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Klaus Mølmer

Klaus Mølmer

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Physics

D-Index
79
Citations
32016
World Ranking
3064
National Ranking
21

Klaus Mølmer 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 Klaus Mølmer sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 451 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Klaus Mølmer 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 Klaus Mølmer sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% 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

  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his outstanding and insightful contributions to theoretical quantum optics, quantum information science and quantum atom optics, including the development of novel computational methods to treat open systems in quantum mechanics and theoretical proposals for the quantum logic gates with trapped ions

Overview

Klaus Mølmer is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their academic work spans primarily the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Computer Science. Their research portfolio integrates various subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Artificial Intelligence; Statistical and Nonlinear Physics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics include Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum optics and atomic interactions, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications.

Frequent publication venues for their work include arXiv (Cornell University), Physical review. A/Physical review, A, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review X, and Nature.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Spin squeezing of 1011 atoms by prediction and retrodiction measurements (2020, Nature)
  • Enhanced metrology at the critical point of a many-body Rydberg atomic system (2022, Nature Physics)
  • Fast Multiqubit Gates by Adiabatic Evolution in Interacting Excited-State Manifolds of Rydberg Atoms and Superconducting Circuits (2020, Physical Review X)
  • Subradiant Emission from Regular Atomic Arrays: Universal Scaling of Decay Rates from the Generalized Bloch Theorem (2020, Physical Review Letters)
  • Quantum interactions with pulses of radiation (2020, Physical review. A/Physical review, A)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Yuan Zhang, Chongxin Shan, Fan Yang, Mads Middelhede Lund, and Shi-Lei Su.

Klaus Mølmer was awarded the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2008. The citation recognizes contributions to theoretical quantum optics, quantum information science and quantum atom optics, including developing computational methods for open quantum systems and theoretical proposals for quantum logic gates with trapped ions.

Best Publications

  • Quantum information with Rydberg atoms

    M. Saffman;T. G. Walker;K. Mølmer

  • Wave-function approach to dissipative processes in quantum optics.

    Jean Dalibard;Yvan Castin;Klaus Mølmer

  • Monte Carlo wave-function method in quantum optics

    Klaus Mølmer;Yvan Castin;Jean Dalibard

  • QUANTUM COMPUTATION WITH IONS IN THERMAL MOTION

    Anders Sørensen;Klaus Mølmer

  • Multiparticle Entanglement of Hot Trapped Ions

    Klaus Mølmer;Anders Sørensen

  • Quantum technologies with hybrid systems

    Gershon Kurizki;Patrice Bertet;Yuimaru Kubo;Klaus Mølmer

  • Entanglement and quantum computation with ions in thermal motion

    Anders Sørensen;Klaus Mølmer

  • Generation of a superposition of odd photon number states for quantum information networks.

    J. S. Neergaard-Nielsen;B. Melholt Nielsen;B. Melholt Nielsen;C. Hettich;C. Hettich;K. Mølmer;K. Mølmer

  • Entanglement and extreme spin squeezing.

    Anders S. Sørensen;Klaus Mølmer

  • Quantum Superposition States of Bose-Einstein Condensates

    J. I. Cirac;M. Lewenstein;K. Mølmer;P. Zoller

  • Supercontinuum generation in a photonic crystal fiber with two zero dispersion wavelengths

    Karen Marie Hilligsøe;Thomas Vestergaard Andersen;Henrik Nørgaard Paulsen;Carsten Krogh Nielsen

  • Quantum memory for light

    A.E. Kozhekin;Klaus Mølmer;Eugene S. Polzik

  • Bose Condensates and Fermi Gases at Zero Temperature

    Klaus Mølmer

  • SPIN-SPIN INTERACTION AND SPIN SQUEEZING IN AN OPTICAL LATTICE

    Anders Sørensen;Klaus Mølmer

  • Spin Squeezing in an Ensemble of Atoms Illuminated with Squeezed Light

    A. Kuzmich;Klaus Mølmer;E. S. Polzik

  • Blueprint for a microwave trapped ion quantum computer

    Bjoern Lekitsch;Sebastian Weidt;Austin G. Fowler;Klaus Mølmer

  • Quantum Computing With an Electron Spin Ensemble

    J. H. Wesenberg;A. Ardavan;G. A. D. Briggs;J. J. L. Morton

  • Quantum gates and multiparticle entanglement by Rydberg excitation blockade and adiabatic passage.

    Ditte Møller;Lars Bojer Madsen;Klaus Mølmer

  • Adiabatic elimination in a lambda system

    E Brion;L H Pedersen;K Mølmer

  • Fidelity of quantum operations

    Line Hjortshøj Pedersen;Niels Martin Møller;Klaus Mølmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Esteve
Daniel Esteve University of Paris-Saclay
Jean Dalibard
Jean Dalibard Collège de France
Howard M. Wiseman
Howard M. Wiseman Griffith University
Xiaoguang Wang
Xiaoguang Wang Zhejiang University
Vincent Jacques
Vincent Jacques University of Montpellier
Takeshi Ohshima
Takeshi Ohshima Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Tapio Ala-Nissila
Tapio Ala-Nissila Aalto University
Michael Fleischhauer
Michael Fleischhauer Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Hitoshi Sumiya
Hitoshi Sumiya Sumitomo Electric Industries (United States)

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