Raphaël Houlmann

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 723 citations indexed

About

Raphaël Houlmann is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Raphaël Houlmann has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 723 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 1 paper in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Raphaël Houlmann's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (12 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (11 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (9 papers). Raphaël Houlmann is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (12 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (11 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (9 papers). Raphaël Houlmann collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Singapore. Raphaël Houlmann's co-authors include Hugo Zbinden, Charles Ci Wen Lim, Nicolas Gisin, Bruno Sanguinetti, Boris Korzh, Daniel A. Nolan, Rob Thew, Mingjun Li, Anthony Martin and Félix Bussières and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Nature Photonics.

In The Last Decade

Raphaël Houlmann

13 papers receiving 683 citations

Hit 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.

Provably secure and practical quantum key distribution over 307 km of optical fibre

2015 340 citations Boris Korzh, Charles Ci Wen Lim et al. Nature Photonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Raphaël Houlmann Switzerland	10	572	508	129	77	53	13	723
B. Fröhlich United Kingdom	10	779 1.4×	692 1.4×	255 2.0×	69 0.9×	36 0.7×	15	926
Tommaso Lunghi France	13	391 0.7×	519 1.0×	314 2.4×	132 1.7×	40 0.8×	27	732
Bruno Sanguinetti Switzerland	13	570 1.0×	590 1.2×	198 1.5×	56 0.7×	35 0.7×	33	780
Nino Walenta Switzerland	10	889 1.6×	790 1.6×	196 1.5×	104 1.4×	13 0.2×	18	1.0k
A. W. Sharpe United Kingdom	7	676 1.2×	565 1.1×	151 1.2×	26 0.3×	68 1.3×	9	772
Lars Lydersen Norway	10	1.1k 1.9×	997 2.0×	74 0.6×	61 0.8×	27 0.5×	11	1.2k
M. Stipčević Croatia	14	184 0.3×	183 0.4×	85 0.7×	117 1.5×	65 1.2×	42	452
Jian-Yu Guan China	14	982 1.7×	986 1.9×	178 1.4×	42 0.5×	59 1.1×	32	1.2k
Zhen‐Qiang Yin China	19	968 1.7×	885 1.7×	200 1.6×	24 0.3×	45 0.8×	66	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Raphaël Houlmann

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Raphaël Houlmann's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Raphaël Houlmann with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Raphaël Houlmann more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Raphaël Houlmann

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Raphaël Houlmann. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Raphaël Houlmann. The network helps show where Raphaël Houlmann may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raphaël Houlmann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Raphaël Houlmann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Raphaël Houlmann based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Raphaël Houlmann. Raphaël Houlmann is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

13 of 13 papers shown

Boaron, Alberto, Giovanni V. Resta, Matthieu Perrenoud, et al.. (2023). Fast single-photon detectors and real-time key distillation enable high secret-key-rate quantum key distribution systems. Nature Photonics. 17(5). 422–426. 80 indexed citations

Boaron, Alberto, Davide Rusca, Gianluca Boso, et al.. (2020). Progress on Quantum Key Distribution Using Ultralow Loss Fiber. M4A.5–M4A.5. 3 indexed citations

Brask, Jonatan Bohr, Anthony Martin, Raphaël Houlmann, et al.. (2017). Megahertz-Rate Semi-Device-Independent Quantum Random Number Generators Based on Unambiguous State Discrimination. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 83 indexed citations

Martin, Anthony, et al.. (2016). 24-Hour Relativistic Bit Commitment. Physical Review Letters. 117(14). 140506–140506. 13 indexed citations

Boaron, Alberto, Boris Korzh, Raphaël Houlmann, et al.. (2016). Detector-device-independent quantum key distribution: Security analysis and fast implementation. Journal of Applied Physics. 120(6). 8 indexed citations

Lunghi, Tommaso, Jędrzej Kaniewski, Félix Bussières, et al.. (2015). Practical Relativistic Bit Commitment. Physical Review Letters. 115(3). 30502–30502. 21 indexed citations

Martin, Anthony, Bruno Sanguinetti, Charles Ci Wen Lim, Raphaël Houlmann, & Hugo Zbinden. (2015). Quantum Random Number Generation for 1.25-GHz Quantum Key Distribution Systems. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 33(13). 2855–2859. 31 indexed citations

Korzh, Boris, Charles Ci Wen Lim, Raphaël Houlmann, et al.. (2015). Provably secure and practical quantum key distribution over 307 km of optical fibre. Nature Photonics. 9(3). 163–168. 340 indexed citations breakdown →

Houlmann, Raphaël, et al.. (2015). An FPGA-Based 4 Mbps Secret Key Distillation Engine for Quantum Key Distribution Systems. Journal of Signal Processing Systems. 86(1). 1–15. 21 indexed citations

10.

Walenta, Nino, et al.. (2015). Practical aspects of security certification for commercial quantum technologies. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9648. 96480U–96480U. 8 indexed citations

11.

Lunghi, Tommaso, Jędrzej Kaniewski, Félix Bussières, et al.. (2013). Experimental Bit Commitment Based on Quantum Communication and Special Relativity. Physical Review Letters. 111(18). 180504–180504. 52 indexed citations

12.

Korzh, Boris, Nino Walenta, Raphaël Houlmann, & Hugo Zbinden. (2013). A high-speed multi-protocol quantum key distribution transmitter based on a dual-drive modulator. Optics Express. 21(17). 19579–19579. 14 indexed citations

13.

Lunghi, Tommaso, Olivier Guinnard, Raphaël Houlmann, et al.. (2012). Free-running single-photon detection based on a negative feedback InGaAs APD. Journal of Modern Optics. 59(17). 1481–1488. 49 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact