Thomas Halfmann

4.5k citations

100 papers · 3.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 29

Impact in

Acoustics and Ultrasonics top 2%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.5%
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena

Papers in ⓘ

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 87
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions 65
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications 34
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research 31
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates 25
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies 16
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies 15
Artificial Intelligence 12
- Quantum Information and Cryptography 11

Co-authors: K. Bergmann (13 shared papers)Nikolay V. Vitanov (13 shared papers)Bruce W. Shore (11 shared papers)L. P. Yatsenko (23 shared papers)Georg Heinze (6 shared papers)Christian Hubrich (2 shared papers)Daniel Schraft (7 shared papers)Fabian Beil (8 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review A (31 papers)Optics Communications (13 papers)Physical review. A (11 papers)Physical Review Letters (8 papers)Optics Express (5 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Bulgaria Ukraine

In The Last Decade

Thomas Halfmann

99 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Stopped Light and Image Storage by Electromagnetically Induced Transparency up to the Regime of One Minute 2013 · 325 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Physical Review Letters
2001 Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

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1	LASER-INDUCED POPULATION TRANSFER BY ADIABATIC PASSAGE TECHNIQUES Annual Review of Physical Chemistry ·Nikolay V. Vitanov, Thomas Halfmann, Bruce W. Shore, K. Bergmann Hit paper breakdown →	2001	755
2	Stopped Light and Image Storage by Electromagnetically Induced Transparency up to the Regime of One Minute Physical Review Letters ·Georg Heinze, Christian Hubrich, Thomas Halfmann Hit paper breakdown →	2013	325
3	Efficient adiabatic population transfer by two-photon excitation assisted by a laser-induced Stark shift The Journal of Chemical Physics ·T. Rickes, L. P. Yatsenko, S. Steuerwald, Thomas Halfmann, Bruce W. Shore, Nikolay V. Vitanov, K. Bergmann	2000	117
4	Source of metastable H(2s) atoms using the Stark chirped rapid-adiabatic-passage technique Physical Review A ·L. P. Yatsenko, Bruce W. Shore, Thomas Halfmann, K. Bergmann, Amichay Vardi	1999	96
5	Correction of Arbitrary Field Errors in Population Inversion of Quantum Systems by Universal Composite Pulses Physical Review Letters ·Genko T. Genov, Daniel Schraft, Thomas Halfmann, Nikolay V. Vitanov	2014	92
6	Robust Population Transfer by Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage in aPr3+:Y2SiO5Crystal Physical Review Letters ·Jens Klein, Fabian Beil, Thomas Halfmann	2007	90
7	Power broadening revisited: theory and experiment Optics Communications ·Nikolay V. Vitanov, Bruce W. Shore, L. P. Yatsenko, Klaus Böhmer, Thomas Halfmann, T. Rickes, K. Bergmann	2001	83
8	Arbitrarily Accurate Pulse Sequences for Robust Dynamical Decoupling Physical Review Letters ·Genko T. Genov, Daniel Schraft, Nikolay V. Vitanov, Thomas Halfmann	2017	83
9	Coherent population transfer and dark resonances in SO2 The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Thomas Halfmann, K. Bergmann	1996	74
10	Stark-shift-chirped rapid-adiabatic-passage technique among three states Physical Review A ·Andon A. Rangelov, Nikolay V. Vitanov, L. P. Yatsenko, Bruce W. Shore, Thomas Halfmann, K. Bergmann	2005	73
11	Population transfer through the continuum using laser-controlled Stark shifts Optics Communications ·L. P. Yatsenko, R. G. Unanyan, K. Bergmann, Thomas Halfmann, Bruce W. Shore	1997	54
12	Population trapping and laser-induced continuum structure in helium: Experiment and theory Physical Review A ·Thomas Halfmann, L. P. Yatsenko, M. Shapiro, B. Shore, K. Bergmann	1998	54
13	Electromagnetically induced transparency and retrieval of light pulses in a Λ-type and a V-type level scheme in Pr³⁺:Y₂SiO₅ Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics ·Fabian Beil, Jens Klein, Gor Nikoghosyan, Thomas Halfmann	2008	53
14	Stopped Light at High Storage Efficiency in aPr3+:Y2SiO5Crystal Physical Review Letters ·Daniel Schraft, Marcel Hain, Nikolaus Lorenz, Thomas Halfmann	2016	52
15	A source for a high-intensity pulsed beam of metastable helium atoms Measurement Science and Technology ·Thomas Halfmann, J Koensgen, K. Bergmann	2000	51
16	Robust not gate by single-shot-shaped pulses: Demonstration of the efficiency of the pulses in rephasing atomic coherences Physical review. A ·Leo Van-Damme, Daniel Schraft, Genko T. Genov, D. Sugny, Thomas Halfmann, S. Guérin	2017	51
17	High-order stimulated Raman scattering in a highly transient regime driven by a pair of ultrashort pulses Optics Letters ·Emiliano Sali, K. J. Mendham, J. W. G. Tisch, Thomas Halfmann, J. P. Marangos	2004	43
18	Enhancement of third-harmonic generation by Stark-chirped rapid adiabatic passage Optics Communications ·T. Rickes, J. P. Marangos, Thomas Halfmann	2003	42
19	Dependence of combustion dynamics in a gasoline engine upon the in-cylinder flow field, determined by high-speed PIV Experiments in Fluids ·Marcus Buschbeck, N. Bittner, Thomas Halfmann, Stefan K. Arndt	2012	41
20	Experimental investigations of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in a doped solid Physical Review A ·Jens Klein, Fabian Beil, Thomas Halfmann	2008	41

About Thomas Halfmann

Thomas Halfmann is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence, Spectroscopy, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Acoustics and Ultrasonics, having authored 100 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Quantum optics and atomic interactions (65 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (34 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (31 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (25 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (16 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (15 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (11 papers) and Random lasers and scattering media (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Acoustics and Ultrasonics (105 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (3.1k citations), Artificial Intelligence (974 citations), Spectroscopy (271 citations) and Biophysics (55 citations). Thomas Halfmann has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Bulgaria and Ukraine. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review A, Optics Communications, Physical review. A, Physical Review Letters and Optics Express.

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