Thomas Ruster

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 751 citations indexed

About

Thomas Ruster is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Ruster has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 751 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Thomas Ruster's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (7 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (6 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (4 papers). Thomas Ruster is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (7 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (6 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (4 papers). Thomas Ruster collaborates with scholars based in Germany and Austria. Thomas Ruster's co-authors include F. Schmidt‐Kaler, Ulrich Poschinger, Henning Kaufmann, Christian T. Schmiegelow, J. Schulz, M. Hettrich, Andreas Walther, V. Kaushal, S. T. Dawkins and Kilian Singer and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Ruster

10 papers receiving 717 citations

Hit Papers

Transfer of optical orbital angular momentum to a bound e... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 50 100 150 200 250
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. Transfer of optical orbital angular momentum to a bound electron
    2016 288 citations Christian T. Schmiegelow, J. Schulz et al. Nature Communications 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 Ruster Germany 10 672 347 91 52 50 11 751
Henning Kaufmann Germany 12 604 0.9× 274 0.8× 90 1.0× 34 0.7× 55 1.1× 17 686
J. Schulz Germany 7 650 1.0× 297 0.9× 109 1.2× 171 3.3× 53 1.1× 7 754
V. E. Lembessis Saudi Arabia 14 724 1.1× 133 0.4× 236 2.6× 65 1.3× 47 0.9× 56 759
Alexey Gorlach Israel 14 474 0.7× 148 0.4× 86 0.9× 23 0.4× 112 2.2× 40 564
Hong Y. Ling United States 17 957 1.4× 245 0.7× 31 0.3× 65 1.3× 102 2.0× 41 1.0k
G. Günter Germany 11 1.1k 1.7× 406 1.2× 93 1.0× 88 1.7× 100 2.0× 16 1.2k
Quentin Glorieux France 18 649 1.0× 221 0.6× 70 0.8× 81 1.6× 147 2.9× 49 785
Henk F. Arnoldus United States 12 463 0.7× 141 0.4× 163 1.8× 71 1.4× 124 2.5× 97 570
O. Carnal Germany 9 830 1.2× 332 1.0× 61 0.7× 36 0.7× 87 1.7× 14 952
V. Delgado Spain 15 534 0.8× 101 0.3× 45 0.5× 191 3.7× 44 0.9× 38 614

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Ruster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Ruster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Ruster

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Ruster. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Ruster based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Thomas Ruster. Thomas Ruster is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Kaufmann, Henning, Thomas Ruster, Christian T. Schmiegelow, et al.. (2017). Fast ion swapping for quantum-information processing. Physical review. A. 95(5). 35 indexed citations
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Kaufmann, Henning, Thomas Ruster, Christian T. Schmiegelow, et al.. (2017). Scalable Creation of Long-Lived Multipartite Entanglement. Physical Review Letters. 119(15). 150503–150503. 36 indexed citations
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Ruster, Thomas, Henning Kaufmann, V. Kaushal, et al.. (2017). Entanglement-Based dc Magnetometry with Separated Ions. Physical Review X. 7(3). 47 indexed citations
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Schmiegelow, Christian T., Henning Kaufmann, Thomas Ruster, et al.. (2016). Phase-Stable Free-Space Optical Lattices for Trapped Ions. Physical Review Letters. 116(3). 33002–33002. 19 indexed citations
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Schmiegelow, Christian T., J. Schulz, Henning Kaufmann, et al.. (2016). Transfer of optical orbital angular momentum to a bound electron. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12998–12998. 288 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ruster, Thomas, et al.. (2016). A long-lived Zeeman trapped-ion qubit. Applied Physics B. 122(10). 68 indexed citations
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Hettrich, M., Thomas Ruster, Henning Kaufmann, et al.. (2015). Measurement of Dipole Matrix Elements with a Single Trapped Ion. Physical Review Letters. 115(14). 143003–143003. 36 indexed citations
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Ruster, Thomas, Henning Kaufmann, Christian T. Schmiegelow, et al.. (2014). Experimental realization of fast ion separation in segmented Paul traps. Physical Review A. 90(3). 40 indexed citations
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Ziesel, Frank, Thomas Ruster, Andreas Walther, et al.. (2013). Experimental creation and analysis of displaced number states. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 46(10). 104008–104008. 19 indexed citations
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Walther, Andreas, Frank Ziesel, Thomas Ruster, et al.. (2012). Controlling Fast Transport of Cold Trapped Ions. Physical Review Letters. 109(8). 80501–80501. 162 indexed citations
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Ruster, Thomas. (1994). Die verlorene Nützlichkeit der Religion: Katholizismus und Moderne in der Weimarer Republik. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. 1 indexed citations

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