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Herbert Walther

Herbert Walther

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Physics

D-Index
94
Citations
37833
World Ranking
1970
National Ranking
173

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Frederic Ives Medal, The Optical Society For pioneering contributions to quantum optics, including the development of the micromaser and the demonstration of Wigner crystallization of laser-cooled ions.
  • 1998 - Stern–Gerlach Medal, German Physical Society
  • 1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation In recognition of his fundamental contributions to the quantum optics of atoms
  • 1978 - Max Born Medal and Prize, German Physical Society, Institute of Physics

Overview

Herbert Walther was affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany throughout their career. Their research spanned multiple areas within the social sciences, with a particular focus on experimental behavioral economics, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, as well as culture, economy, and development studies.

The scientist's recent scholarly output consisted of papers published in the SSRN Electronic Journal. Notable works included two papers in 2023, both titled Emotional Expected Utility, Gender and the Ultimatum Game. These publications contributed to a body of research in social sciences and overlapped with the interdisciplinary domains of safety research, sociology and political science, and demography.

  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies

  • Safety Research
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Demography

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (2 publications)

Throughout their career, Herbert Walther worked largely independently as there were no frequent co-authors noted in the available data.

Recognition for their scientific contributions included several notable awards. Among these were the Frederic Ives Medal from The Optical Society in 2003, awarded for work related to quantum optics including the development of the micromaser and demonstration of Wigner crystallization of laser-cooled ions.

Other honors included the Stern-Gerlach Medal from the German Physical Society in 1998, the designation as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1998 with a citation acknowledging fundamental contributions to the quantum optics of atoms, and the Max Born Medal and Prize from the German Physical Society and Institute of Physics awarded in 1978.

Best Publications

  • Observation of quantum collapse and revival in a one-atom maser.

    Gerhard Rempe;Herbert Walther;Norbert Klein

  • One-atom maser

    D. Meschede;H. Walther;G. Müller

  • Quantum optical tests of complementarity

    Marian O. Scully;Marian O. Scully;Berthold-Georg Englert;Herbert Walther

  • Cavity quantum electrodynamics

    Herbert Walther;Benjamin T. H. Varcoe;Berthold-Georg Englert;Thomas Becker

  • Absolute-phase phenomena in photoionization with few-cycle laser pulses

    G. G. Paulus;F. Grasbon;H. Walther;P. Villoresi

  • Above-threshold ionization: From classical features to quantum effects

    W. Becker;Felix Grasbon;R. Kopold;D. B. Milošević

  • Extracting Work from a Single Heat Bath via Vanishing Quantum Coherence

    Marlan O. Scully;M. Suhail Zubairy;M. Suhail Zubairy;Girish S. Agarwal;Herbert Walther

  • Feynman's Path-Integral Approach for Intense-Laser-Atom Interactions

    P. Salières;B. Carré;L. Le Déroff;F. Grasbon

  • Continuous generation of single photons with controlled waveform in an ion-trap cavity system

    Matthias Keller;Birgit Lange;Kazuhiro Hayasaka;Wolfgang Lange

  • Plateau in above threshold ionization spectra.

    G. G. Paulus;W. Nicklich;Huale Xu;P. Lambropoulos

  • Observation of sub-Poissonian photon statistics in a micromaser.

    G. Rempe;F. Schmidt-Kaler;H. Walther

  • Nonclassical radiation of a single stored ion

    Frank Diedrich;Herbert Walther

  • Measurement of the phase of few-cycle laser pulses.

    Gerhard Georg Paulus;Fabrizio Lindner;Herbert Walther;Andrius Baltuška

  • Rescattering effects in above-threshold ionization: a classical model

    G G Paulus;W Becker;W Nicklich;H Walther

  • Observation of a phase transition of stored laser-cooled ions.

    F. Diedrich;E. Peik;J. M. Chen;W. Quint

  • Optical bistability and mirror confinement induced by radiation pressure

    A. Dorsel;J. D. McCullen;P. Meystre;E. Vignes

  • Attosecond double-slit experiment.

    Fabrizio Lindner;Michael G. Schätzel;Herbert Walther;Herbert Walther;Andrius Baltuška

  • Strong-driving-assisted multipartite entanglement in cavity QED.

    Enrique Solano;Girish S. Agarwal;Herbert Walther

  • A single ion as a nanoscopic probe of an optical field

    G. R. Guthöhrlein;M. Keller;K. Hayasaka;W. Lange

  • Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;A. Ageev;A. Ageev

Frequent Co-Authors

Marlan O. Scully
Marlan O. Scully Texas A&M University
N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Girish S. Agarwal
Girish S. Agarwal Texas A&M University
Raymond G. Beausoleil
Raymond G. Beausoleil Hewlett-Packard (United States)
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
J. H. Hough
J. H. Hough University of Glasgow
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Kenneth A. Strain
Kenneth A. Strain University of Glasgow
Enrique Solano
Enrique Solano University of the Basque Country

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