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Tilman Esslinger

Tilman Esslinger

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Physics

D-Index
78
Citations
38083
World Ranking
3128
National Ranking
78

Tilman Esslinger 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 Tilman Esslinger sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 253 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tilman Esslinger 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 Tilman Esslinger sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% 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

  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For studies of quantum gases, including bosonic and fermionic Mott insulator transitions, the Dicke quantum phase transition in collective lightmatter coupling and Dirac points in graphenelike optical lattices

Overview

Tilman Esslinger is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has an extensive publication record in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Esslinger's work covers a range of topics prominently featuring Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Quantum optics and atomic interactions, Strong Light-Matter Interactions, Quantum superfluid helium dynamics, Quantum Information and Cryptography, and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research.

Recent notable papers authored by Esslinger include:

  • Emerging Dissipative Phases in a Superradiant Quantum Gas with Tunable Decay (2021), Physical Review X
  • Quantization and its breakdown in a Hubbard-Thouless pump (2023), Nature Physics
  • Self-oscillating pump in a topological dissipative atom-cavity system (2022), Nature
  • Suppressing Dissipation in a Floquet-Hubbard System (2021), Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • Observing Dynamical Currents in a Non-Hermitian Momentum Lattice (2022), Physical Review Letters

The venues where Esslinger frequently publishes include arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review Letters, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich), Physical Review Research, and Physical Review X.

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • Physical Review Research
  • Physical Review X

Esslinger's work has involved collaboration with several frequent coauthors, including Tobias Donner, Jeffrey Mohan, Konrad Viebahn, Philipp Fabritius, and Rodrigo Rosa-Medina.

  • Tobias Donner
  • Jeffrey Mohan
  • Konrad Viebahn
  • Philipp Fabritius
  • Rodrigo Rosa-Medina

A recognition awarded to Esslinger is the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2014, with citation noting studies of quantum gases, including bosonic and fermionic Mott insulator transitions, the Dicke quantum phase transition in collective light-matter coupling, and Dirac points in graphene-like optical lattices.

Best Publications

  • Quantum Phase Transition From a Superfluid to a Mott Insulator in a Gas of Ultracold Atoms

    Markus Greiner;Olaf Mandel;Tilman Esslinger;Theodor W. Hänsch

  • Experimental realization of the topological Haldane model with ultracold fermions

    Gregor Jotzu;Michael Messer;Rémi Desbuquois;Martin Lebrat

  • Dicke quantum phase transition with a superfluid gas in an optical cavity

    Kristian Baumann;Christine Guerlin;Ferdinand Brennecke;Tilman Esslinger

  • Transition from a Strongly Interacting 1D Superfluid to a Mott Insulator

    Thilo Stöferle;Henning Moritz;Christian Schori;Michael Köhl

  • A Mott insulator of fermionic atoms in an optical lattice

    Robert Jördens;Niels Strohmaier;Kenneth Günter;Kenneth Günter;Henning Moritz

  • Creating, moving and merging Dirac points with a Fermi gas in a tunable honeycomb lattice

    Leticia Tarruell;Daniel Greif;Thomas Uehlinger;Gregor Jotzu

  • Cold atoms in cavity-generated dynamical optical potentials

    Helmut Ritsch;Peter Domokos;Ferdinand Brennecke;Tilman Esslinger

  • Exploring phase coherence in a 2D lattice of Bose-Einstein condensates.

    Markus Greiner;Immanuel Bloch;Olaf Mandel;Theodor W. Hänsch

  • Fermionic atoms in a three dimensional optical lattice: observing Fermi surfaces, dynamics, and interactions.

    Michael Köhl;Henning Moritz;Thilo Stöferle;Kenneth Günter

  • ATOM LASER WITH A CW OUTPUT COUPLER

    Immanuel Bloch;Immanuel Bloch;Theodor W. Hänsch;Theodor W. Hänsch;Tilman Esslinger;Tilman Esslinger

  • A compact grating-stabilized diode laser system for atomic physics

    L. Ricci;L. Ricci;M. Weidemüller;M. Weidemüller;T. Esslinger;T. Esslinger;A. Hemmerich;A. Hemmerich

  • Cavity QED with a Bose–Einstein condensate

    Ferdinand Brennecke;Tobias Donner;Stephan Ritter;Thomas Bourdel

  • Exciting collective oscillations in a trapped 1D gas.

    Henning Moritz;Thilo Stöferle;Michael Köhl;Tilman Esslinger

  • Fermi-Hubbard Physics with Atoms in an Optical Lattice

    Tilman Esslinger

  • Measurement of the spatial coherence of a trapped Bose gas at the phase transition

    Immanuel Bloch;Immanuel Bloch;Theodor W. Hänsch;Theodor W. Hänsch;Tilman Esslinger;Tilman Esslinger

  • Supersolid formation in a quantum gas breaking a continuous translational symmetry

    Julian Léonard;Andrea Morales;Philip Zupancic;Tilman Esslinger

  • Short-Range Quantum Magnetism of Ultracold Fermions in an Optical Lattice

    Daniel Greif;Thomas Uehlinger;Gregor Jotzu;Leticia Tarruell;Leticia Tarruell

  • Bose-Einstein condensation in a quadrupole-Ioffe-configuration trap

    Tilman Esslinger;Tilman Esslinger;Immanuel Bloch;Immanuel Bloch;Theodor W. Hänsch;Theodor W. Hänsch

  • Confinement Induced Molecules in a 1D Fermi Gas

    Henning Moritz;Thilo Stöferle;Kenneth Günter;Michael Köhl

  • Exploring Symmetry Breaking at the Dicke Quantum Phase Transition

    Kristian Baumann;Rafael Mottl;Ferdinand Brennecke;Tilman Esslinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Theodor W. Hänsch
Theodor W. Hänsch Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Klaus Mølmer
Klaus Mølmer Aarhus University
Thierry Giamarchi
Thierry Giamarchi University of Geneva
Antoine Georges
Antoine Georges École Polytechnique
Eugene Demler
Eugene Demler Harvard University
Matthias Troyer
Matthias Troyer Microsoft (United States)
Leonid I. Glazman
Leonid I. Glazman Yale University
Peter Zoller
Peter Zoller University of Innsbruck

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