A. Birner

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

A. Birner is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Birner has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 18 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in A. Birner's work include Photonic Crystals and Applications (22 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (15 papers) and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (12 papers). A. Birner is often cited by papers focused on Photonic Crystals and Applications (22 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (15 papers) and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (12 papers). A. Birner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and United States. A. Birner's co-authors include U. Gösele, Frank Müller, An‐Ping Li, Kornelius Nielsch, Kurt Busch, Ralf B. Wehrspohn, S. W. Leonard, V. Lehmann, H. M. van Driel and Sajeev John and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

A. Birner

32 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Hexagonal pore arrays with a 50–420 nm interpore distance... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 400 800 1.2k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Hexagonal pore arrays with a 50–420 nm interpore distance formed by self-organization in anodic alumina
    1998 1.3k citations An‐Ping Li, Frank Müller et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Birner Germany 17 1.9k 1.4k 1.2k 1.1k 405 33 3.0k
J. Schilling Germany 22 1.0k 0.5× 978 0.7× 806 0.7× 876 0.8× 306 0.8× 51 2.1k
R. Hillebrand Germany 17 768 0.4× 413 0.3× 415 0.3× 278 0.3× 196 0.5× 59 1.1k
P. Gogna United States 13 3.8k 2.0× 1.6k 1.1× 904 0.8× 411 0.4× 89 0.2× 43 4.5k
Bin Jiang China 30 922 0.5× 1.8k 1.3× 697 0.6× 1.5k 1.4× 1.1k 2.6× 106 3.2k
Ian W. Frank United States 11 2.7k 1.4× 1.9k 1.3× 1.7k 1.4× 1.2k 1.1× 124 0.3× 19 4.1k
Levente Tapasztó Hungary 26 3.3k 1.7× 1.3k 1.0× 942 0.8× 632 0.6× 36 0.1× 58 3.7k
А. Б. Певцов Russia 19 426 0.2× 670 0.5× 725 0.6× 360 0.3× 102 0.3× 91 1.2k
A. G. Nassiopoulou Greece 27 2.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.3× 584 0.5× 1.3k 1.3× 30 0.1× 199 2.7k
Stefan Mátéfi‐Tempfli Belgium 23 651 0.3× 507 0.4× 454 0.4× 504 0.5× 157 0.4× 56 1.5k
Antony S. Dimitrov Bulgaria 12 654 0.3× 806 0.6× 688 0.6× 587 0.6× 276 0.7× 17 1.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weber, A. C., A. Birner, & Wolfgang H. Krautschneider. (2007). DRAM retention tail improvement by trap passivation. Solid-State Electronics. 51(11-12). 1534–1539. 6 indexed citations
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Kramper, P., Mario Agio, C. M. Soukoulis, et al.. (2004). Highly Directional Emission from Photonic Crystal Waveguides of Subwavelength Width. Physical Review Letters. 92(11). 113903–113903. 193 indexed citations
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Kramper, P., Maria Kafesaki, Costas M. Soukoulis, et al.. (2004). Near-field visualization of light confinement in a photonic crystal microresonator. Optics Letters. 29(2). 174–174. 57 indexed citations
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Driel, H. M. van, S. W. Leonard, A. Birner, et al.. (2004). Tuning 2D photonic crystals. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5511. 1–1. 5 indexed citations
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Müller, Frank, A. Birner, J. Schilling, et al.. (2002). High aspect ratio microstructures based on anisotropic porous materials. Microsystem Technologies. 8(1). 7–9. 15 indexed citations
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Leonard, S. W., et al.. (2001). Large birefringence in two-dimensional silicon photonic crystals. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 63(16). 70 indexed citations
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Schilling, J., Ralf B. Wehrspohn, A. Birner, et al.. (2001). A model system for two-dimensional and three-dimensional photonic crystals: macroporous silicon. Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics. 3(6). S121–S132. 44 indexed citations
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Kramper, P., A. Birner, Mario Agio, et al.. (2001). Direct spectroscopy of a deep two-dimensional photonic crystal microresonator. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 64(23). 30 indexed citations
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Müller, Frank, A. Birner, U. Gösele, et al.. (2000). Structuring of Macroporous Silicon for Applications as Photonic Crystals. Journal of Porous Materials. 7(1-3). 201–204. 59 indexed citations
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Leonard, S. W., H. M. van Driel, A. Birner, U. Gösele, & Pierre R. Villeneuve. (2000). Single-mode transmission in two-dimensional macroporous silicon photonic crystal waveguides. Optics Letters. 25(20). 1550–1550. 25 indexed citations
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Leonard, S. W., H. M. van Driel, A. Birner, U. Gösele, & Pierre R. Villeneuve. (2000). Transmission spectrum of two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides. 90–91. 1 indexed citations
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Birner, A., An‐Ping Li, Frank Müller, et al.. (2000). Transmission of a microcavity structure in a two-dimensional photonic crystal based on macroporous silicon. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 3(5-6). 487–491. 10 indexed citations
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Birner, A., et al.. (2000). Membranes for Micropumps from Macroporous Silicon. physica status solidi (a). 182(1). 585–590. 42 indexed citations
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Birner, A., et al.. (2000). Capacitance Enhancement by Mesopore Formation for sub 100nm Deep Trench DRAM Technology. 200–203. 2 indexed citations
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Leonard, S. W., Jessica P. Mondia, H. M. van Driel, et al.. (2000). Tunable two-dimensional photonic crystals using liquid crystal infiltration. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 61(4). R2389–R2392. 302 indexed citations
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Li, An‐Ping, Frank Müller, A. Birner, Kornelius Nielsch, & U. Gösele. (1999). Fabrication and Microstructuring of Hexagonally Ordered Two-Dimensional Nanopore Arrays in Anodic Alumina. Advanced Materials. 11(6). 483–487. 9 indexed citations
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Birner, A., Kurt Busch, & Frank Müller. (1999). Photonik: Photonische Kristalle: Mikrostrukturierte Festkörper eröffnen neue Wege zur Manipulation von Licht. Physikalische Blätter. 55(4). 27–33. 5 indexed citations
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Leonard, S. W., H. M. van Driel, Kurt Busch, et al.. (1999). Attenuation of optical transmission within the band gap of thin two-dimensional macroporous silicon photonic crystals. Applied Physics Letters. 75(20). 3063–3065. 44 indexed citations
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Li, An‐Ping, Frank Müller, A. Birner, Kornelius Nielsch, & U. Gösele. (1998). Hexagonal pore arrays with a 50–420 nm interpore distance formed by self-organization in anodic alumina. Journal of Applied Physics. 84(11). 6023–6026. 1257 indexed citations breakdown →

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