular Momentum. Physical Review Letters. 97(17). 170406–170406. 424 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cladé, Pierre, E. de Mirandes, Malo Cadoret, et al.. (2006). Determination of the Fine Structure Constant Based on Bloch Oscillations of Ultracold Atoms in a Vertical Optical Lattice. Physical Review Letters. 96(3). 33001–33001. 157 indexed citations
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Battesti, Rémy, Pierre Cladé, Saïda Guellati-Khélifa, et al.. (2004). Bloch Oscillations of Ultracold Atoms: A Tool for a Metrological Determination ofh/mRb. Physical Review Letters. 92(25). 253001–253001. 80 indexed citations
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Douady, Stéphane, Bruno Andreotti, Adrian Daerr, & Pierre Cladé. (2002). From a grain to avalanches: on the physics of granular surface flows. Comptes Rendus Physique. 3(2). 177–186. 21 indexed citations

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