Travis Nicholson

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Travis Nicholson is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Travis Nicholson has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Travis Nicholson's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (14 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (10 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (9 papers). Travis Nicholson is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (14 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (10 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (9 papers). Travis Nicholson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Germany. Travis Nicholson's co-authors include Jun Ye, Benjamin Bloom, Sara Campbell, Wei Zhang, Jason Williams, Michael Bishof, Sarah Bromley, X. Zhang, Ross B. Hutson and M. D. Barrett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Travis Nicholson

16 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

An optical lattice clock with accuracy and stability at t... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2015 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. An optical lattice clock with accuracy and stability at the 10−18 level
    2014 697 citations Benjamin Bloom, Travis Nicholson et al. Nature profile →
  2. Systematic evaluation of an atomic clock at 2 × 10−18 total uncertainty
    2015 503 citations Travis Nicholson, Sara Campbell 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
Travis Nicholson United States 11 1.9k 221 161 122 118 17 2.0k
Benjamin Bloom United States 9 1.8k 0.9× 130 0.6× 164 1.0× 103 0.8× 122 1.0× 19 1.9k
N. Poli Italy 22 1.9k 1.0× 169 0.8× 195 1.2× 127 1.0× 112 0.9× 53 2.0k
X. Zhang United States 15 2.1k 1.1× 114 0.5× 176 1.1× 93 0.8× 130 1.1× 20 2.2k
Sarah Bromley United Kingdom 11 1.7k 0.9× 201 0.9× 104 0.6× 92 0.8× 68 0.6× 19 1.7k
Ross B. Hutson United States 11 1.3k 0.7× 95 0.4× 104 0.6× 55 0.5× 77 0.7× 13 1.4k
M. Schioppo Italy 13 1.6k 0.9× 101 0.5× 217 1.3× 83 0.7× 132 1.1× 24 1.8k
Kurt Gibble United States 25 2.0k 1.0× 105 0.5× 107 0.7× 143 1.2× 325 2.8× 85 2.0k
Marco Pizzocaro Italy 11 983 0.5× 59 0.3× 146 0.9× 65 0.5× 91 0.8× 30 1.0k
N. Hinkley United States 10 1.6k 0.8× 71 0.3× 184 1.1× 83 0.7× 144 1.2× 13 1.6k
Rodolphe Le Targat France 16 1.4k 0.7× 109 0.5× 203 1.3× 87 0.7× 91 0.8× 47 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Travis Nicholson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Travis Nicholson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Travis Nicholson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Travis Nicholson 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 Travis Nicholson. Travis Nicholson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Nicholson, Travis, et al.. (2022). Zeeman slowing of a group-III atom. Physical Review Research. 4(1).
2.
Jäger, Simon B., et al.. (2021). Superradiant emission of a thermal atomic beam into an optical cavity. Physical review. A. 104(3). 9 indexed citations
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Jäger, Simon B., et al.. (2020). Rugged mHz-Linewidth Superradiant Laser Driven by a Hot Atomic Beam. Physical Review Letters. 125(25). 253602–253602. 30 indexed citations
4.
Nicholson, Travis, Michael J. Gullans, Alexey V. Gorshkov, et al.. (2018). Observation of three-photon bound states in a quantum nonlinear medium. Science. 359(6377). 783–786. 98 indexed citations
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Thompson, Jeff D., Travis Nicholson, Qiyu Liang, et al.. (2017). Symmetry-protected collisions between strongly interacting photons. Nature. 542(7640). 206–209. 55 indexed citations
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Bromley, Sarah, Bihui Zhu, Michael Bishof, et al.. (2016). Collective atomic scattering and motional effects in a dense coherent medium. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11039–11039. 123 indexed citations
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Nicholson, Travis, Sara Campbell, Ross B. Hutson, et al.. (2015). Systematic evaluation of an atomic clock at 2 × 10−18 total uncertainty. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6896–6896. 503 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nicholson, Travis, Sebastian Blatt, Benjamin Bloom, et al.. (2015). Optical Feshbach resonances: Field-dressed theory and comparison with experiments. Physical Review A. 92(2). 39 indexed citations
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Bloom, Benjamin, Travis Nicholson, Jason Williams, et al.. (2014). An optical lattice clock with accuracy and stability at the 10−18 level. Nature. 506(7486). 71–75. 697 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nicholson, Travis, Benjamin Bloom, Jason Williams, et al.. (2013). A New Record in Atomic Clock Performance. CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder). 1 indexed citations
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Bloom, Benjamin, Travis Nicholson, Jason Williams, et al.. (2013). A New Generation of Atomic Clocks: Accuracy and Stability at the 10^{-18} Level. arXiv (Cornell University). 7 indexed citations
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Nicholson, Travis, Michael J. Martin, Jason Williams, et al.. (2012). Comparison of Two Independent Sr Optical Clocks with1×10−17Stability at103  s. Physical Review Letters. 109(23). 230801–230801. 143 indexed citations
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Blatt, Sebastian, Travis Nicholson, Benjamin Bloom, et al.. (2011). Measurement of Optical Feshbach Resonances in an Ideal Gas. Physical Review Letters. 107(7). 73202–73202. 98 indexed citations
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Swallows, M. D., Gretchen K. Campbell, Andrew D. Ludlow, et al.. (2010). Precision measurement of fermionic collisions using an 87Sr optical lattice clock with 1 × 10-16 inaccuracy. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 57(3). 574–582. 6 indexed citations
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Maxwell, John W., et al.. (2010). XML Production Workflows? Start with the Web. Journal of Electronic Publishing. 13(1). 1 indexed citations
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Campbell, Gretchen K., Martin M. Boyd, J. W. Thomsen, et al.. (2009). Probing Interactions Between Ultracold Fermions. Science. 324(5925). 360–363. 84 indexed citations
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Zirbel, J. J., Kang-Kuen Ni, Silke Ospelkaus, et al.. (2008). Heteronuclear molecules in an optical dipole trap. Physical Review A. 78(1). 79 indexed citations

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