Sungkun Hong

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
15 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Sungkun Hong is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sungkun Hong has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Sungkun Hong's work include Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (9 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (6 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (5 papers). Sungkun Hong is often cited by papers focused on Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (9 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (6 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (5 papers). Sungkun Hong collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. Sungkun Hong's co-authors include Amir Yacoby, Ronald L. Walsworth, Mikhail D. Lukin, M. S. Grinolds, Patrick Maletinsky, J. S. Hodges, J. R. Maze, Paola Cappellaro, Liang Jiang and Meenakshi Dutt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Sungkun Hong

12 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Nanoscale magnetic sensing with an individual electronic spin in diamond

2008 1.4k citations J. R. Maze, Paul L. Stanwix et al. Nature profile →
A robust scanning diamond sensor for nanoscale imaging with single nitrogen-vacancy centres

2012 474 citations Patrick Maletinsky, Sungkun Hong et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Non-classical correlations between single photons and phonons from a mechanical oscillator

2016 337 citations Ralf Riedinger, Sungkun Hong et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sungkun Hong United States	10	2.2k	2.2k	706	691	374	15	3.2k
Peter C. Maurer United States	14	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	610 0.9×	527 0.8×	453 1.2×	20	3.1k
Jean-François Roch France	28	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	599 0.8×	732 1.1×	341 0.9×	60	3.1k
Helmut Fedder Germany	14	2.4k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	787 1.1×	756 1.1×	499 1.3×	24	3.3k
Florian Dolde Germany	17	2.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	643 0.9×	984 1.4×	536 1.4×	20	3.6k
Georg Kucsko United States	9	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	436 0.6×	425 0.6×	434 1.2×	12	3.0k
Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich United States	25	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	719 1.0×	335 0.5×	243 0.6×	43	2.5k
Kai‐Mei C. Fu United States	26	2.7k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	493 0.7×	393 1.1×	93	3.7k
Marcus W. Doherty Australia	32	3.6k 1.6×	2.0k 0.9×	880 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	273 0.7×	65	4.2k
Nan Zhao China	23	1.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	706 1.0×	376 0.5×	494 1.3×	65	2.8k
Liam P. McGuinness Germany	31	2.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.0×	526 0.7×	947 1.4×	446 1.2×	47	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sungkun Hong

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15 of 15 papers shown

Lee, Moosung, et al.. (2025). Modelling optomechanical responses in optical tweezers beyond paraxial limits. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 19377–19377. 1 indexed citations

Gerhardt, M., Sungkun Hong, & Moosung Lee. (2025). Efficient, inverse large-scale optimization of diffractive lenses. Optics Continuum. 4(10). 2386–2386.

Sheng, Z. Z., et al.. (2024). Enhanced Optomechanical Coupling between an Optically Levitated Particle and an Ultrahigh-Q Optical Microcavity. ACS Photonics. 12(1). 34–39.

Hong, Sungkun, et al.. (2023). Optomechanically induced optical trapping system based on photonic crystal cavities. Optics Express. 31(12). 20398–20398. 4 indexed citations

Riedinger, Ralf, et al.. (2018). Optomechanical Bell Test. Physical Review Letters. 121(22). 220404–220404. 118 indexed citations

Riedinger, Ralf, Sungkun Hong, Richard A. Norte, et al.. (2016). Non-classical correlations between single photons and phonons from a mechanical oscillator. Nature. 530(7590). 313–316. 337 indexed citations breakdown →

Luan, Lan, M. S. Grinolds, Sungkun Hong, et al.. (2015). Decoherence imaging of spin ensembles using a scanning single-electron spin in diamond. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 8119–8119. 34 indexed citations

Grinolds, M. S., Kristiaan De Greve, Yuliya Dovzhenko, et al.. (2014). Subnanometre resolution in three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of individual dark spins. Nature Nanotechnology. 9(4). 279–284. 197 indexed citations

Hong, Sungkun, M. S. Grinolds, Linh Pham, et al.. (2013). Nanoscale magnetometry with NV centers in diamond. MRS Bulletin. 38(2). 155–161. 169 indexed citations

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Grinolds, M. S., Sungkun Hong, Patrick Maletinsky, et al.. (2013). Nanoscale magnetic imaging of a single electron spin under ambient conditions. Nature Physics. 9(4). 215–219. 292 indexed citations

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Maletinsky, Patrick, Sungkun Hong, M. S. Grinolds, et al.. (2012). A robust scanning diamond sensor for nanoscale imaging with single nitrogen-vacancy centres. Nature Nanotechnology. 7(5). 320–324. 474 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hausmann, Birgit J. M., Thomas M. Babinec, Jennifer T. Choy, et al.. (2011). Single-color centers implanted in diamond nanostructures. New Journal of Physics. 13(4). 45004–45004. 52 indexed citations

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Grinolds, M. S., Patrick Maletinsky, Sungkun Hong, et al.. (2011). Quantum control of proximal spins using nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging. Nature Physics. 7(9). 687–692. 105 indexed citations

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Maze, J. R., Paul L. Stanwix, J. S. Hodges, et al.. (2008). Nanoscale magnetic sensing with an individual electronic spin in diamond. Nature. 455(7213). 644–647. 1373 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maze, J. R., Paola Cappellaro, Lilian Childress, et al.. (2008). Nanoscale magnetic sensing using spin qubits in diamond. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7225. 722509–722509. 4 indexed citations

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