Thomas Halfmann

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Halfmann is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Halfmann has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 12 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Thomas Halfmann's work include Quantum optics and atomic interactions (65 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (34 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (31 papers). Thomas Halfmann is often cited by papers focused on Quantum optics and atomic interactions (65 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (34 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (31 papers). Thomas Halfmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Bulgaria and Ukraine. Thomas Halfmann's co-authors include K. Bergmann, Nikolay V. Vitanov, Bruce W. Shore, L. P. Yatsenko, Georg Heinze, Christian Hubrich, Daniel Schraft, Fabian Beil, Genko T. Genov and K. Bergmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Halfmann

99 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

LASER-INDUCED POPULATION TRANSFER BY ADIABATIC PASSAGE TECHNIQUES

2001 755 citations Nikolay V. Vitanov, Thomas Halfmann et al. profile →
Stopped Light and Image Storage by Electromagnetically Induced Transparency up to the Regime of One Minute

2013 325 citations Thomas Halfmann et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Halfmann Germany	29	3.1k	974	410	271	120	100	3.3k
Vladimir A. Sautenkov Russia	28	3.1k 1.0×	537 0.6×	415 1.0×	372 1.4×	103 0.9×	149	3.4k
B. J. Dalton Australia	23	2.1k 0.7×	838 0.9×	163 0.4×	247 0.9×	62 0.5×	103	2.3k
Simon Rochester United States	28	2.9k 0.9×	258 0.3×	338 0.8×	223 0.8×	70 0.6×	76	3.1k
Murray Sargent United States	23	2.5k 0.8×	702 0.7×	838 2.0×	256 0.9×	106 0.9×	64	2.8k
C. I. Westbrook France	32	4.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	153 0.4×	379 1.4×	74 0.6×	115	4.6k
T. W. Mossberg United States	36	4.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 3.0×	586 2.2×	244 2.0×	163	4.8k
Susanne F. Yelin United States	31	3.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	391 1.0×	125 0.5×	265 2.2×	117	3.8k
М. В. Федоров Russia	30	2.5k 0.8×	552 0.6×	526 1.3×	203 0.7×	44 0.4×	193	2.8k
Andreas Hemmerich Germany	38	4.0k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	512 1.2×	446 1.6×	85 0.7×	100	4.1k
James K. Thompson United States	27	2.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	187 0.5×	144 0.5×	45 0.4×	92	2.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Halfmann, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Light storage by electromagnetically induced transparency for one second at the level of a single photon in Pr 3 + : Y 2 SiO 5 prepared with multiple frequency ensembles. New Journal of Physics. 27(2). 23029–23029. 1 indexed citations

Vitanov, Nikolay V., et al.. (2024). Spatial confinement of atomic excitation by composite pulses in a doped solid. Physical review. A. 110(2). 1 indexed citations

Halfmann, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Few-photon storage on a second timescale by electromagnetically induced transparency in a doped solid. New Journal of Physics. 24(2). 23012–23012. 12 indexed citations

Halfmann, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Confining atomic populations in space via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in a doped solid. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 55(15). 154003–154003. 3 indexed citations

Giese, Enno, et al.. (2022). Ultrabright and narrowband intra-fiber biphoton source at ultralow pump power. Quantum Science and Technology. 8(1). 15002–15002. 11 indexed citations

Peters, Thorsten, L. P. Yatsenko, & Thomas Halfmann. (2021). Loading and spatially resolved characterization of a cold atomic ensemble inside a hollow-core fiber. Physical review. A. 103(6). 6 indexed citations

Stock, Christian, et al.. (2017). Dispersion-enhanced third-harmonic microscopy. Optics Communications. 393. 289–293. 3 indexed citations

Schraft, Daniel, et al.. (2016). Stopped Light at High Storage Efficiency in aPr3+:Y2SiO5Crystal. Physical Review Letters. 116(7). 73602–73602. 52 indexed citations

Genov, Genko T., Daniel Schraft, Thomas Halfmann, & Nikolay V. Vitanov. (2014). Correction of Arbitrary Field Errors in Population Inversion of Quantum Systems by Universal Composite Pulses. Physical Review Letters. 113(4). 43001–43001. 92 indexed citations

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Ivanov, Svetoslav S., Andon A. Rangelov, Nikolay V. Vitanov, Thorsten Peters, & Thomas Halfmann. (2012). Highly efficient broadband conversion of light polarization by composite retarders. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 29(3). 265–265. 28 indexed citations

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Halfmann, Thomas, et al.. (2012). Effects of laser polarization and interface orientation in harmonic generation microscopy. Optics Express. 20(4). 3654–3654. 7 indexed citations

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Beil, Fabian, et al.. (2007). Robust Population Transfer by Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage in aPr3+:Y2SiO5Crystal. Physical Review Letters. 99(11). 113003–113003. 90 indexed citations

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Halfmann, Thomas, et al.. (2007). Efficient Coherent Population Transfer among Three States in NO Molecules by Stark-Chirped Rapid Adiabatic Passage. Physical Review Letters. 99(17). 23 indexed citations

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Conde, A. Peralta, et al.. (2006). Trace Isotope Detection Enhanced by Coherent Elimination of Power Broadening. Physical Review Letters. 97(24). 243004–243004. 24 indexed citations

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Peters, Thorsten, Thomas Halfmann, Stéphane Aloïse, et al.. (2006). Lineshapes of the even mp1/2 5n(p′/f′) autoionizing resonances of Ar, Kr and Xe. The European Physical Journal D. 40(2). 181–193. 17 indexed citations

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Peters, Thorsten, Thomas Halfmann, U. Even, et al.. (2005). Experimental and theoretical investigation of evenmp⁵_1/2np′ autoionizing resonances of rare gas atoms. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 38(2). S51–S64. 20 indexed citations

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Yatsenko, L. P., V. I. Romanenko, Bruce W. Shore, Thomas Halfmann, & K. Bergmann. (2005). Two-photon excitation of the metastable2sstate of hydrogen assisted by laser-induced chirped Stark shifts and continuum structure. Physical Review A. 71(3). 14 indexed citations

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Möhring, Jan, et al.. (2004). Automated Model Reduction of Complex Gas Pipeline Networks. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 20 indexed citations

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Tisch, J. W. G., et al.. (2004). High-order stimulated Raman scattering in a highly transient regime driven by a pair of ultrashort pulses. Optics Letters. 29(5). 495–495. 43 indexed citations

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Yatsenko, L. P., Bruce W. Shore, Thomas Halfmann, K. Bergmann, & Amichay Vardi. (1999). Source of metastable H(2s) atoms using the Stark chirped rapid-adiabatic-passage technique. Physical Review A. 60(6). R4237–R4240. 96 indexed citations

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