Thorsten Schumm

5.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
73 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Thorsten Schumm is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Thorsten Schumm has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Thorsten Schumm's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (44 papers), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (29 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (26 papers). Thorsten Schumm is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (44 papers), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (29 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (26 papers). Thorsten Schumm collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Thorsten Schumm's co-authors include Jörg Schmiedmayer, Sebastian Hofferberth, Igor Lesanovsky, Beate Fischer, P. Krüger, L. Mauritz Andersson, Georgy A. Kazakov, I. Bar‐Joseph, Robert Bücker and S. Groth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thorsten Schumm

71 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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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.

Matter-wave interferometry in a double well on an atom chip

2005 545 citations Thorsten Schumm et al. profile →
Non-equilibrium coherence dynamics in one-dimensional Bose gases

2007 540 citations Thorsten Schumm et al. Nature profile →
Laser Excitation of the Th-229 Nucleus

2024 74 citations Johannes Tiedau, M. V. Okhapkin et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Frequency ratio of the 229mTh nuclear isomeric transition and the 87Sr atomic clock

2024 74 citations Chuankun Zhang, Jacob S. Higgins et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thorsten Schumm Austria	29	3.4k	793	367	342	231	73	3.6k
Kirk W. Madison Canada	28	3.8k 1.1×	375 0.5×	506 1.4×	455 1.3×	266 1.2×	70	4.1k
Jörg Evers Germany	29	3.0k 0.9×	941 1.2×	135 0.4×	448 1.3×	250 1.1×	125	3.4k
J. V. Porto United States	37	5.7k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	250 0.7×	1.0k 3.0×	165 0.7×	103	5.9k
E. A. Hinds United Kingdom	31	2.7k 0.8×	730 0.9×	203 0.6×	130 0.4×	238 1.0×	73	2.9k
C. I. Westbrook France	32	4.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	381 1.0×	143 0.4×	158 0.7×	115	4.6k
T. W. Hänsch Germany	27	3.8k 1.1×	886 1.1×	221 0.6×	213 0.6×	462 2.0×	58	4.0k
Pierre Cladé France	16	2.1k 0.6×	273 0.3×	183 0.5×	127 0.4×	389 1.7×	44	2.5k
P. Pillet France	38	5.7k 1.7×	1.4k 1.8×	219 0.6×	141 0.4×	300 1.3×	139	6.0k
P. van der Straten Netherlands	24	3.0k 0.9×	509 0.6×	213 0.6×	175 0.5×	42 0.2×	65	3.1k
E. Peik Germany	35	4.8k 1.4×	418 0.5×	367 1.0×	101 0.3×	484 2.1×	102	5.2k

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Higgins, Jacob S., et al.. (2026). Frequency reproducibility of solid-state thorium-229 nuclear clocks. Nature. 650(8100). 72–78.

Beeks, Kjeld, Georgy A. Kazakov, Tomáš Šikorský, et al.. (2025). Fine-structure constant sensitivity of the Th-229 nuclear clock transition. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9147–9147. 2 indexed citations

Beeks, Kjeld, T. Hiraki, Takahiko Masuda, et al.. (2025). A method to detect the VUV photons from cooled 229Th:CaF2 crystals. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 562. 165647–165647. 1 indexed citations

Kazakov, Georgy A., Kjeld Beeks, Tomáš Šikorský, et al.. (2025). Laser-induced quenching of the Th-229 nuclear clock isomer in calcium fluoride. Physical Review Research. 7(2). 8 indexed citations

Veryazov, Valera, et al.. (2025). Embedded cluster approach for accurate electronic structure calculations of Th229:CaF2. Physical review. B.. 111(11). 4 indexed citations

Higgins, Jacob S., Chuankun Zhang, Jun Ye, et al.. (2025). Temperature Sensitivity of a Thorium-229 Solid-State Nuclear Clock. Physical Review Letters. 134(11). 113801–113801. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Chuankun, Jacob S. Higgins, Lars von der Wense, et al.. (2024). Frequency ratio of the 229mTh nuclear isomeric transition and the 87Sr atomic clock. Nature. 633(8028). 63–70. 74 indexed citations breakdown →

Seres, J., et al.. (2024). Effects of Thickness and Grain Size on Harmonic Generation in Thin AlN Films. Photonics. 11(11). 1078–1078. 1 indexed citations

Chhetri, Premaditya, Ch. E. Düllmann, R. Ferrer, et al.. (2023). Laser ionization scheme development for in-gas-jet spectroscopy studies of Th+. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 540. 224–226. 3 indexed citations

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Seres, J., et al.. (2023). Probing nonperturbative third and fifth harmonic generation on silicon without and with thermal oxide layer. Journal of Optics. 25(10). 105501–105501. 3 indexed citations

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Seres, J., et al.. (2023). Nonperturbative Generation of Harmonics by Nanometer-Scale Localized Electronic States on the Surface of Bulk Materials and Nano-Films. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 246–257. 4 indexed citations

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Seres, E., J. Seres, & Thorsten Schumm. (2022). Group delay dispersion tuned femtosecond Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Optics Continuum. 1(4). 860–860. 1 indexed citations

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Bilous, Pavlo, Georgy A. Kazakov, Tomáš Šikorský, et al.. (2021). Driven electronic bridge processes via defect states in Th229-doped crystals. Physical review. A. 103(5). 14 indexed citations

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Beeks, Kjeld, Tomáš Šikorský, Thorsten Schumm, et al.. (2021). The thorium-229 low-energy isomer and the nuclear clock. Nature Reviews Physics. 3(4). 238–248. 71 indexed citations

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Mohn, P., et al.. (2020). DFT calculation of ²²⁹ thorium-doped magnesium fluoride for nuclear laser spectroscopy. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 32(25). 255503–255503. 12 indexed citations

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Seres, J., E. Seres, Carles Serrat, & Thorsten Schumm. (2020). High harmonic generation in AlN due to out-of-surface electron orbitals. OSA Continuum. 4(1). 47–47. 7 indexed citations

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Šikorský, Tomáš, Daniel Hengstler, Sebastian Kempf, et al.. (2020). Measurement of the Th229 Isomer Energy with a Magnetic Microcalorimeter. Physical Review Letters. 125(14). 142503–142503. 85 indexed citations

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Bilous, Pavlo, Kjeld Beeks, Tomáš Šikorský, et al.. (2020). Nuclear Excitation of the Th229 Isomer via Defect States in Doped Crystals. Physical Review Letters. 125(3). 32501–32501. 39 indexed citations

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Seres, J., E. Seres, Carles Serrat, et al.. (2019). All-solid-state VUV frequency comb at 160 nm using high-harmonic generation in nonlinear femtosecond enhancement cavity. Optics Express. 27(5). 6618–6618. 15 indexed citations

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Seres, J., E. Seres, Carles Serrat, & Thorsten Schumm. (2018). Non-perturbative generation of DUV/VUV harmonics from crystal surfaces at 108 MHz repetition rate. Optics Express. 26(17). 21900–21900. 11 indexed citations

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