Toshimori Honjo

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
76 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Toshimori Honjo is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Toshimori Honjo has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 51 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Toshimori Honjo's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (62 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (38 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (27 papers). Toshimori Honjo is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (62 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (38 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (27 papers). Toshimori Honjo collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Toshimori Honjo's co-authors include Hiroki Takesue, Kyo Inoue, Y. Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Tamaki, Robert H. Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Qiang Zhang, Takahiro Inagaki, Takeshi Umeki and Koji Enbutsu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Toshimori Honjo

72 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Quantum key distribution over a 40-dB channel loss using superconducting single-photon detectors

2007 519 citations Hiroki Takesue, Sae Woo Nam et al. profile →
A coherent Ising machine for 2000-node optimization problems

2016 495 citations Takahiro Inagaki, Yoshitaka Haribara et al. Science profile →
100,000-spin coherent Ising machine

2021 194 citations Toshimori Honjo, Tomohiro Sonobe et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toshimori Honjo Japan	23	1.9k	1.3k	789	194	131	76	2.4k
Mikio Fujiwara Japan	30	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	262 1.4×	58 0.4×	166	2.8k
Kiyoshi Tamaki Japan	30	3.6k 1.9×	3.3k 2.5×	604 0.8×	146 0.8×	119 0.9×	68	4.1k
Jungsang Kim United States	26	1.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.5×	565 0.7×	145 0.7×	107 0.8×	107	2.8k
Hiroki Takesue Japan	39	3.8k 2.0×	3.3k 2.6×	2.6k 3.2×	398 2.1×	198 1.5×	150	5.5k
Kyo Inoue Japan	38	2.6k 1.4×	3.0k 2.3×	3.5k 4.4×	113 0.6×	120 0.9×	195	5.6k
Eleni Diamanti France	27	3.1k 1.6×	2.8k 2.1×	718 0.9×	184 0.9×	158 1.2×	104	3.6k
Cheng-Zhi Peng China	38	4.9k 2.6×	4.7k 3.6×	1.1k 1.4×	129 0.7×	114 0.9×	141	5.9k
Momtchil Peev Austria	19	3.1k 1.7×	2.5k 2.0×	580 0.7×	71 0.4×	206 1.6×	70	3.6k
Johannes Skaar Norway	22	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.6×	868 1.1×	89 0.5×	58 0.4×	72	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toshimori Honjo

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Takesue, Hiroki, Kensuke Inaba, Toshimori Honjo, et al.. (2025). Finding independent sets in large-scale graphs with a coherent Ising machine. Science Advances. 11(7). eads7223–eads7223. 2 indexed citations

Inoue, Kyo & Toshimori Honjo. (2024). Multiuser Differential-Phase-Shift Quantum Key Distribution System on a Ring Network. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 36(16). 989–992. 2 indexed citations

Inoue, Kyo & Toshimori Honjo. (2024). Modified general individual attack against differential-phase-shift quantum key distribution. Physical review. A. 110(4).

Inaba, Kensuke, Takahiro Inagaki, Yasuhiro Yamada, et al.. (2023). Experimental observation of chimera states in spiking neural networks based on degenerate optical parametric oscillators. Communications Physics. 6(1). 7 indexed citations

Takesue, Hiroki, Yasuhiro Yamada, Kensuke Inaba, et al.. (2023). Observing a Phase Transition in a Coherent Ising Machine. Physical Review Applied. 19(3). 7 indexed citations

Inaba, Kensuke, Yasuhiro Yamada, Takuya Ikuta, et al.. (2023). 10-GHz-clock time-multiplexed non-degenerate optical parametric oscillator network with a variable planar lightwave circuit interferometer. Optics Letters. 48(21). 5787–5787. 2 indexed citations

Inaba, Kensuke, Takahiro Inagaki, Koji Igarashi, et al.. (2022). Potts model solver based on hybrid physical and digital architecture. Communications Physics. 5(1). 13 indexed citations

Honjo, Toshimori, Kensuke Inaba, Takahiro Inagaki, et al.. (2022). A coherent Ising machine based on a network of 100,000 degenerate optical parametric oscillator pulses. 405–408. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Yanbao, Alan Mink, Takuya Ikuta, et al.. (2021). A simple low-latency real-time certifiable quantum random number generator. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1056–1056. 24 indexed citations

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Ikuta, Takuya, Takahiro Inagaki, Kensuke Inaba, et al.. (2020). Continuous and long-term stabilization of degenerate optical parametric oscillators for large-scale optical hybrid computers. Optics Express. 28(26). 38553–38553. 2 indexed citations

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Inoue, Kyo, et al.. (2018). Monitoring coincident clicks in differential-quadrature-phase shift QKD to reveal detector blinding and control attacks. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 58(1). 12006–12006. 5 indexed citations

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Inagaki, Takahiro, Yoshitaka Haribara, Koji Igarashi, et al.. (2016). A coherent Ising machine for 2000-node optimization problems. Science. 354(6312). 603–606. 495 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shimizu, Kaoru, Toshimori Honjo, Mikio Fujiwara, et al.. (2013). Performance of Long-Distance Quantum Key Distribution Over 90-km Optical Links Installed in a Field Environment of Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 32(1). 141–151. 41 indexed citations

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Tokura, Y. & Toshimori Honjo. (2011). Differential Phase Shift Quantum Key Distribution (DPS-QKD) Experiments. NTT technical review. 9(9). 38–42. 3 indexed citations

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Honjo, Toshimori, Kyo Inoue, Hidehiko Kamada, et al.. (2009). Polarization-independent, differential-phase-shift, quantum-key distribution system using upconversion detectors. Optics Letters. 34(10). 1606–1606. 1 indexed citations

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Honjo, Toshimori, Sae Woo Nam, Hiroki Takesue, et al.. (2008). Entanglement-based BBM92 QKD experiment using superconducting single photon detectors. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1–2. 2 indexed citations

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Takesue, Hiroki, Toshimori Honjo, Kiyoshi Tamaki, & Y. Tokura. (2008). Differential phase shift quantum key distribution. 7. 229–236. 3 indexed citations

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Honjo, Toshimori, Hiroki Takesue, & Kyo Inoue. (2007). Generation of energy-time entangled photon pairs in 15-μm band with periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide. Optics Express. 15(4). 1679–1679. 18 indexed citations

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Honjo, Toshimori, Kyo Inoue, A. Sahara, Etsushi Yamazaki, & Hiroshi Takahashi. (2006). Quantum key distribution experiment through a PLC matrix switch. Optics Communications. 263(1). 120–123. 10 indexed citations

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Inoue, Kyo, Hiroki Takesue, & Toshimori Honjo. (2006). Differential-Phase-Shift Quantum Key Distribution. 12–13. 3 indexed citations

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