Thomas Pohl

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
131 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas Pohl is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Pohl has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 23 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 21 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Pohl's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (97 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (38 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (31 papers). Thomas Pohl is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (97 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (38 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (31 papers). Thomas Pohl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Denmark. Thomas Pohl's co-authors include Jan M. Rost, Thomas Pattard, Nils Henkel, Alexey V. Gorshkov, C. Ates, Mikhail D. Lukin, R. Nath, Immanuel Bloch, Fabian Maucher and T. C. Killian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Pohl

126 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum nonlinear optics with single photons enabled by s... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2012 200 400 600
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. Quantum nonlinear optics with single photons enabled by strongly interacting atoms
    2012 604 citations Sebastian Hofferberth, Alexey V. Gorshkov et al. Nature profile →
  2. Observation of spatially ordered structures in a two-dimensional Rydberg gas
    2012 387 citations Peter Schauß, Marc Cheneau et al. Nature 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 Pohl Germany 46 6.6k 1.7k 842 560 348 131 6.9k
K. Sengstock Germany 48 9.0k 1.4× 988 0.6× 1.7k 2.0× 1.4k 2.4× 546 1.6× 151 9.3k
Gerardo Ortíz United States 42 4.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 2.1k 2.5× 614 1.1× 137 0.4× 181 5.9k
J. R. Ensher United States 18 7.5k 1.1× 901 0.5× 708 0.8× 914 1.6× 495 1.4× 37 8.0k
Kristian Helmerson United States 35 5.9k 0.9× 918 0.5× 363 0.4× 1.0k 1.9× 475 1.4× 96 6.7k
N. J. van Druten Netherlands 20 6.2k 0.9× 719 0.4× 551 0.7× 716 1.3× 398 1.1× 55 6.4k
Alex Retzker Israel 35 3.6k 0.5× 1.7k 1.0× 338 0.4× 502 0.9× 194 0.6× 102 4.2k
C. I. Westbrook France 32 4.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 143 0.2× 381 0.7× 379 1.1× 115 4.6k
David S. Weiss United States 30 5.2k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 668 0.8× 716 1.3× 264 0.8× 59 5.3k
Igor Lesanovsky United Kingdom 46 7.2k 1.1× 2.8k 1.6× 845 1.0× 1.9k 3.4× 316 0.9× 239 7.8k
J. E. Thomas United States 38 5.3k 0.8× 781 0.5× 907 1.1× 165 0.3× 283 0.8× 138 6.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Lida, Fan Yang, Klaus Mølmer, & Thomas Pohl. (2025). Unidirectional quantum-optical elements for waveguide-QED with subwavelength Rydberg-atom arrays in free space. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 3(3). 256–256. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yong-Chang, Thomas Pohl, & Fabian Maucher. (2024). Metastable patterns in one- and two-component dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review Research. 6(2). 9 indexed citations
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Pohl, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Superfluid-supersolid phase transition of elongated dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates at finite temperatures. Physical Review Research. 6(2). 8 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiaoling, et al.. (2024). Dissipative time crystal in a strongly interacting Rydberg gas. Nature Physics. 20(9). 1389–1394. 29 indexed citations
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Yang, Fan, et al.. (2022). Deterministic Photon Sorting in Waveguide QED Systems. Physical Review Letters. 128(21). 213603–213603. 27 indexed citations
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Jørgensen, Nils B., et al.. (2022). Life and death of the Bose polaron. Physical Review Research. 4(4). 16 indexed citations
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Rajendran, Sai Kiran, et al.. (2022). Rydberg exciton–polaritons in a Cu2O microcavity. Nature Materials. 21(7). 767–772. 41 indexed citations
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Yang, Fan, Shuo Yang, Klaus Mølmer, et al.. (2022). Manipulating synthetic gauge fluxes via multicolor dressing of Rydberg-atom arrays. Physical Review Research. 4(3). 22 indexed citations
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Hainaut, Clément, Titus Franz, Thomas Pohl, et al.. (2021). Nonlinear absorption in interacting Rydberg electromagnetically-induced-transparency spectra on two-photon resonance. Physical review. A. 103(6). 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yong-Chang, Thomas Pohl, & Fabian Maucher. (2021). Phases of supersolids in confined dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical review. A. 104(1). 59 indexed citations
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Hollerith, Simon, Johannes Zeiher, Jun Rui, et al.. (2019). Quantum gas microscopy of Rydberg macrodimers. Science. 364(6441). 664–667. 48 indexed citations
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Ardila, Luis A. Peña, et al.. (2018). Dynamical formation of the Bose polaron through impurity-bath decoherence. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Tresp, Christoph, et al.. (2018). Photon Subtraction by Many-Body Decoherence. Physical Review Letters. 120(11). 113601–113601. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yong-Chang, Valentin Walther, & Thomas Pohl. (2018). Long-Range Interactions and Symmetry Breaking in Quantum Gases through Optical Feedback. Physical Review Letters. 121(7). 73604–73604. 35 indexed citations
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Schauß, Peter, Johannes Zeiher, Sebastian Hild, et al.. (2014). Dynamical crystallisation of a low-dimensional Rydberg gas. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Killian, T. C., et al.. (2013). Strongly Coupled Plasmas via Rydberg Blockade of Cold Atoms. Physical Review Letters. 110(25). 253003–253003. 41 indexed citations
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Schauß, Peter, Marc Cheneau, Manuel Endres, et al.. (2012). Observation of spatially ordered structures in a two-dimensional Rydberg gas. Nature. 491(7422). 87–91. 387 indexed citations breakdown →
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Killian, T. C., Thomas Pattard, Thomas Pohl, & Jan M. Rost. (2007). Ultracold neutral plasmas. Physics Reports. 449(4-5). 77–130. 244 indexed citations
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Pohl, Thomas, Thomas Pattard, & Jan M. Rost. (2005). Influence of electron–ion collisions on Coulomb crystallization of ultracold neutral plasmas. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 38(2). S343–S350. 15 indexed citations
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Pohl, Thomas, Thomas Pattard, & Jan M. Rost. (2005). Relaxation to Nonequilibrium in Expanding Ultracold Neutral Plasmas. Physical Review Letters. 94(20). 205003–205003. 45 indexed citations

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