Takuya Hirano

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Takuya Hirano is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Takuya Hirano has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 43 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 31 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Takuya Hirano's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (42 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (25 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (18 papers). Takuya Hirano is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (42 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (25 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (18 papers). Takuya Hirano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Sweden and Netherlands. Takuya Hirano's co-authors include Takahiro Kuga, Ryo Namiki, Noritsugu Shiokawa, Hiroyuki Sasada, Y. Shimizu, Yoshio Torii, Hiroki Saito, Yujiro Eto, T. Kuwamoto and Satoshi Tojo and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Takuya Hirano

101 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Novel Optical Trap of Atoms with a Doughnut Beam 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 200 400 600
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. Novel Optical Trap of Atoms with a Doughnut Beam
    1997 689 citations Takuya Hirano 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
Takuya Hirano Japan 21 2.0k 786 437 297 122 103 2.2k
Gregor Thalhammer Austria 23 2.6k 1.3× 435 0.6× 146 0.3× 384 1.3× 270 2.2× 36 2.9k
Da‐Wei Wang China 19 1.3k 0.7× 644 0.8× 427 1.0× 179 0.6× 146 1.2× 80 1.7k
Takahiro Kuga Japan 16 1.5k 0.7× 333 0.4× 372 0.9× 312 1.1× 80 0.7× 35 1.5k
Yoshio Torii Japan 14 1.4k 0.7× 281 0.4× 259 0.6× 310 1.0× 84 0.7× 29 1.5k
Filippo Cardano Italy 20 1.7k 0.9× 515 0.7× 321 0.7× 566 1.9× 115 0.9× 37 2.0k
Matthew J. Collins Australia 17 1.1k 0.6× 911 1.2× 805 1.8× 130 0.4× 81 0.7× 30 1.7k
F. S. Cataliotti Italy 27 3.1k 1.6× 1.1k 1.3× 477 1.1× 126 0.4× 590 4.8× 89 3.5k
B. Hüttner Switzerland 26 2.5k 1.3× 1.6k 2.0× 932 2.1× 285 1.0× 140 1.1× 52 3.1k
Tracy E. Northup Austria 23 3.0k 1.5× 2.2k 2.8× 796 1.8× 220 0.7× 97 0.8× 46 3.4k
A. Z. Khoury Brazil 26 1.6k 0.8× 907 1.2× 289 0.7× 291 1.0× 147 1.2× 104 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Takuya Hirano

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shibata, Kosuke, et al.. (2023). Multistate interferometric measurement of the nonlinear ac Stark shift. Physical review. A. 107(5).
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Eto, Yujiro & Takuya Hirano. (2021). Effect of cascaded nonlinear phase shift on pulsed second-harmonic generation using periodically poled waveguide: a comparison of experimental and numerical results. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 60(5). 52001–52001. 3 indexed citations
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Shibata, Kosuke, et al.. (2019). Faraday patterns generated by Rabi oscillation in a binary Bose-Einstein condensate. Physical review. A. 100(6). 15 indexed citations
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Sato, Mitsuru, et al.. (2017). n‐アルカンの正孔伝導の計算機研究: 動的無秩序の影響と異方性. Applied Physics Letters. 110(9). 5. 1 indexed citations
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Nakazawa, Masataka, Masato Yoshida, Toshihiko Hirooka, Keisuke Kasai, & Takuya Hirano. (2016). Real-time 70 Gbit/s, 128 QAM quantum noise stream cipher transmission over 100 km with secret keys delivered by continuous variable quantum key distribution system. European Conference on Optical Communication. 887–889. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yun, et al.. (2015). Experimental realization of spatially separated entanglement with continuous variables using laser pulse trains. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13029–13029. 9 indexed citations
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Eto, Yujiro, Hiroki Saito, & Takuya Hirano. (2014). Observation of Dipole-Induced Spin Texture in anRb87Bose-Einstein Condensate. Physical Review Letters. 112(18). 185301–185301. 41 indexed citations
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Eto, Yujiro, Yun Zhang, & Takuya Hirano. (2011). Transporting continuous quantum variables of individual light pulses. Optics Express. 19(2). 1360–1360. 1 indexed citations
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Eto, Yujiro, et al.. (2011). Efficient homodyne measurement of picosecond squeezed pulses with pulse shaping technique. Optics Letters. 36(23). 4653–4653. 19 indexed citations
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Tojo, Satoshi, et al.. (2010). Controlling phase separation of binary Bose-Einstein condensates via mixed-spin-channel Feshbach resonance. Physical Review A. 82(3). 154 indexed citations
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Eto, Yujiro, et al.. (2008). Observation of quadrature squeezing in a ?^(2) nonlinear waveguide using a temporally shaped local oscillator pulse. Optics Express. 16(14). 10650–10650. 32 indexed citations
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Hirano, Takuya, et al.. (2007). Free-space continuous-variable Quantum Cryptography. 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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Namiki, Ryo, et al.. (2007). Controlling excess noise using acousto-optic modulator for quantum cryptography with continuous variables.
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Eto, Yujiro, et al.. (2007). Observation of squeezed light at 1535 μm using a pulsed homodyne detector. Optics Letters. 32(12). 1698–1698. 25 indexed citations
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Eto, Yujiro, et al.. (2007). Pulsed homodyne detection of squeezed light at telecommunication wavelength. JWC36–JWC36. 1 indexed citations
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Hirano, Takuya, et al.. (2005). 3 dB squeezing by single-pass parametric amplification in a periodically poled KTiOPO_4 crystal. Optics Letters. 30(13). 1722–1722. 15 indexed citations
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Hirano, Takuya & Ryo Namiki. (2004). Practical Limitation for Continuous-Variable Quantum Cryptography using Coherent States. Physical Review A. 92(11). 117901. 10 indexed citations
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Hirano, Takuya, et al.. (2003). Quantum cryptography using pulsed homodyne detection. Physical Review A. 68(4). 98 indexed citations
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Namiki, Ryo, et al.. (2000). Quantum cryptography using balanced homodyne detection 3. 55(2). 101. 1 indexed citations
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Kono, K., Masato Koashi, Takuya Hirano, & Makoto Matsuoka. (1996). Controlling the correlation between the signal and idler mode photons. Optics Communications. 127(4-6). 237–242. 1 indexed citations

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