S. Massar

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 963 citations indexed

About

S. Massar is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Massar has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 963 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in S. Massar's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (11 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (8 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (8 papers). S. Massar is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (11 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (8 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (8 papers). S. Massar collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Switzerland and United Kingdom. S. Massar's co-authors include Sandu Popescu, Nicolas J. Cerf, Vladimír Bužek, Nicolas Gisin, Noah Linden, Edouard Brainis, David Amans, Ph. Emplit, Marc Haelterman and Jaromı́r Fiurášek and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

S. Massar

13 papers receiving 927 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.

Optimal Extraction of Information from Finite Quantum Ensembles

1995 501 citations S. Massar, Sandu Popescu Physical Review Letters profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. Massar Belgium	11	871	866	58	54	33	13	963
S. Iblisdir Spain	16	1.1k 1.3×	881 1.0×	89 1.5×	49 0.9×	30 0.9×	29	1.2k
Nathan Walk Australia	15	944 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	54 0.9×	100 1.9×	26 0.8×	34	1.1k
Ivan Šupić Spain	17	755 0.9×	763 0.9×	81 1.4×	36 0.7×	29 0.9×	32	846
J. F. Poyatos Austria	4	990 1.1×	961 1.1×	106 1.8×	75 1.4×	17 0.5×	5	1.1k
Jon Yard United States	10	563 0.6×	626 0.7×	44 0.8×	56 1.0×	52 1.6×	11	753
Sibasish Ghosh India	17	941 1.1×	933 1.1×	193 3.3×	25 0.5×	33 1.0×	68	1.1k
Bartosz Regula United Kingdom	19	954 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	122 2.1×	24 0.4×	38 1.2×	43	1.1k
Zlatko Minev United States	10	623 0.7×	697 0.8×	72 1.2×	71 1.3×	53 1.6×	16	859
N. Gisin Switzerland	9	786 0.9×	783 0.9×	31 0.5×	155 2.9×	19 0.6×	10	920
A. J. Berkley United States	17	977 1.1×	960 1.1×	95 1.6×	126 2.3×	53 1.6×	26	1.2k

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Massar, S., et al.. (2010). Family of loss-tolerant quantum coin-flipping protocols. Physical Review A. 82(5). 8 indexed citations

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Cerf, Nicolas J., Nicolas Gisin, S. Massar, & Sandu Popescu. (2005). Simulating Maximal Quantum Entanglement without Communication. Physical Review Letters. 94(22). 220403–220403. 79 indexed citations

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Brainis, Edouard, et al.. (2005). Experimental Error Filtration for Quantum Communication Over Highly Noisy Channels. Physical Review Letters. 94(23). 230501–230501. 16 indexed citations

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Amans, David, Edouard Brainis, Marc Haelterman, Ph. Emplit, & S. Massar. (2005). Vector modulation instability induced by vacuum fluctuations in highly birefringent fibers in the anomalous-dispersion regime. Optics Letters. 30(9). 1051–1051. 16 indexed citations

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Brainis, Edouard, et al.. (2005). Provably Secure Experimental Quantum Bit-String Generation. Physical Review Letters. 94(5). 50503–50503. 12 indexed citations

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Ivanyos, Gábor, et al.. (2005). Quantum computing on lattices using global two-qubit gates. Physical Review A. 72(2). 4 indexed citations

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Brainis, Edouard, David Amans, & S. Massar. (2005). Scalar and vector modulation instabilities induced by vacuum fluctuations in fibers: Numerical study. Physical Review A. 71(2). 22 indexed citations

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Brainis, Edouard, et al.. (2003). Fiber-Optics Implementation of the Deutsch-Jozsa and Bernstein-Vazirani Quantum Algorithms with Three Qubits. Physical Review Letters. 90(15). 157902–157902. 37 indexed citations

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Fiurášek, Jaromı́r, S. Massar, & Nicolas J. Cerf. (2003). Conditional generation of arbitrary multimode entangled states of light with linear optics. Physical Review A. 68(4). 15 indexed citations

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Cerf, Nicolas J., Nicolas Gisin, & S. Massar. (2000). Classical Teleportation of a Quantum Bit. Physical Review Letters. 84(11). 2521–2524. 48 indexed citations

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Bužek, Vladimír, et al.. (1999). Optimal Quantum Clocks. Physical Review Letters. 82(10). 2207–2210. 120 indexed citations

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Linden, Noah, S. Massar, & Sandu Popescu. (1998). Purifying Noisy Entanglement Requires Collective Measurements. Physical Review Letters. 81(15). 3279–3282. 85 indexed citations

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Massar, S. & Sandu Popescu. (1995). Optimal Extraction of Information from Finite Quantum Ensembles. Physical Review Letters. 74(8). 1259–1263. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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