Thomas Ihn

14.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
339 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Ihn is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Ihn has authored 339 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 318 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 153 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 130 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas Ihn's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (294 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (128 papers) and Graphene research and applications (109 papers). Thomas Ihn is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (294 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (128 papers) and Graphene research and applications (109 papers). Thomas Ihn collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Japan. Thomas Ihn's co-authors include K. Ensslin, W. Wegscheider, Christoph Stampfer, J. Güttinger, F. Molitor, A. C. Gossard, Renaud Leturcq, D. C. Driscoll, Takashi Taniguchi and Simon Gustavsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Ihn

334 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

Counting Statistics of Single Electron Transport in a Qua... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300
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.

  1. Counting Statistics of Single Electron Transport in a Quantum Dot
    2006 399 citations Thomas Ihn, K. Ensslin et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Ihn Switzerland 54 8.6k 4.7k 4.1k 1.5k 897 339 10.3k
K. Ensslin Switzerland 60 11.0k 1.3× 5.3k 1.1× 5.2k 1.3× 1.6k 1.1× 1.7k 1.8× 441 13.4k
I. Farrer United Kingdom 45 6.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.3× 3.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 956 1.1× 343 7.4k
Andreas D. Wieck Germany 54 10.2k 1.2× 3.0k 0.6× 5.8k 1.4× 2.5k 1.7× 1.5k 1.7× 688 12.9k
Paweł Hawrylak Canada 54 10.2k 1.2× 5.3k 1.1× 5.4k 1.3× 1.1k 0.7× 1.5k 1.7× 326 12.5k
J. P. Kotthaus Germany 46 8.3k 1.0× 1.7k 0.4× 4.7k 1.1× 683 0.5× 1.2k 1.3× 193 9.2k
Antti‐Pekka Jauho Denmark 54 8.8k 1.0× 4.4k 0.9× 5.3k 1.3× 802 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 206 11.9k
David Goldhaber‐Gordon United States 47 8.7k 1.0× 5.2k 1.1× 4.2k 1.0× 454 0.3× 2.5k 2.7× 137 11.2k
Moty Heiblum Israel 45 9.1k 1.1× 1.9k 0.4× 3.3k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 2.7k 3.0× 115 9.6k
D. C. Glattli France 39 5.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 1.9k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 94 5.7k
R. J. Haug Germany 45 6.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.3× 3.5k 0.9× 647 0.4× 1.5k 1.6× 320 7.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Ihn

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Ihn

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All Works

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Huang, W., David Kealhofer, Rebekka Garreis, et al.. (2025). Entropy Spectroscopy of a Bilayer Graphene Quantum Dot. Physical Review Letters. 135(12). 126202–126202. 1 indexed citations
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Kealhofer, David, Christian Reichl, Yigal Meir, et al.. (2025). Entropy of a Double Quantum Dot. Physical Review Letters. 135(20). 206303–206303.
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Gull, Munazza, Felix Fischer, Chuyao Tong, et al.. (2024). Spin-orbit proximity in MoS2/bilayer graphene heterostructures. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9251–9251. 11 indexed citations
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Tong, Chuyao, Annika Kurzmann, Rebekka Garreis, et al.. (2024). Pauli blockade catalogue and three- and four-particle Kondo effect in bilayer graphene quantum dots. Physical Review Research. 6(1). 6 indexed citations
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Garreis, Rebekka, Chuyao Tong, Kenji Watanabe, et al.. (2024). Long-lived valley states in bilayer graphene quantum dots. Nature Physics. 20(3). 428–434. 36 indexed citations
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Adam, Christoph, Chuyao Tong, Rebekka Garreis, et al.. (2024). Spin-valley locked excited states spectroscopy in a one-particle bilayer graphene quantum dot. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9717–9717. 9 indexed citations
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Tong, Chuyao, Annika Kurzmann, Rebekka Garreis, et al.. (2024). Three-Carrier Spin Blockade and Coupling in Bilayer Graphene Double Quantum Dots. Physical Review Letters. 133(1). 17001–17001. 3 indexed citations
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Taniguchi, Takashi, et al.. (2023). Evidence of the Coulomb gap in the density of states of MoS2. Physical Review Research. 5(1). 4 indexed citations
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Meir, Yigal, Ady Stern, Christian Reichl, et al.. (2023). Nonlinear response of a two-dimensional electron gas in the quantum Hall regime. Physical Review Research. 5(3). 2 indexed citations
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Garreis, Rebekka, Chuyao Tong, Hiske Overweg, et al.. (2023). Long distance electron-electron scattering detected with point contacts. Physical Review Research. 5(4). 6 indexed citations
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Rickhaus, Peter, et al.. (2022). Quantum capacitive coupling between large-angle twisted graphene layers. 2D Materials. 9(2). 25013–25013. 6 indexed citations
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Cheah, Erik, Rüdiger Schott, U. Zeitler, et al.. (2022). High-quality two-dimensional electron gas in undoped InSb quantum wells. Physical Review Research. 4(1). 15 indexed citations
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Garreis, Rebekka, Chuyao Tong, Folkert K. de Vries, et al.. (2022). Single-Shot Spin Readout in Graphene Quantum Dots. PRX Quantum. 3(2). 25 indexed citations
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Vries, Folkert K. de, Elías Portolés, Takashi Taniguchi, et al.. (2021). Gate-defined Josephson junctions in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene. Nature Nanotechnology. 16(7). 760–763. 78 indexed citations
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Cheah, Erik, et al.. (2021). Gate-defined quantum point contact in an InSb two-dimensional electron gas. Physical Review Research. 3(2). 16 indexed citations
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Rickhaus, Peter, Folkert K. de Vries, Jihang Zhu, et al.. (2021). Correlated electron-hole state in twisted double-bilayer graphene. Science. 373(6560). 1257–1260. 55 indexed citations
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Cheah, Erik, et al.. (2019). Quantum transport in high-quality shallow InSb quantum wells. Applied Physics Letters. 115(1). 19 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Andrea, et al.. (2019). Quantum dot thermometry at ultra-low temperature in a dilution refrigerator with a 4He immersion cell. Review of Scientific Instruments. 90(11). 113901–113901. 7 indexed citations
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Ihn, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Temperature-stabilized differential amplifier for low-noise DC measurements. Review of Scientific Instruments. 88(8). 85106–85106. 7 indexed citations
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Ihn, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Transport Properties of Clean Quantum Point Contacts. 12 indexed citations

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