Thad Walker

13.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
142 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Thad Walker is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Thad Walker has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 29 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 23 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Thad Walker's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (77 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (72 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (44 papers). Thad Walker is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (77 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (72 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (44 papers). Thad Walker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Thad Walker's co-authors include M. Saffman, W. Happer, Klaus Mølmer, L. Isenhower, Thomas Henage, Erik Urban, D. Sesko, Carl Wieman, D. D. Yavuz and L. W. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Thad Walker

140 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Quantum information with Rydberg atoms

2010 1.9k citations M. Saffman, Thad Walker et al. profile →
Spin-exchange optical pumping of noble-gas nuclei

1997 1.1k citations Thad Walker, W. Happer profile →
Observation of Rydberg blockade between two atoms

2009 699 citations Erik Urban, Todd A. Johnson et al. profile →
Demonstration of a Neutral Atom Controlled-NOT Quantum Gate

2010 582 citations L. Isenhower, Erik Urban et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Collective behavior of optically trapped neutral atoms

1990 255 citations Thad Walker et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Behavior of neutral atoms in a spontaneous force trap

1991 188 citations Thad Walker et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thad Walker

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Fast and Accurate Method for Doppler Averaging of Rydberg EIT Signals 2025 ·(unknown), Thad Walker	1
2	Perspective: Practical atom-based quantum sensors 2025 ·Physical review. A ·Justin M. Brown, Thad Walker	0
3	Investigating electromagnetically induced transparency spectral lineshape distortion due to non-uniform fields in Rydberg-atom electrometry 2023 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·(unknown), Christopher L. Holloway, Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Samuel Berweger, Alexandra B. Artusio‐Glimpse, Roger C. Brown, Matthew T. Simons, Amy K. Robinson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Brian C. Sawyer, Robert Wyllie, Thad Walker, Richard W. Ziolkowski, Steven R. Jefferts, (unknown), (unknown), Eric Imhof	15
4	Feedback Methods for Vector Measurements Using an All-Optical Atomic Magnetometer 2023 ·Sensors ·Michael Bulatowicz, (unknown), Thad Walker	1
5	Spatial Coherence of Light in Collective Spontaneous Emission 2022 ·PRX Quantum ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thad Walker, M. Saffman, (unknown)	16
6	Continuous radio-frequency electric-field detection through adjacent Rydberg resonance tuning 2021 ·Physical review. A ·Matthew T. Simons, Alexandra B. Artusio‐Glimpse, Christopher L. Holloway, Eric Imhof, Steven R. Jefferts, Robert Wyllie, Brian C. Sawyer, Thad Walker	55
7	Parallel Low-Loss Measurement of Multiple Atomic Qubits 2017 ·Physical Review Letters ·Minho Kwon, Matthew Ebert, Thad Walker, M. Saffman	50
8	Nondestructive fluorescence detection of hyperfine states of Rb using an EMCCD camera 2017 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Minho Kwon, (unknown), (unknown), Thad Walker, M. Saffman	2
9	Synchronous Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping 2015 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Bulatowicz, Thad Walker	43
10	Suppression of Spin-Exchange Relaxation Using Pulsed Parametric Resonance 2013 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Robert Wyllie, (unknown), Thad Walker	37
11	Interference-filter-stabilized external-cavity diode laser 2010 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Thad Walker	3
12	Demonstration of a Neutral Atom Controlled-NOT Quantum Gate breakdown → 2010 ·Physical Review Letters ·L. Isenhower, Erik Urban, (unknown), Alexander Gill, Thomas Henage, (unknown), Thad Walker, M. Saffman	582
13	Formation of van der Waals Molecules in Buffer-Gas-Cooled Magnetic Traps 2010 ·Physical Review Letters ·Nathan Brahms, Timur V. Tscherbul, Peng Zhang, Jacek Kłos, H. R. Sadeghpour, A. Dalgarno, John M. Doyle, Thad Walker	23
14	Neutron Beam Effects on Spin-Exchange-PolarizedHe3 2008 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Earl Babcock, K.H. Andersen, L. Barrón-Palos, (unknown), (unknown), Wangchun Chen, T. E. Chupp, Areg Danagoulian, T. Gentile, A. Klein, (unknown), A. Petoukhov, T. Söldner, E. R. Tardiff, Thad Walker, W. S. Wilburn	16
15	Limits to the Polarization for Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping ofHe3 2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·Earl Babcock, Bien Chann, Thad Walker, Wangchun Chen, T. Gentile	62
16	Fast Ground State Manipulation of Neutral Atoms in Microscopic Optical Traps 2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·D. D. Yavuz, (unknown), Erik Urban, Todd A. Johnson, Nicholas Proite, Thomas Henage, Thad Walker, M. Saffman	123
17	Hybrid Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping ofHe3 2003 ·Physical Review Letters ·Earl Babcock, Ian A. Nelson, (unknown), Bastiaan Driehuys, L. W. Anderson, F. W. Hersman, Thad Walker	167
18	Dense atom clouds in a holographic atom trap 2003 ·Optics Letters ·Raymond Newell, (unknown), Thad Walker	35
19	Nuclear Polarization of Hydrogen Molecules from Recombination of Polarized Atoms 2001 ·Physical Review Letters ·T. Wise, W. Haeberli, B. Lorentz, P.A. Quin, F. Rathmann, B. Schwartz, Thad Walker, A. Wellinghausen, J. T. Balewski, J. Doskow, H. O. Meyer, R. E. Pollock, B. von Przewoski, T. Rinckel, Swapan K. Saha, P. V. Pancella	14
20	Spin Relaxation Resonances due to the Spin-Axis Interaction in Dense Rubidium and Cesium Vapor 2000 ·Physical Review Letters ·Christopher Erickson, D. Levron, W. Happer, Stephen Kadlecek, Bien Chann, L. W. Anderson, Thad Walker	31

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