B. E. Sauer

5.6k citations

67 papers · 3.5k · 2 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.5%
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Advanced Frequency and Time Standards
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions
Spectroscopy top 1%
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 63
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates 50
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research 24
- Advanced Frequency and Time Standards 13
- Atomic and Molecular Physics 10
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies 9
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions 9
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics 8
Spectroscopy 13

Co-authors: Michael R. Tarbutt (41 shared papers)E. A. Hinds (28 shared papers)J. J. Hudson (18 shared papers)I. J. Smallman (5 shared papers)Dhiren M. Kara (5 shared papers)Noah J. Fitch (12 shared papers)Luke Caldwell (7 shared papers)Hannah J. Williams (7 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review Letters (16 papers)New Journal of Physics (9 papers)Physical Review A (8 papers)Physical Review Research (4 papers)Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (3 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Netherlands

In The Last Decade

B. E. Sauer

64 papers receiving 3.4k citations

B. E. Sauer's Hit Papers

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Molecules cooled below the Doppler limit 2017 · 275 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2017 Nature Physics
2011 Nature

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1	Improved measurement of the shape of the electron Nature ·J. J. Hudson, Dhiren M. Kara, I. J. Smallman, B. E. Sauer, Michael R. Tarbutt, E. A. Hinds Hit paper breakdown →	2011	527
2	Measurement of the Electron Electric Dipole Moment Using YbF Molecules Physical Review Letters ·J. J. Hudson, B. E. Sauer, Michael R. Tarbutt, E. A. Hinds	2002	320
3	Molecules cooled below the Doppler limit Nature Physics ·Stefan Truppe, Hannah J. Williams, Moritz Hambach, Luke Caldwell, Noah J. Fitch, E. A. Hinds, B. E. Sauer, Michael R. Tarbutt Hit paper breakdown →	2017	275
4	Laser cooling and slowing of CaF molecules Physical Review A ·Valentina Zhelyazkova, Anne Cournol, Thomas E. Wall, Aki Matsushima, J. J. Hudson, E. A. Hinds, Michael R. Tarbutt, B. E. Sauer	2014	240
5	Microwave Ionization of H Atoms: Breakdown of Classical Dynamics for High Frequencies Physical Review Letters ·Enrique J. Galvez, B. E. Sauer, Leo Moorman, Patrick M. Koch, David Richards	1988	165
6	Slowing Heavy, Ground-State Molecules using an Alternating Gradient Decelerator Physical Review Letters ·Michael R. Tarbutt, Hendrick L. Bethlem, J. J. Hudson, V. L. Ryabov, Vyacheslav A. Ryzhov, B. E. Sauer, Gerard Meijer, E. A. Hinds	2004	154
7	Laser Cooled YbF Molecules for Measuring the Electron’s Electric Dipole Moment Physical Review Letters ·Jongseok Lim, J. Almond, M. A. Trigatzis, J. A. Devlin, Noah J. Fitch, B. E. Sauer, Michael R. Tarbutt, E. A. Hinds	2018	148
8	Propagation of Cold Atoms along a Miniature Magnetic Guide Physical Review Letters ·M. H. Key, Ifan G. Hughes, Wilbert Rooijakkers, B. E. Sauer, Edward A. Hinds, David John Richardson, Peter G. Kazansky	2000	125
9	Ultracold molecules for quantum simulation: rotational coherences in CaF and RbCs Quantum Science and Technology ·Jacob A. Blackmore, Luke Caldwell, Philip D. Gregory, Elizabeth M. Bridge, Rahul Sawant, J. Aldegunde, Jordi Mur-Petit, Dieter Jaksch, Jeremy M. Hutson, B. E. Sauer, Michael R. Tarbutt, Simon L. Cornish	2018	107
10	Measurement of the electron's electric dipole moment using YbF molecules: methods and data analysis New Journal of Physics ·Dhiren M. Kara, I. J. Smallman, J. J. Hudson, B. E. Sauer, Michael R. Tarbutt, E. A. Hinds	2012	100
11	Design for a fountain of YbF molecules to measure the electron's electric dipole moment New Journal of Physics ·Michael R. Tarbutt, B. E. Sauer, J. J. Hudson, E. A. Hinds	2013	91
12	Magnetic Trapping and Coherent Control of Laser-Cooled Molecules Physical Review Letters ·Hannah J. Williams, Luke Caldwell, Noah J. Fitch, Stefan Truppe, Jonas Rodewald, Edward A. Hinds, B. E. Sauer, Michael R. Tarbutt	2018	86
13	Laser-rf double resonance spectroscopy of 174YbF in the X 2Σ+ state: Spin-rotation, hyperfine interactions, and the electric dipole moment The Journal of Chemical Physics ·B. E. Sauer, Jun Wang, E. A. Hinds	1996	68
14	Reconstruction of a Cold Atom Cloud by Magnetic Focusing Physical Review Letters ·C. V. Saba, Petr Barton, M. Boshier, Ifan G. Hughes, P. Rosenbusch, B. E. Sauer, Edward A. Hinds	1999	67
15	Deep Laser Cooling and Efficient Magnetic Compression of Molecules Physical Review Letters ·Luke Caldwell, J. A. Devlin, Hannah J. Williams, Noah J. Fitch, Edward A. Hinds, B. E. Sauer, Michael R. Tarbutt	2019	59
16	An intense, cold, velocity-controlled molecular beam by frequency-chirped laser slowing New Journal of Physics ·Stefan Truppe, Hannah J. Williams, Noah J. Fitch, Moritz Hambach, Thomas E. Wall, E. A. Hinds, B. E. Sauer, Michael R. Tarbutt	2017	59
17	Characteristics of a magneto-optical trap of molecules New Journal of Physics ·Hannah J. Williams, Stefan Truppe, Moritz Hambach, Luke Caldwell, Noah J. Fitch, E. A. Hinds, B. E. Sauer, Michael R. Tarbutt	2017	59
18	Bose-Einstein condensation on a permanent-magnet atom chip Physical Review A ·Christopher D. J. Sinclair, E. Anne Curtis, Isabel Llorente‐Garcia, J. A. Retter, B. V. Hall, S. Eriksson, B. E. Sauer, Edward A. Hinds	2005	49
19	Methods for measuring the electron’s electric dipole moment using ultracold YbF molecules Quantum Science and Technology ·Noah J. Fitch, Jongseok Lim, E. A. Hinds, B. E. Sauer, Michael R. Tarbutt	2020	43
20	A jet beam source of cold YbF radicals Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics ·Michael R. Tarbutt, J. J. Hudson, B. E. Sauer, E. A. Hinds, Vyacheslav A. Ryzhov, V. L. Ryabov, В. Ф. Ежов	2002	43

About B. E. Sauer

B. E. Sauer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Artificial Intelligence, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Radiation, having authored 67 papers that have together received 3.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (50 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (24 papers), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (13 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (12 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (10 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (9 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (9 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (3.2k citations), Spectroscopy (754 citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (366 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (323 citations) and Acoustics and Ultrasonics (19 citations). B. E. Sauer has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Michael R. Tarbutt, E. A. Hinds, J. J. Hudson, I. J. Smallman, Dhiren M. Kara, Noah J. Fitch, Luke Caldwell, Hannah J. Williams, Patrick M. Koch and Stefan Truppe. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, New Journal of Physics, Physical Review A, Physical Review Research and Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics.

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