W. Sohler

8.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
221 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

W. Sohler is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Sohler has authored 221 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 185 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 176 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 27 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in W. Sohler's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (155 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (130 papers) and Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (106 papers). W. Sohler is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (155 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (130 papers) and Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (106 papers). W. Sohler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. W. Sohler's co-authors include H. Suche, Raimund Ricken, Han Hu, Ralf Brinkmann, Rolf A. Regener, Peter Günter, G. Poberaj, M. Dinand, Harald Herrmann and Ingo Baumann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

W. Sohler

215 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

Lithium niobate on insula... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2012 2011 100 200 300 400
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. Lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) for micro‐photonic devices
    2012 482 citations W. Sohler et al. profile →
  2. Broadband waveguide quantum memory for entangled photons
    2011 418 citations Erhan Sağlamyürek, Neil Sinclair et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
W. Sohler 5.6k 4.6k 897 502 493 221 6.5k
J. Capmany 9.2k 1.6× 13.5k 2.9× 2.1k 2.3× 130 0.3× 600 1.2× 473 14.5k
M. Dagenais 3.2k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 107 0.2× 432 0.9× 249 5.0k
Sophie LaRochelle 3.4k 0.6× 5.1k 1.1× 371 0.4× 64 0.1× 257 0.5× 394 6.3k
George C. Valley 4.2k 0.8× 2.6k 0.6× 149 0.2× 2.1k 4.1× 225 0.5× 130 5.2k
Niloy K. Dutta 4.3k 0.8× 6.4k 1.4× 210 0.2× 71 0.1× 364 0.7× 333 6.9k
Matthias Heinrich 5.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.4× 740 0.8× 2.6k 5.3× 329 0.7× 155 6.5k
A. F. J. Levi 4.9k 0.9× 5.2k 1.1× 277 0.3× 93 0.2× 1.1k 2.2× 240 7.1k
Daniel A. Nolan 3.6k 0.7× 1.9k 0.4× 1.5k 1.6× 184 0.4× 71 0.1× 124 4.7k
Fabien Bretenaker 2.7k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 160 0.2× 106 0.2× 250 0.5× 230 3.4k
Y. F. Chen 3.3k 0.6× 2.7k 0.6× 71 0.1× 224 0.4× 221 0.4× 243 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Sohler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Sohler

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bussières, Félix, Christoph Clausen, Alexey Tiranov, et al.. (2014). Quantum teleportation from a telecom-wavelength photon to a solid-state quantum memory. Nature Photonics. 8(10). 775–778. 189 indexed citations
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Sinclair, Neil, Erhan Sağlamyürek, Joshua A. Slater, et al.. (2014). Spectral Multiplexing for Scalable Quantum Photonics using an Atomic Frequency Comb Quantum Memory and Feed-Forward Control. Physical Review Letters. 113(5). 53603–53603. 213 indexed citations
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Sağlamyürek, Erhan, Neil Sinclair, Jeongwan Jin, et al.. (2012). Conditional Detection of Pure Quantum States of Light after Storage in a Tm-Doped Waveguide. Physical Review Letters. 108(8). 83602–83602. 36 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Harald, et al.. (2012). High resolution time-to-space conversion of sub-picosecond pulses at 155µm by non-degenerate SFG in PPLN crystal. Optics Express. 20(24). 27388–27388. 6 indexed citations
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Sağlamyürek, Erhan, Neil Sinclair, Jeongwan Jin, et al.. (2011). Broadband waveguide quantum memory for entangled photons. Nature. 469(7331). 512–515. 418 indexed citations breakdown →
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Setzpfandt, Frank, Andrey A. Sukhorukov, Dragomir N. Neshev, et al.. (2011). Spectral pulse transformations and phase transitions in quadratic nonlinear waveguide arrays. Optics Express. 19(23). 23188–23188. 5 indexed citations
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Hu, Hao, Rahman Nouroozi, R. Ludwig, et al.. (2010). 110 km transmission of 160 Gbit/s RZ-DQPSK signals by midspan polarization-insensitive optical phase conjugation in a Ti:PPLN waveguide. Optics Letters. 35(17). 2867–2867. 12 indexed citations
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Sangouard, Nicolas, Nicolas Gisin, Hartmut Herrmann, et al.. (2010). Purification of Single-Photon Entanglement. Physical Review Letters. 104(18). 180504–180504. 41 indexed citations
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Staudt, M. U., Mikael Afzelius, Hugues de Riedmatten, et al.. (2007). Interference of Multimode Photon Echoes Generated in Spatially Separated Solid-State Atomic Ensembles. Physical Review Letters. 99(17). 173602–173602. 32 indexed citations
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Crozatier, Vincent, Fabien Bretenaker, J.-L. Le Gouët, et al.. (2006). Highly coherent electronically tunable waveguide extended cavity diode laser. 1–2. 2 indexed citations
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Iwanow, Robert, Roland Schiek, G. I. Stegeman, et al.. (2005). Arrays of weakly coupled, periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides: beam propagation and discrete spatial quadratic solitons. Opto-Electronics Review. 113–121. 6 indexed citations
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Iwanow, Robert, et al.. (2005). Discrete Talbot Effect in Waveguide Arrays. Physical Review Letters. 95(5). 53902–53902. 165 indexed citations
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Pertsch, Thomas, Robert Iwanow, Roland Schiek, et al.. (2005). Spatial ultrafast switching and frequency conversion in lithium niobate waveguide arrays. Optics Letters. 30(2). 177–177. 14 indexed citations
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Pertsch, Thomas, Robert Iwanow, Roland Schiek, et al.. (2004). Transparent switching in PPLN waveguide arrays. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Schiek, Roland, Robert Iwanow, Thomas Pertsch, et al.. (2004). One-dimensional spatial soliton families in optimally engineered quasi-phase-matched lithium niobate waveguides. Optics Letters. 29(6). 596–596. 11 indexed citations
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Baronio, Fabio, et al.. (2003). Soliton emission at a phase-mismatch boundary in a quadratic nonlinear film waveguide. Optics Letters. 28(23). 2348–2348. 10 indexed citations
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Greiner, Andreas, et al.. (1998). Integrated optical Ti:Er:LiNbO_3 distributed Bragg reflector laser with a fixed photorefractive grating. Optics Letters. 23(15). 1194–1194. 54 indexed citations
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Brinkmann, Ralf, et al.. (1990). Annealed Erbium-implanted single-mode LiNbO3 waveguides. Integrated Photonics Research. PD1–PD1. 5 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Harald, et al.. (1990). Integrated-optical, acoustically tunable (de-)multiplexer of adjustable coupling strength. Integrated Photonics Research. WA6–WA6.
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Suche, H., et al.. (1989). Integrated Optical Parametric Oscillators. THA1–THA1. 5 indexed citations

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