Sonja Barkhofen

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sonja Barkhofen is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Barkhofen has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sonja Barkhofen's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (19 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (15 papers) and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (10 papers). Sonja Barkhofen is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (19 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (15 papers) and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (10 papers). Sonja Barkhofen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Czechia. Sonja Barkhofen's co-authors include Christine Silberhorn, Linda Sansoni, Igor Jex, Regina Kruse, Craig S. Hamilton, Ulrich Kuhl, Fabrice Mortessagne, H.‐J. Stöckmann, T. H. Seligman and E. Sadurní and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Barkhofen

37 papers receiving 992 citations

Hit Papers

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    2017 293 citations Craig S. Hamilton, Regina Kruse et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonja Barkhofen Germany 18 667 638 220 177 51 38 1.1k
Giulia Semeghini Italy 12 2.3k 3.4× 1.1k 1.7× 235 1.1× 113 0.6× 41 0.8× 15 2.5k
Karl-Peter Marzlin Germany 21 1.8k 2.6× 541 0.8× 536 2.4× 93 0.5× 42 0.8× 59 1.9k
Benjamin Lev United States 33 3.8k 5.7× 973 1.5× 307 1.4× 201 1.1× 28 0.5× 65 3.9k
Alessio Celi Spain 17 1.8k 2.7× 428 0.7× 278 1.3× 71 0.4× 248 4.9× 38 2.0k
Alfred Wünsche Germany 21 1.2k 1.7× 714 1.1× 279 1.3× 84 0.5× 19 0.4× 76 1.4k
W. P. Schleich Germany 24 1.4k 2.1× 711 1.1× 290 1.3× 80 0.5× 25 0.5× 71 1.5k
Martin Ringbauer Austria 16 1.1k 1.6× 1.2k 1.9× 116 0.5× 90 0.5× 31 0.6× 46 1.4k
Hai-Woong Lee South Korea 21 1.4k 2.2× 895 1.4× 342 1.6× 155 0.9× 59 1.2× 50 1.6k
Alexandre Krajenbrink France 11 556 0.8× 337 0.5× 114 0.5× 44 0.2× 27 0.5× 15 836
Tout T. Wang United States 10 1.5k 2.3× 983 1.5× 95 0.4× 88 0.5× 31 0.6× 14 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Sonja Barkhofen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonja Barkhofen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja Barkhofen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sonja Barkhofen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sonja Barkhofen 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 Sonja Barkhofen. Sonja Barkhofen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meinecke, Jasmin D. A., et al.. (2024). Decomposing large unitaries into multimode devices of arbitrary size. Physical Review Research. 6(1). 4 indexed citations
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Barkhofen, Sonja, et al.. (2023). Dynamic conditioning of two particle discrete-time quantum walks. Physica Scripta. 98(3). 34005–34005. 2 indexed citations
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Bagrets, Dmitry, Kun Woo Kim, Sonja Barkhofen, et al.. (2021). Probing the topological Anderson transition with quantum walks. Physical Review Research. 3(2). 8 indexed citations
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Sperling, Jan, et al.. (2021). Two-Rebit Entanglement: Theory and Experiment. M2A.5–M2A.5. 2 indexed citations
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Nitsche, Thomas, Sonja Barkhofen, Evan Meyer-Scott, et al.. (2020). Local Versus Global Two-Photon Interference in Quantum Networks. Physical Review Letters. 125(21). 213604–213604. 9 indexed citations
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Smirne, Andrea, Thomas Nitsche, Dario Egloff, et al.. (2020). Experimental control of the degree of non-classicality via quantum coherence. Quantum Science and Technology. 5(4). 04LT01–04LT01. 6 indexed citations
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Sperling, Jan, Evan Meyer-Scott, Sonja Barkhofen, Benjamin Brecht, & Christine Silberhorn. (2019). Experimental Reconstruction of Entanglement Quasiprobabilities. Physical Review Letters. 122(5). 53602–53602. 11 indexed citations
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Meyer-Scott, Evan, Thomas Nitsche, Václav Potoček, et al.. (2018). A photonic quantum walk with a four-dimensional coin. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Nitsche, Thomas, Sonja Barkhofen, Regina Kruse, et al.. (2018). Probing measurement-induced effects in quantum walks via recurrence. Science Advances. 4(6). eaar6444–eaar6444. 31 indexed citations
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Meyer-Scott, Evan, Christof Eigner, Viktor Quiring, et al.. (2018). High-performance source of spectrally pure, polarization entangled photon pairs based on hybrid integrated-bulk optics. Optics Express. 26(25). 32475–32475. 41 indexed citations
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Dhand, Ish, M. Engelkemeier, Linda Sansoni, et al.. (2018). Proposal for Quantum Simulation via All-Optically-Generated Tensor Network States. Physical Review Letters. 120(13). 130501–130501. 27 indexed citations
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Kruse, Regina, Johannes Tiedau, Tim J. Bartley, Sonja Barkhofen, & Christine Silberhorn. (2017). Limits of the time-multiplexed photon-counting method. Physical review. A. 95(2). 15 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Craig S., Sonja Barkhofen, Linda Sansoni, Igor Jex, & Christine Silberhorn. (2016). Driven discrete time quantum walks. New Journal of Physics. 18(7). 73008–73008. 8 indexed citations
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Böhm, Julian, Matthieu Bellec, Fabrice Mortessagne, et al.. (2015). Microwave Experiments Simulating Quantum Search and Directed Transport in Artificial Graphene. Physical Review Letters. 114(11). 110501–110501. 21 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Rudi, Sonja Barkhofen, Thomas Guhr, H.‐J. Stöckmann, & Ulrich Kuhl. (2015). Compounding approach for univariate time series with nonstationary variances. Physical Review E. 92(6). 62901–62901. 3 indexed citations
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Barkhofen, Sonja, et al.. (2014). Formation and interaction of resonance chains in the open three-disk system. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 10 indexed citations
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Allgaier, Markus, et al.. (2014). Spectral properties of microwave graphs with local absorption. Physical Review E. 89(2). 22925–22925. 41 indexed citations
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Barkhofen, Sonja, Matthieu Bellec, Ulrich Kuhl, & Fabrice Mortessagne. (2013). Disordered graphene and boron nitride in a microwave tight-binding analog. Physical Review B. 87(3). 26 indexed citations
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Barkhofen, Sonja, et al.. (2013). Experimental Observation of the Spectral Gap in Microwaven-Disk Systems. Physical Review Letters. 110(16). 164102–164102. 24 indexed citations
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Barkhofen, Sonja, et al.. (2012). Weyl asymptotics: From closed to open systems. Physical Review E. 86(6). 66205–66205. 22 indexed citations

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