Thomas Herbst

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas Herbst is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Herbst has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 34 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 34 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Herbst's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (43 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (23 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers). Thomas Herbst is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (43 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (23 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers). Thomas Herbst collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Thomas Herbst's co-authors include Thomas Jennewein, Anton Zeilinger, Alessandro Fedrizzi, Holger Braunschweig, L. J. Allamandola, A. G. G. M. Tielens, Thomas Scheidl, Rupert Ursin, Andreas Poppe and S. A. Sandford and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Herbst

130 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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 teleportation over 143 kilometres using active feed-forward

2012 419 citations Xiao‐Song Ma, Thomas Herbst et al. Nature profile →
A wavelength-tunable fiber-coupled source of narrowband entangled photons

2007 307 citations Alessandro Fedrizzi, Thomas Herbst et al. Optics Express profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Herbst Germany	25	1.2k	1.1k	751	401	331	144	2.9k
Jean-Marc Lévy-Leblond France	22	1.4k 1.1×	217 0.2×	558 0.7×	31 0.1×	8 0.0×	95	2.6k
H. Dekker Netherlands	25	1.6k 1.3×	560 0.5×	58 0.1×	152 0.4×	6 0.0×	167	2.8k
Henry Margenau United States	23	1.7k 1.4×	263 0.2×	161 0.2×	94 0.2×	4 0.0×	66	3.0k
Michel Caffarel France	29	2.2k 1.7×	101 0.1×	8 0.0×	134 0.3×	100 0.3×	69	2.9k
Brian D. Josephson United Kingdom	16	3.4k 2.7×	445 0.4×	219 0.3×	20 0.0×	9 0.0×	36	4.9k
Dave Townsend United Kingdom	27	2.4k 1.9×	30 0.0×	46 0.1×	151 0.4×	25 0.1×	67	3.0k
L. E. Ballentine Canada	27	4.9k 3.9×	2.8k 2.5×	285 0.4×	86 0.2×	4 0.0×	84	5.9k
Benoı̂t Collins France	25	1.1k 0.9×	482 0.4×	185 0.2×	98 0.2×		141	2.5k
Franck Laloë France	30	3.1k 2.5×	555 0.5×	107 0.1×	25 0.1×	4 0.0×	124	3.8k
R. Novick United States	30	1.6k 1.3×	80 0.1×	666 0.9×	24 0.1×	3 0.0×	142	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Herbst

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Herbst

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Herbst

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Herbst, Thomas. (2020). Blending is creative, but blendedness is not — a response to Mark Turner. Cognitive Semiotics. 13(1). 2 indexed citations

Herbst, Thomas. (2018). Collo-Creativity and Blending: Recognizing Creativity Requires Lexical Storage in Constructional Slots. Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 66(3). 309–328. 9 indexed citations

Christou, Julian C., Guido Brusa, Al Conrad, et al.. (2016). Adaptive optics capabilities at the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9909. 99092E–99092E. 4 indexed citations

Herbst, Thomas, et al.. (2013). Funktionswortklassen im Englischen-linguistische und lexikografische Perspektiven. 59–110. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Xiao‐Song, Thomas Herbst, Thomas Scheidl, et al.. (2013). Quantum teleportation over 143 kilometres using active feed-forward. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2013. 1 indexed citations

Braunschweig, Holger, Thomas Herbst, Krzysztof Radacki, Christopher W. Tate, & Alfredo Vargas. (2013). Cyclic (amino)(imino)carbene complexes by borylene transfer to isocyanides. Chemical Communications. 49(17). 1702–1702. 20 indexed citations

Ma, Xiao‐Song, Thomas Herbst, Thomas Scheidl, et al.. (2012). Quantum teleportation over 143 kilometres using active feed-forward. Nature. 489(7415). 269–273. 419 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Xianyu, Wolfgang Gäessler, Thomas Bertram, et al.. (2011). First laboratory results with the LINC-NIRVANA high layer wavefront sensor. Optics Express. 19(17). 16087–16087. 5 indexed citations

Pott, Jörg‐Uwe, et al.. (2010). LINC-NIRVANA piston control elements. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7734. 77341U–77341U. 4 indexed citations

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Herbst, Thomas. (2010). English Linguistics. 3 indexed citations

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Ratzka, T., Alexander Schegerer, S. Wolf, et al.. (2009). Spatially resolved mid-infrared observations of the triple system T Tauri. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 38 indexed citations

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Braunschweig, Holger, Thomas Herbst, Krzysztof Radacki, Gernot Frenking, & Mehmet Ali Çelik. (2009). Chemoselective Boron–Carbon Bond Cleavage by Hydroboration of Borirenes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(44). 12099–12106. 15 indexed citations

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Herbst, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Introduction to Syntactic Analysis. Gunter Narr Verlag eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Protopapa, Silvia, Thomas Herbst, D. P. Cruikshank, et al.. (2008). Surface characterization of Pluto and Charon by L and M band spectra. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 490(1). 365–375. 32 indexed citations

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Fedrizzi, Alessandro, Thomas Herbst, Thomas Jennewein, & Anton Zeilinger. (2007). A fiber-coupled wavelength tunable source of narrowband entangled photons. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Verbiscer, A., R. G. French, Anthony Aguirre, et al.. (2006). Phoebe at True Opposition: Multiwavelength Phase Curves. DPS. 2 indexed citations

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Braunschweig, Holger, Thomas Herbst, D. Rais, & F. Seeler. (2005). Synthesis of Borirenes by Photochemical Borylene Transfer from [(OC)₅MBN(SiMe₃)₂] (M=Cr, Mo) to Alkynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(45). 7461–7463. 101 indexed citations

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Allamandola, L. J., S. A. Sandford, A. G. G. M. Tielens, & Thomas Herbst. (1992). Infrared spectroscopy of dense clouds in the C-H stretch region - Methanol and 'diamonds'. The Astrophysical Journal. 399. 134–134. 225 indexed citations

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Herbst, Thomas. (1992). On a kind of Fatou property of context-free groups. Theoretical Computer Science. 93(2). 327–331. 1 indexed citations

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Skrutskie, M. F., Thomas Herbst, & P. Nicholson. (1985). The Phase Function of the Uranian Rings at 2.2 microns.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 17. 719. 2 indexed citations

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