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D-Index
67
Citations
15612
World Ranking
1319
National Ranking
432

Prem Kumar publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Prem Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 589 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Prem Kumar D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Prem Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Prem Kumar is a researcher affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields including Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, and Computer Science, with numerous contributions in subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Artificial Intelligence, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Mechanical Engineering.

The primary research interests of Prem Kumar cover a broad spectrum of topics. Key areas include Quantum Information and Cryptography, Photonic and Optical Devices, Quantum Optics and Atomic Interactions, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Optical Network Technologies, and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture.

Prem Kumar has contributed publications to a variety of academic venues, frequently appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Optica
  • Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2021
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Optics Express

Some of their notable recent papers include:

  • "Tunable dual-channel ultra-narrowband Bragg grating filter on thin-film lithium niobate" (2021), published in Optics Letters
  • "Design and Implementation of the Illinois Express Quantum Metropolitan Area Network" (2022), published in IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering
  • "Designing noise-robust quantum networks coexisting in the classical fiber infrastructure" (2023), published in Optics Express
  • "Quantum computing hardware for HEP algorithms and sensing" (2022), published on arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Quantum teleportation coexisting with classical communications in optical fiber" (2024), published in Optica

Throughout their career, Prem Kumar has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, most notably:

  • Gregory S. Kanter
  • Jordan M. Thomas
  • Anirudh Ramesh
  • Josep M. Fargas Cabanillas
  • Miloš A. Popović

Best Publications

  • Peripheral Chemoreceptors: Function and Plasticity of the Carotid Body

    Prem Kumar;Nanduri R. Prabhakar

  • Optical-Fiber Source of Polarization-Entangled Photons in the 1550 nm Telecom Band

    Xiaoying Li;Paul L. Voss;Jay E. Sharping;Prem Kumar

  • Generation of correlated photons in nanoscale silicon waveguides.

    Jay E. Sharping;Kim Fook Lee;Mark A. Foster;Amy C. Turner

  • Quantum frequency conversion.

    Prem Kumar

  • Efficient low-intensity optical phase conjugation based on coherent population trapping in sodium.

    P. R. Hemmer;D. P. Katz;J. Donoghue;M. Cronin-Golomb

  • All-fiber photon-pair source for quantum communications

    M. Fiorentino;P.L. Voss;J.E. Sharping;P. Kumar

  • Development of Quantum InterConnects for Next-Generation Information Technologies

    David Awschalom;Karl K. Berggren;Hannes Bernien;Sunil Bhave

  • Observation of quantum frequency conversion

    Jianming Huang;Prem Kumar

  • Secure communication using mesoscopic coherent states.

    Geraldo A. Barbosa;Eric Corndorf;Prem Kumar;Horace P. Yuen

  • Four-wave mixing in microstructure fiber

    Jay E. Sharping;Marco Fiorentino;Ayodeji Coker;Prem Kumar

  • All-fiber photon-pair source for quantum communications: Improved generation of correlated photons.

    Xiaoying Li;Jun Chen;Paul Voss;Jay Sharping

  • Does AMP-activated protein kinase couple inhibition of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation by hypoxia to calcium signaling in O2-sensing cells?

    A. Mark Evans;Kirsteen J.W. Mustard;Christopher N. Wyatt;Chris Peers

  • Observation of squeezed noise produced by forward four-wave mixing in sodium vapor

    Mari W. Maeda;Prem Kumar;Jeffrey H. Shapiro

  • Optical parametric oscillator based on four-wave mixing in microstructure fiber

    Jay E. Sharping;Marco Fiorentino;Prem Kumar;Robert S. Windeler

  • NOISELESS OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION OF IMAGES

    Sang Kyung Choi;Michael Vasilyev;Prem Kumar

  • All-optical switching based on cross-phase modulation in microstructure fiber

    J.E. Sharping;M. Fiorentino;P. Kumar;R.S. Windeler

  • Observation of nonlinear optical interactions of ultralow levels of light in a tapered optical nanofiber embedded in a hot rubidium vapor.

    S M Spillane;G S Pati;K Salit;M Hall

  • Infrastructure for the quantum internet

    Seth Lloyd;Jeffrey H. Shapiro;Franco N. C. Wong;Prem Kumar

  • Quadrature-squeezed light detection using a self-generated matched local oscillator

    Chonghoon Kim;Prem Kumar

  • Development of Quantum Interconnects (QuICs) for Next-Generation Information Technologies

    David Awschalom;Karl K. Berggren;Hannes Bernien;Sunil Bhave

  • "Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement"

    Prem Kumar;G. Mauro D'Ariano;Osamu Hirota

  • All-fiber photon-pair source for quantum communications

    Marco Fiorentino;Paul L. Voss;Xiaoying Li;Jay E. Sharping

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Fiorentino
Marco Fiorentino Hewlett Packard Enterprise (United States)
William L. Kath
William L. Kath Northwestern University
Martin M. Fejer
Martin M. Fejer Stanford University
Seng-Tiong Ho
Seng-Tiong Ho Northwestern University
Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano
Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano University of Pavia
Antonio Mecozzi
Antonio Mecozzi University of L'Aquila
Saikat Guha
Saikat Guha University of Arizona
Robert H. Hadfield
Robert H. Hadfield University of Glasgow

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