Thiago P. Mayer Alegre

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Thiago P. Mayer Alegre is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Thiago P. Mayer Alegre has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Thiago P. Mayer Alegre's work include Mechanical and Optical Resonators (34 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (31 papers) and Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (15 papers). Thiago P. Mayer Alegre is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical and Optical Resonators (34 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (31 papers) and Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (15 papers). Thiago P. Mayer Alegre collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Netherlands. Thiago P. Mayer Alegre's co-authors include Oskar Painter, Amir H. Safavi‐Naeini, Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Jeff T. Hill, Alex Krause, Simon Gröblacher, Markus Aspelmeyer, Martin Winger, Matt Eichenfield and Darrick E. Chang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thiago P. Mayer Alegre

44 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Laser cooling of a nanome... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2011 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Laser cooling of a nanomechanical oscillator into its quantum ground state
    2011 1.6k citations Thiago P. Mayer Alegre, Amir H. Safavi‐Naeini et al. profile →
  2. Electromagnetically induced transparency and slow light with optomechanics
    2011 1.1k citations Amir H. Safavi‐Naeini, Thiago P. Mayer Alegre et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thiago P. Mayer Alegre Brazil 17 3.6k 2.6k 774 351 205 50 3.8k
Ryan M. Camacho United States 23 2.9k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 883 1.1× 444 1.3× 514 2.5× 57 3.4k
Katarina Cicak United States 23 4.4k 1.2× 2.4k 0.9× 2.0k 2.6× 224 0.6× 196 1.0× 45 4.7k
Koji Usami Japan 18 3.2k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 243 0.7× 139 0.7× 35 3.4k
Kejie Fang United States 16 2.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 464 0.6× 267 0.8× 193 0.9× 33 2.6k
Jeff D. Thompson United States 26 3.5k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 2.2× 307 0.9× 295 1.4× 44 3.9k
Amir H. Safavi‐Naeini United States 34 6.7k 1.9× 4.9k 1.9× 1.8k 2.4× 776 2.2× 287 1.4× 104 7.2k
S. M. Spillane United States 19 4.5k 1.3× 4.3k 1.7× 863 1.1× 643 1.8× 278 1.4× 34 5.3k
Eyal Buks Israel 27 2.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 550 0.7× 202 0.6× 312 1.5× 91 3.0k
Iván Favero France 33 2.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 460 0.6× 667 1.9× 266 1.3× 84 3.1k
Yaroslav M. Blanter Netherlands 24 2.2k 0.6× 908 0.4× 494 0.6× 218 0.6× 479 2.3× 57 2.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schilder, Nick J., et al.. (2025). Cross-Polarized Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Lithium Niobate Waveguides. Physical Review Letters. 134(11). 113601–113601. 4 indexed citations
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Mayor, Felix M., et al.. (2025). High photon-phonon pair generation rate in a two-dimensional optomechanical crystal. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2576–2576. 2 indexed citations
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Mayor, Felix M., et al.. (2024). A two-dimensional optomechanical crystal for quantum transduction. QTu4A.3–QTu4A.3. 2 indexed citations
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Alegre, Thiago P. Mayer, et al.. (2023). Dual-pumped degenerate optical parametric oscillation in triple-state photonic molecules. SF2P.2–SF2P.2. 1 indexed citations
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Gröblacher, Simon, et al.. (2023). Dissipative optomechanics in high-frequency nanomechanical resonators. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5793–5793. 11 indexed citations
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Alegre, Thiago P. Mayer, et al.. (2023). Stimulated Brillouin scattering by surface acoustic waves in lithium niobate waveguides. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 40(5). D56–D56. 18 indexed citations
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Alegre, Thiago P. Mayer, et al.. (2023). Synchronization of silicon thermal free-carrier oscillators. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 40(7). 1779–1779. 1 indexed citations
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Alegre, Thiago P. Mayer, et al.. (2023). Thermal engineering of local group velocity dispersion in triple-state photonic molecules. JW2A.50–JW2A.50. 1 indexed citations
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Lipson, Michal, et al.. (2021). Optomechanical synchronization across multi-octave frequency spans. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5625–5625. 16 indexed citations
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Frateschi, Newton C., et al.. (2020). Quasinormal-Mode Perturbation Theory for Dissipative and Dispersive Optomechanics. Physical Review Letters. 125(23). 233601–233601. 30 indexed citations
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Wiederhecker, Gustavo S., et al.. (2020). Designing of strongly confined short-wave Brillouin phonons in silicon waveguide periodic lattices. Optics Express. 29(2). 1736–1736. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Jie, et al.. (2020). Proposal for Optomechanical Teleportation. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Marques, F. C., et al.. (2020). Alumina coating for dispersion management in ultra-high Q microresonators. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 9 indexed citations
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Wiederhecker, Gustavo S., et al.. (2020). Bright and vivid diffractive-plasmonic reflective filters for color generation. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 3 indexed citations
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Alegre, Thiago P. Mayer, Amir H. Safavi‐Naeini, Martin Winger, & Oskar Painter. (2011). Full Phononic Bandgap in 2D-Optomechanical Crystals. 462. CFA1–CFA1. 1 indexed citations
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Winger, Martin, Thiago P. Mayer Alegre, Amir H. Safavi‐Naeini, et al.. (2011). A chip-scale integrated cavity-electro-optomechanics platform. Optics Express. 19(25). 24905–24905. 73 indexed citations
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Alegre, Thiago P. Mayer, Raviv Perahia, & Oskar Painter. (2010). Optomechanical zipper cavity lasers: theoretical analysis of tuning range and stability. Optics Express. 18(8). 7872–7872. 16 indexed citations
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Alegre, Thiago P. Mayer, et al.. (2007). Microstrip resonator for circularly polarized microwaves. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Alegre, Thiago P. Mayer, F. G. G. Hernández, A. L. C. Pereira, & G. Medeiros‐Ribeiro. (2006). LandégTensor in Semiconductor Nanostructures. Physical Review Letters. 97(23). 236402–236402. 48 indexed citations
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Alegre, Thiago P. Mayer, Gustavo S. Wiederhecker, & H.L. Fragnito. (2003). Observation of Replica Holes in Erbium Doped Silica Fiber. Neuroscience Bulletin. 22(1). 63–7.

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