W. Steven Kolthammer

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

W. Steven Kolthammer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Steven Kolthammer has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 24 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. Steven Kolthammer's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (22 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (11 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (11 papers). W. Steven Kolthammer is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (22 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (11 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (11 papers). W. Steven Kolthammer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. W. Steven Kolthammer's co-authors include Ian A. Walmsley, Xian‐Min Jin, Marco Barbieri, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Peter C. Humphreys, Justin B. Spring, James C. Gates, Nathan K. Langford, Brian J. Smith and Animesh Datta and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

W. Steven Kolthammer

36 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Boson Sampling on a Photonic Chip

2012 544 citations Justin B. Spring, Benjamin J. Metcalf et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Steven Kolthammer United Kingdom	20	1.4k	1.3k	648	55	54	37	1.9k
Seiji Armstrong Australia	12	913 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	314 0.5×	51 0.9×	29 0.5×	25	1.3k
Jerome Mertz United States	5	887 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	251 0.4×	60 1.1×	81 1.5×	8	1.5k
A. André United States	19	1.6k 1.1×	2.9k 2.2×	354 0.5×	65 1.2×	41 0.8×	31	3.0k
Pavel Trojek Germany	8	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	225 0.3×	56 1.0×	30 0.6×	19	1.4k
Paul D. Lett United States	15	766 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	220 0.3×	65 1.2×	64 1.2×	31	1.4k
Emmanuel Flurin France	17	839 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	284 0.4×	64 1.2×	99 1.8×	36	1.3k
Jelmer J. Renema Netherlands	18	1.0k 0.7×	963 0.7×	477 0.7×	88 1.6×	37 0.7×	45	1.5k
Fumiki Yoshihara Japan	19	1.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.6×	218 0.3×	42 0.8×	124 2.3×	37	2.3k
R. Bianchetti Switzerland	14	1.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	211 0.3×	41 0.7×	118 2.2×	24	2.1k
Boris Hage Germany	14	943 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	432 0.7×	141 2.6×	62 1.1×	23	1.8k

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Thekkadath, Guillaume, et al.. (2022). Reducing g⁽²⁾(0) of a parametric down-conversion source via photon-number resolution with superconducting nanowire detectors. Optics Express. 30(2). 3138–3138. 22 indexed citations

Clements, William R., Jelmer J. Renema, Andreas Eckstein, et al.. (2018). Approximating vibronic spectroscopy with imperfect quantum optics. BURJC Digital (King Juan Carlos University). 26 indexed citations

Renema, Jelmer J., et al.. (2018). Efficient Classical Algorithm for Boson Sampling with Partially Distinguishable Photons. Physical Review Letters. 120(22). 220502–220502. 64 indexed citations

Spring, Justin B., Paolo L. Mennea, Benjamin J. Metcalf, et al.. (2017). Chip-based array of near-identical, pure, heralded single-photon sources. Optica. 4(1). 90–90. 70 indexed citations

Menssen, Adrian J., Alex E. Jones, Benjamin J. Metcalf, et al.. (2017). Distinguishability and Many-Particle Interference. Physical Review Letters. 118(15). 153603–153603. 91 indexed citations

McConnell, Robert, G. Gabrielse, W. Steven Kolthammer, et al.. (2016). Large numbers of cold positronium atoms created in laser-selected Rydberg states using resonant charge exchange. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 49(6). 64002–64002. 12 indexed citations

Walmsley, Ian A., Benjamin J. Metcalf, Justin B. Spring, et al.. (2015). Multiphoton quantum interference in multiport integrated optical circuits: from teleportation to boson sampling. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

Humphreys, Peter C., Benjamin J. Metcalf, Thomas Gerrits, et al.. (2015). Tomography of photon-number resolving continuous-output detectors. New Journal of Physics. 17(10). 103044–103044. 35 indexed citations

Vidrighin, Mihai D., Gaia Donati, Marco G. Genoni, et al.. (2014). Joint estimation of phase and phase diffusion for quantum metrology. Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano). 133 indexed citations

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Humphreys, Peter C., W. Steven Kolthammer, Joshua Nunn, et al.. (2014). Continuous-Variable Quantum Computing in Optical Time-Frequency Modes Using Quantum Memories. Physical Review Letters. 113(13). 130502–130502. 38 indexed citations

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Humphreys, Peter C., Benjamin J. Metcalf, Justin B. Spring, et al.. (2014). Linear Optical Quantum Computing in a Single Spatial Mode. QTh2A.4–QTh2A.4. 1 indexed citations

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Nunn, J., Nathan K. Langford, W. Steven Kolthammer, et al.. (2013). Enhancing Multiphoton Rates with Quantum Memories. Physical Review Letters. 110(13). 133601–133601. 92 indexed citations

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Sprague, Michael, Duncan England, A. Abdolvand, et al.. (2013). Efficient optical pumping and high optical depth in a hollow-core photonic-crystal fibre for a broadband quantum memory. New Journal of Physics. 15(5). 55013–55013. 16 indexed citations

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Humphreys, Peter C., Benjamin J. Metcalf, Justin B. Spring, et al.. (2013). Linear Optical Quantum Computing in a Single Spatial Mode. Physical Review Letters. 111(15). 150501–150501. 100 indexed citations

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Calkins, Brice, Paolo L. Mennea, Adriana E. Lita, et al.. (2013). High quantum efficiency photon-number-resolving detector for photonic on-chip information processing. 99. QM4L.1–QM4L.1. 9 indexed citations

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Spring, Justin B., Benjamin J. Metcalf, Peter C. Humphreys, et al.. (2012). Experimental Boson Sampling. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Kolthammer, W. Steven. (2011). Antimatter Plasmas Within a Penning-Ioffe Trap. PhDT. 1 indexed citations

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Gabrielse, G., W. Steven Kolthammer, Robert McConnell, et al.. (2011). Adiabatic Cooling of Antiprotons. Physical Review Letters. 106(7). 73002–73002. 34 indexed citations

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Gabrielse, G., D. Le Sage, W. Steven Kolthammer, et al.. (2008). Antihydrogen Production within a Penning-Ioffe Trap. Physical Review Letters. 100(11). 113001–113001. 71 indexed citations

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Speck, Andrew, G. Gabrielse, D. Le Sage, et al.. (2007). Density and geometry of single component plasmas. Physics Letters B. 650(2-3). 119–123. 4 indexed citations

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