Xiao‐Song Ma

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Xiao‐Song Ma is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiao‐Song Ma has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 33 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiao‐Song Ma's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (35 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (21 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (14 papers). Xiao‐Song Ma is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (35 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (21 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (14 papers). Xiao‐Song Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, Austria and Germany. Xiao‐Song Ma's co-authors include Anton Zeilinger, Johannes Kofler, Thomas Jennewein, Rupert Ursin, Sebastian Kropatschek, Philip Walther, Borivoje Dakić, William R. Naylor, Thomas Herbst and Thomas Scheidl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Xiao‐Song Ma

42 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum teleportation over 143 kilometres using active fe... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2012 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. Quantum teleportation over 143 kilometres using active feed-forward
    2012 419 citations Xiao‐Song Ma, Thomas Herbst et al. Nature profile →
  2. Quantum discord as resource for remote state preparation
    2012 341 citations Borivoje Dakić, Xiao‐Song Ma et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiao‐Song Ma China 19 1.6k 1.6k 357 92 57 48 2.0k
Kevin J. Resch Canada 23 2.1k 1.3× 2.0k 1.3× 337 0.9× 184 2.0× 60 1.1× 49 2.5k
Thomas Scheidl Austria 17 1.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 255 0.7× 85 0.9× 68 1.2× 29 1.9k
Joseph B. Altepeter United States 17 1.5k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 235 0.7× 82 0.9× 45 0.8× 47 1.7k
Rainer Kaltenbaek Austria 19 1.9k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 363 1.0× 176 1.9× 98 1.7× 41 2.2k
Brice Calkins United States 16 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 285 0.8× 93 1.0× 44 0.8× 25 1.4k
H. Weier Germany 12 1.9k 1.2× 1.9k 1.2× 368 1.0× 44 0.5× 104 1.8× 18 2.2k
Pavel Sekatski Switzerland 24 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 217 0.6× 162 1.8× 49 0.9× 84 1.9k
Filippo M. Miatto Canada 11 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 292 0.8× 114 1.2× 117 2.1× 23 1.6k
E. Jeffrey United States 16 1.6k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 349 1.0× 86 0.9× 39 0.7× 41 1.9k
Nai-Le Liu China 26 2.8k 1.7× 2.8k 1.8× 384 1.1× 124 1.3× 168 2.9× 78 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiao‐Song Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiao‐Song Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xiao‐Song Ma. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xiao‐Song Ma. The network helps show where Xiao‐Song Ma may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiao‐Song Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiao‐Song Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiao‐Song Ma 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 Xiao‐Song Ma. Xiao‐Song Ma 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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Yan, Wei‐Bin, et al.. (2025). Ten-channel Hong–Ou–Mandel interference between independent optical combs. Chinese Optics Letters. 23(4). 42701–42701. 1 indexed citations
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Krenn, Mario, et al.. (2025). Violation of Bell inequality with unentangled photons. Science Advances. 11(31). eadr1794–eadr1794.
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Chen, Ying, Lu Chi, Zhenda Xie, et al.. (2025). Entanglement distribution over metropolitan fiber using an on-chip broadband polarization-entangled photon source. Physical Review Applied. 24(4).
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Zhu, Shining, et al.. (2025). Experimental Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Cryptographic Conferencing. Physical Review Letters. 134(4). 40802–40802. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Wen-Jie, et al.. (2023). Quantum storage of entangled photons at telecom wavelengths in a crystal. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6995–6995. 18 indexed citations
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Krenn, Mario, et al.. (2023). Multiphoton non-local quantum interference controlled by an undetected photon. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1480–1480. 13 indexed citations
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Yang, Yiquan, et al.. (2023). Interaction-free, single-pixel quantum imaging with undetected photons. npj Quantum Information. 9(1). 15 indexed citations
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Terno, Daniel R., et al.. (2022). Controlling wave-particle duality with entanglement between single-photon and Bell states. Physical review. A. 106(5). 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenchao, Peng Chen, & Xiao‐Song Ma. (2022). Minimum detection efficiency for testing a multi-particle Bell inequality. New Journal of Physics. 24(11). 113031–113031. 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xin-he, Kun Wang, Zhaozhong Chen, et al.. (2020). Towards the standardization of quantum state verification using optimal strategies. npj Quantum Information. 6(1). 21 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xin-he, et al.. (2020). Quantum teleportation mediated by surface plasmon polariton. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 11503–11503. 10 indexed citations
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Izaac, Josh, Kai Wang, Zhaozhong Chen, et al.. (2020). Experimental Parity-Time Symmetric Quantum Walks for Centrality Ranking on Directed Graphs. Physical Review Letters. 125(24). 240501–240501. 14 indexed citations
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Schuck, Carsten, Xiang Guo, Linran Fan, et al.. (2016). Quantum interference in heterogeneous superconducting-photonic circuits on a silicon chip. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10352–10352. 62 indexed citations
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Poot, Menno, Carsten Schuck, Xiao‐Song Ma, Xiang Guo, & Hong X. Tang. (2016). Design and characterization of integrated components for SiN photonic quantum circuits. Optics Express. 24(7). 6843–6843. 30 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiao‐Song, Thomas Herbst, Thomas Scheidl, et al.. (2013). Quantum teleportation over 143 kilometres using active feed-forward. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiao‐Song, et al.. (2013). アルゴンとの中程度エネルギーHe 2+ 衝突の移動イオン化における連続体への電子捕獲の描写. Physical Review A. 87. 1–12701. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiao‐Song, Martin Ringbauer, Sebastian Kropatschek, et al.. (2012). Quantum Discord as Optimal Resource for Quantum Communication. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiao‐Song, Thomas Herbst, Thomas Scheidl, et al.. (2012). Quantum teleportation over 143 kilometres using active feed-forward. Nature. 489(7415). 269–273. 419 indexed citations breakdown →
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Walther, Philip, Xiao‐Song Ma, Borivoje Dakić, William R. Naylor, & Anton Zeilinger. (2011). Experimental photonic quantum simulation of frustrated Heisenberg spins. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2011(24). 1052–3. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiao‐Song. (2010). Nonlocal delayed-choice experiments with entangled photons. University of Vienna. 2 indexed citations

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