Thomas Aref

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 687 citations indexed

About

Thomas Aref is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Aref has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 687 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 5 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Aref's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (7 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (5 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (3 papers). Thomas Aref is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (7 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (5 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (3 papers). Thomas Aref collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Finland. Thomas Aref's co-authors include Per Delsing, Alexey Bezryadin, Göran Johansson, M. Gustafsson, Anton Frisk Kockum, Alex Levchenko, Victor Vakaryuk, J. P. Pekola, Mikas Remeika and Johan Björck and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Aref

14 papers receiving 673 citations

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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.

Propagating phonons coupled to an artificial atom

2014 340 citations M. Gustafsson, Thomas Aref et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Aref United States	11	494	207	190	180	121	14	687
Kobi Cohen Israel	14	611 1.2×	265 1.3×	192 1.0×	66 0.4×	91 0.8×	32	792
D. Born Germany	15	399 0.8×	54 0.3×	209 1.1×	185 1.0×	92 0.8×	53	655
Étienne Dumur United States	14	468 0.9×	46 0.2×	132 0.7×	314 1.7×	78 0.6×	25	604
V. M. Muravev Russia	16	600 1.2×	284 1.4×	317 1.7×	52 0.3×	46 0.4×	77	765
W.-C. Tan United Kingdom	9	522 1.1×	348 1.7×	212 1.1×	53 0.3×	52 0.4×	13	773
Jonghoon Ahn United States	8	663 1.3×	139 0.7×	158 0.8×	101 0.6×	103 0.9×	21	748
Jaehoon Bang United States	8	656 1.3×	139 0.7×	160 0.8×	97 0.5×	97 0.8×	15	735
Filippo Alpeggiani Netherlands	15	471 1.0×	339 1.6×	269 1.4×	70 0.4×	132 1.1×	24	702
Sara Cibella Italy	11	315 0.6×	144 0.7×	193 1.0×	71 0.4×	24 0.2×	35	470
Jae Hoon Lee South Korea	12	656 1.3×	127 0.6×	184 1.0×	283 1.6×	21 0.2×	34	782

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14 of 14 papers shown

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DeBruin, Jason, et al.. (2025). Breaking the field phenotyping bottleneck in maize with autonomous robots. Communications Biology. 8(1). 467–467. 2 indexed citations

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Schneider, Ben, Andreas Bengtsson, Thomas Aref, et al.. (2020). Observation of Broadband Entanglement in Microwave Radiation from a Single Time-Varying Boundary Condition. Physical Review Letters. 124(14). 140503–140503. 27 indexed citations

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Aref, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Surface acoustic wave unidirectional transducers for quantum applications. Applied Physics Letters. 110(7). 34 indexed citations

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Aref, Thomas, et al.. (2014). Characterization of aluminum oxide tunnel barriers by combining transport measurements and transmission electron microscopy imaging. Journal of Applied Physics. 116(7). 19 indexed citations

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Gustafsson, M., et al.. (2014). Propagating phonons coupled to an artificial atom. Science. 346(6206). 207–211. 340 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nguyen, Hung Q., Thomas Aref, M. Meschke, et al.. (2013). Trapping hot quasi-particles in a high-power superconducting electronic cooler. New Journal of Physics. 15(8). 85013–85013. 30 indexed citations

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Murphy, Andrew, Phillip Weinberg, Thomas Aref, et al.. (2013). Universal Features of Counting Statistics of Thermal and Quantum Phase Slips in Nanosize Superconducting Circuits. Physical Review Letters. 110(24). 247001–247001. 15 indexed citations

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Aref, Thomas, Alex Levchenko, Victor Vakaryuk, & Alexey Bezryadin. (2012). Quantitative analysis of quantum phase slips in superconducting Mo76Ge24nanowires revealed by switching-current statistics. Physical Review B. 86(2). 34 indexed citations

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Aref, Thomas & Alexey Bezryadin. (2011). Precisein situtuning of the critical current of a superconducting nanowire using high bias voltage pulses. Nanotechnology. 22(39). 395302–395302. 9 indexed citations

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Aref, Thomas, V. F. Maisi, M. Gustafsson, Per Delsing, & J. P. Pekola. (2011). Andreev tunneling in charge pumping with SINIS turnstiles. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 96(3). 37008–37008. 16 indexed citations

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Aref, Thomas, et al.. (2011). Little–Parks oscillations at low temperatures: Gigahertz resonator method. Applied Physics Letters. 98(24). 12 indexed citations

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Aref, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Nanoslits in silicon chips. Nanotechnology. 20(4). 45303–45303. 1 indexed citations

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Aref, Thomas, Mikas Remeika, & Alexey Bezryadin. (2008). High-resolution nanofabrication using a highly focused electron beam. Journal of Applied Physics. 104(2). 25 indexed citations

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Aref, Thomas, et al.. (2006). Fabrication of symmetric sub-5 nm nanopores using focused ion and electron beams. Nanotechnology. 17(13). 3264–3267. 123 indexed citations

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