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Christine Silberhorn

Christine Silberhorn

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Physics

D-Index
73
Citations
18609
World Ranking
3531
National Ranking
336

Christine Silberhorn publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christine Silberhorn sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 500 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Christine Silberhorn D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christine Silberhorn sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - OSA Fellows Christine Silberhorn Universität Paderborn, Germany For pioneering work in ultra fast integrated quantum optics, in particular for contributions to purity of states and quantum random walks
  • 2012 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physics

Overview

Christine Silberhorn is a researcher affiliated with the University of Paderborn in Germany. Their academic work spans various fields within physics, computer science, and engineering, focusing particularly on atomic and molecular physics, optics, artificial intelligence, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

Subfields of study connected to their research are:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials Chemistry

The primary topics addressed in Silberhorn's work involve:

  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
  • Quantum optics and atomic interactions
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture

Christine Silberhorn has published extensively across several venues, with notable frequent publication venues including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Optics Express
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • Physical Review Letters

Among their recent publications are:

  • "The potential and global outlook of integrated photonics for quantum technologies" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Physics
  • "Single-photon sources: Approaching the ideal through multiplexing" (2020), published in Review of Scientific Instruments
  • "Roadmap on quantum light spectroscopy" (2020), published in Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
  • "Achieving the Ultimate Quantum Timing Resolution" (2021), published in PRX Quantum
  • "Scalable Generation of Multiphoton Entangled States by Active Feed-Forward and Multiplexing" (2022), published in Physical Review Letters

Frequent collaborators in Silberhorn's research efforts include:

  • Benjamin Brecht
  • Christof Eigner
  • Michael Stefszky
  • Tim J. Bartley
  • Jan Sperling

Recognition of Silberhorn's contributions includes the award of OSA Fellow status in 2019 for pioneering work in ultrafast integrated quantum optics, with specific contributions to purity of states and quantum random walks.

In 2012, Silberhorn was also inducted into the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, acknowledged in the field of physics.

Best Publications

  • Heralded generation of ultrafast single photons in pure quantum states

    Peter James Mosley;Jeff S Lundeen;Brian J Smith;Piotr Wasylczyk;Piotr Wasylczyk

  • Photons walking the line: A quantum walk with adjustable coin operations

    A Schreiber;K N Cassemiro;V Potoček;A Gábris

  • Generation of Continuous Variable Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglement via the Kerr Nonlinearity in an Optical Fiber

    Christine Silberhorn;PK Lam;PK Lam;O Weiss;F Konig

  • A 2D Quantum Walk Simulation of Two-Particle Dynamics

    Andreas Schreiber;Andreas Schreiber;Aurél Gábris;Aurél Gábris;Peter P. Rohde;Peter P. Rohde;Kaisa Laiho;Kaisa Laiho

  • Gaussian Boson sampling

    Craig S. Hamilton;Regina Kruse;Linda Sansoni;Sonja Barkhofen

  • Continuous variable quantum cryptography: beating the 3 dB loss limit.

    Christine Silberhorn;TC Ralph;Norbert Lütkenhaus;Gerd Leuchs

  • Decoherence and Disorder in Quantum Walks: From Ballistic Spread to Localization

    A. Schreiber;K. N. Cassemiro;V. Potoček;A. Gábris

  • Tomography of quantum detectors

    J. S. Lundeen;A. Feito;H. Coldenstrodt-Ronge;K. L. Pregnell

  • Fiber-assisted detection with photon number resolution

    Daryl Achilles;Christine Silberhorn;Cezary Sliwa;Konrad Banaszek

  • Polarization squeezing and continuous-variable polarization entanglement

    Natalia Korolkova;Gerd Leuchs;Rodney Loudon;Rodney Loudon;Timothy C. Ralph

  • Quantum teleportation from a telecom-wavelength photon to a solid-state quantum memory

    F. Bussières;C. Clausen;A. Tiranov;B. Korzh

  • Metasurface interferometry toward quantum sensors.

    Philip Georgi;Marcello Massaro;Kai Hong Luo;Basudeb Sain

  • Photon Temporal Modes: A Complete Framework for Quantum Information Science

    Benjamin Brecht;Dileep V. Reddy;Christine Silberhorn;M. G. Raymer

  • A versatile source of single photons for quantum information processing

    Michael Förtsch;Michael Förtsch;Josef U. Fürst;Josef U. Fürst;Christoffer Wittmann;Christoffer Wittmann;Dmitry Strekalov

  • Highly efficient single-pass source of pulsed single-mode twin beams of light

    Andreas Eckstein;Andreas Christ;Andreas Christ;Peter J. Mosley;Christine Silberhorn;Christine Silberhorn

  • Efficient conditional preparation of high-fidelity single photon states for fiber-optic quantum networks.

    Alfred B. U’Ren;Alfred B. U’Ren;Christine Silberhorn;Konrad Banaszek;Ian A. Walmsley

  • Probing multimode squeezing with correlation functions

    Andreas Christ;Andreas Christ;Kaisa Laiho;Andreas Eckstein;Katiúscia N Cassemiro

  • Generation of pure-state single-photon wavepackets by conditional preparation based on spontaneous parametric downconversion

    Alfred B. U'Ren;Christine Silberhorn;Reinhard Erdmann;Konrad Banaszek

  • A quantum pulse gate based on spectrally engineered sum frequency generation

    Andreas Eckstein;Benjamin Brecht;Christine Silberhorn

  • Quantum key distribution with bright entangled beams.

    Christine Silberhorn;N Korolkova;Gerd Leuchs

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerd Leuchs
Gerd Leuchs Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Ian A. Walmsley
Ian A. Walmsley Imperial College London
Sae Woo Nam
Sae Woo Nam National Institute of Standards and Technology
Martin B. Plenio
Martin B. Plenio University of Ulm
Timothy C. Ralph
Timothy C. Ralph University of Queensland
Brian J. Smith
Brian J. Smith QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Richard P. Mirin
Richard P. Mirin National Institute of Standards and Technology
Nicolas Gisin
Nicolas Gisin University of Geneva
Dragomir N. Neshev
Dragomir N. Neshev Australian National University
Andrey A. Sukhorukov
Andrey A. Sukhorukov Australian National University

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