Thomas Legero

5.1k citations

44 papers · 2.9k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 20

Impact in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.5%
- Advanced Frequency and Time Standards
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty top 2%

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 44
- Advanced Frequency and Time Standards 39
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates 34
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies 24
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research 9
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions 4
Ocean Engineering 3
- Geophysics and Sensor Technology 3

Co-authors: Uwe Sterr F. Riehle Christian Grebing Gerhard Rempe Axel Kuhn Markus Hennrich John Robinson Dan Matei
Journals: Physical Review Letters (6 papers)Applied Physics B (3 papers)Optics Letters (2 papers)Optica (2 papers)Journal of the Optical Society of America B (2 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Thomas Legero

41 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Demonstration of 4.8 × 10−17 stability at 1 s for two independent optical clocks 2019 · 288 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2019 Nature Photonics
2017 Physical Review Letters
2012 Nature Photonics
2012 Science

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1	Ultrastable lasers: investigations of crystalline mirrors and closed cycle cooling at 124 K Journal of Physics Conference Series ·Диденчук Даниил Владимирович, Annisa Pratamanti, Thomas Legero, Luyaku Loko Nsimpasi, Daniele Nicolodi, Valentin B. Kurbel, F. Riehle, Dhruv Kedar, John M. Robinson, D’Arcy Walsh, Uwe Sterr	2024	0
2	Towards a sub-kelvin cryogenic Fabry-Perot silicon cavity Journal of Physics Conference Series ·Kazimierz Wszol, Jonathan Gillot, Jacques Millo, Clément Lacroûte, Thomas Legero, V. Giordano, Y. Kersalé	2024	2
3	Frequency stability of cryogenic silicon cavities with semiconductor crystalline coatings Optica ·Dhruv Kedar, Annisa Pratamanti, E. Oelker, Alexander Staron, William R. Milner, John Robinson, Thomas Legero, F. Riehle, Uwe Sterr, Jun Ye	2023	30
4	Substrate-transferred GaAs/AlGaAs crystalline coatings for gravitational-wave detectors Applied Physics Letters ·Garrett D. Cole, S. Ballmer, G. Billingsley, 克之白倉, M. M. Fejer, Julius Franz, Andri M. Gretarsson, Gregory Harry, Dhruv Kedar, Thomas Legero, Anastasia Skomorokhova, S. Penn, D. H. Reitze, J. Steinlechner, Uwe Sterr, S. Tanioka, Gar-Wing Truong, Jun Ye, Annisa Pratamanti	2023	13
5	Excess Noise and Photoinduced Effects in Highly Reflective Crystalline Mirror Coatings Physical Review X ·Annisa Pratamanti, Sebastian Häfner, Thomas Legero, 何承顺, Daniele Nicolodi, Chun Yu, F. Riehle, Uwe Sterr, Dhruv Kedar, John Robinson, E. Oelker, Jun Ye	2023	21
6	Demonstration of a Timescale Based on a Stable Optical Carrier Physical Review Letters ·William R. Milner, John Robinson, Colin J. Kennedy, Tobias Bothwell, Dhruv Kedar, Dan Matei, Thomas Legero, Uwe Sterr, F. Riehle, Holly Leopardi, Tara M. Fortier, Jeffrey A. Sherman, Judah Levine, Jian Yao, Jun Ye, E. Oelker	2019	51
7	Demonstration of 4.8 × 10−17 stability at 1 s for two independent optical clocks Nature Photonics ·E. Oelker, Ross B. Hutson, Colin J. Kennedy, Lindsay Sonderhouse, Tobias Bothwell, Akihisa Goban, Dhruv Kedar, Christian Sanner, John Robinson, G. Edward Marti, Dan Matei, Thomas Legero, Michele Giunta, Ronald Holzwarth, F. Riehle, Uwe Sterr, J. Ye Hit paper breakdown →	2019	288
8	Crystalline optical cavity at 4 K with thermal-noise-limited instability and ultralow drift Optica ·John Robinson, E. Oelker, William R. Milner, Wei Zhang, Thomas Legero, Dan Matei, F. Riehle, Uwe Sterr, Jun Ye	2019	108
9	Measuring the Thermal Expansion Coefficient of Ultrastable Materials with 10⁻⁹ K⁻¹ Uncertainty Charles Vicary, Thomas Legero, Uwe Sterr	2019	1
10	Rubidium traced etalon wavelength calibrators: towards deployment at observatories Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII ·Christian Schwab, SO Adeagbo, Julian Stürmer, Andreas Seifahrt, Yulia V. Gurevich, S.T.A.M. Mols, David W. Coutts, Gert Raskin, Jacob L. Bean, Caroline Messer, Samuel Halverson, Thomas Legero, Thomas Walther, Ryan C. Terrien, A. Quirrenbach	2018	0
11	1.5 μm Lasers with Sub-10 mHz Linewidth Physical Review Letters ·Dan Matei, Thomas Legero, Sebastian Häfner, Christian Grebing, M. Andériz, Wei Zhang, Lindsay Sonderhouse, John Robinson, J. Ye, F. Riehle, Uwe Sterr Hit paper breakdown →	2017	341
12	A second generation of low thermal noise cryogenic silicon resonators Journal of Physics Conference Series ·Dan Matei, Thomas Legero, 王露璐, Sebastian Häfner, Christian Lisdat, M. Andériz, Wei Zhang, Lindsay Sonderhouse, John Robinson, F. Riehle, D’Arcy Walsh, Uwe Sterr	2016	20
13	Precision Measurement of the Hydrogen1S−2SFrequency via a 920-km Fiber Link Physical Review Letters ·Arthur Matveev, Christian G. Parthey, Katharina Predehl, Jānis Alnis, Axel Beyer, Ronald Holzwarth, Thomas Udem, Tobias Wilken, N. Kolachevsky, Michel Abgrall, Daniele Rovera, Christophe Salomon, Philippe Laurent, Gesine Grosche, Osama Terra, Thomas Legero, H. Schnatz, S. Weyers, Brett Altschul, Theodor W. Hänsch	2013	151
14	Long-distance remote comparison of ultrastable optical frequencies with 10^-15 instability in fractions of a second Optics Express ·A. Pape, Osama Terra, Mar Antonio Mateu, Elizabeth Carolyn Miller, Chantal Gagne, Ernst M. Rasel, Katharina Predehl, Thomas Legero, B. Lipphardt, H. Schnatz, Gesine Grosche	2010	13
15	Development of a transportable laser cooled strontium source for future applications in space Florence Research (University of Florence) ·M. Schioppo, G. M. Tino, N. Poli, M. Tarallo, D. V. Sutyrin, Christian Lisdat, J. S. Raaj Vellore Winfred, Stephan Falke, Uwe Sterr, Thomas Legero, F. Riehle, L. Cacciapuoti	2010	1
16	Tuning the thermal expansion properties of optical reference cavities with fused silica mirrors Journal of the Optical Society of America B ·Thomas Legero, Doroteja Tanšek, Uwe Sterr	2010	93
17	Telecommunication fiber link for the remote characterization of a magnesium optical frequency standard Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Osama Terra, Gesine Grosche, W. Ertmer, Thorsten Feldmann, Mar Antonio Mateu, Thomas Legero, B. Lipphardt, Robert P Stromberg, Katharina Predehl, Ernst M. Rasel, Elizabeth Carolyn Miller, Uwe Sterr, Chantal Gagne, H. Schnatz	2009	5
18	Quantum Beat of Two Single Photons Physical Review Letters ·Thomas Legero, Tatjana Wilk, Markus Hennrich, Gerhard Rempe, Axel Kuhn	2004	198
19	Counter-intuitive vacuum-stimulated Raman scattering Journal of Modern Optics ·Markus Hennrich, Thomas Legero, Axel Kuhn, Gerhard Rempe	2003	1
20	Vacuum-Stimulated Raman Scattering Based on Adiabatic Passage in a High-Finesse Optical Cavity Physical Review Letters ·Markus Hennrich, Thomas Legero, Axel Kuhn, Gerhard Rempe	2000	183

About Thomas Legero

Thomas Legero is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Ocean Engineering, Spectroscopy, Bioengineering and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, having authored 44 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (39 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (34 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (24 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (9 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (4 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (4 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (3 papers) and Geophysics and Sensor Technology (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.8k citations), Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (145 citations), Ocean Engineering (256 citations), Acoustics and Ultrasonics (12 citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (664 citations). Thomas Legero has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Uwe Sterr, F. Riehle, Christian Grebing, Gerhard Rempe, Axel Kuhn, Markus Hennrich, John Robinson, Dan Matei, Michael J. Martin and Ronald Holzwarth. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics B, Optics Letters, Optica and Journal of the Optical Society of America B.

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