A. Wirth

2.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
18 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

A. Wirth is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Wirth has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 9 papers in Spectroscopy and 3 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in A. Wirth's work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (16 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (9 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (8 papers). A. Wirth is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (16 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (9 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (8 papers). A. Wirth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Saudi Arabia. A. Wirth's co-authors include E. Goulielmakis, Robin Santra, Ferenc Krausz, Matthias F. Kling, Vladislav S. Yakovlev, Abdallah M. Azzeer, Sergey Zherebtsov, Zhi-Heng Loh, Nina Rohringer and Stephen R. Leone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

A. Wirth

17 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Real-time observation of valence electron motion 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2011 2011 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. Real-time observation of valence electron motion
    2010 908 citations E. Goulielmakis, Zhi-Heng Loh et al. Nature profile →
  2. Synthesized Light Transients
    2011 461 citations A. Wirth, Mohammed Th. Hassan et al. Science profile →
  3. Controlled near-field enhanced electron acceleration from dielectric nanospheres with intense few-cycle laser fields
    2011 195 citations Sergey Zherebtsov, Thomas Fennel et al. Nature 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. Wirth Germany 14 2.0k 636 347 302 109 18 2.1k
Thorsten Uphues Germany 13 2.5k 1.2× 997 1.6× 313 0.9× 420 1.4× 113 1.0× 24 2.6k
I. Znakovskaya Germany 19 2.2k 1.1× 953 1.5× 322 0.9× 216 0.7× 66 0.6× 26 2.3k
Matteo Lucchini Italy 25 2.3k 1.1× 838 1.3× 324 0.9× 281 0.9× 70 0.6× 79 2.4k
Cosmin I. Blaga United States 19 2.0k 1.0× 763 1.2× 315 0.9× 423 1.4× 76 0.7× 37 2.2k
Nina Rohringer Germany 22 1.9k 0.9× 485 0.8× 309 0.9× 330 1.1× 278 2.6× 52 2.3k
S. Hendel Germany 7 1.5k 0.7× 537 0.8× 201 0.6× 281 0.9× 80 0.7× 9 1.6k
Miguel Miranda Sweden 23 1.7k 0.8× 464 0.7× 308 0.9× 407 1.3× 56 0.5× 63 1.9k
Emily Sistrunk United States 16 2.4k 1.2× 495 0.8× 640 1.8× 386 1.3× 68 0.6× 41 2.5k
Bálint Horváth Hungary 10 1.2k 0.6× 373 0.6× 346 1.0× 254 0.8× 63 0.6× 39 1.4k
Alicia Palacios Spain 30 2.8k 1.4× 1.1k 1.8× 180 0.5× 242 0.8× 61 0.6× 93 2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Wirth

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Ahn, Byungnam, Johannes Schötz, Mijeong Kang, et al.. (2017). Attosecond-controlled photoemission from metal nanowire tips in the few-electron regime. APL Photonics. 2(3). 15 indexed citations
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Wirth, A., Robin Santra, & E. Goulielmakis. (2012). Real time tracing of valence-shell electronic coherences with attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Chemical Physics. 414. 149–159. 17 indexed citations
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Süßmann, Frederik, A. Wirth, Jürgen Schmidt, et al.. (2012). Time-of-flight-photoelectron emission microscopy on plasmonic structures using attosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses. Applied Physics Letters. 100(5). 51904–51904. 43 indexed citations
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Hassan, Mohammed Th., A. Wirth, I. Grguraš, et al.. (2012). Attosecond physics with Synthesized Transients of Light. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). LW4H.2–LW4H.2. 2 indexed citations
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Pabst, Stefan, A. Sytcheva, A. Moulet, et al.. (2012). Theory of attosecond transient-absorption spectroscopy of krypton for overlapping pump and probe pulses. Physical Review A. 86(6). 62 indexed citations
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Hassan, Mohammed Th., A. Wirth, I. Grguraš, et al.. (2012). Invited Article: Attosecond photonics: Synthesis and control of light transients. Review of Scientific Instruments. 83(11). 111301–111301. 106 indexed citations
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Johnson, Nora G., O. Herrwerth, A. Wirth, et al.. (2011). Single-shot carrier-envelope-phase-tagged ion-momentum imaging of nonsequential double ionization of argon in intense 4-fs laser fields. Physical Review A. 83(1). 66 indexed citations
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Wirth, A.. (2011). Attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Electronic Theses of LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München). 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Junwei, A. Wirth, M. C. Downer, & Bernardo S. Mendoza. (2011). Second-harmonic and linear optical spectroscopic study of silicon nanocrystals embedded in SiO2. Physical Review B. 84(16). 13 indexed citations
10.
Wirth, A., Mohammed Th. Hassan, I. Grguraš, et al.. (2011). Synthesized Light Transients. Science. 334(6053). 195–200. 461 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zherebtsov, Sergey, Thomas Fennel, E. Antonsson, et al.. (2011). Controlled near-field enhanced electron acceleration from dielectric nanospheres with intense few-cycle laser fields. Nature Physics. 7(8). 656–662. 195 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zherebtsov, Sergey, A. Wirth, Thorsten Uphues, et al.. (2011). Attosecond imaging of XUV-induced atomic photoemission and Auger decay in strong laser fields. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 44(10). 105601–105601. 14 indexed citations
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Schultze, Martin, A. Wirth, I. Grguraš, et al.. (2011). State-of-the-art attosecond metrology. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 184(3-6). 68–77. 31 indexed citations
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Goulielmakis, E., Zhi-Heng Loh, A. Wirth, et al.. (2010). Real-time observation of valence electron motion. Nature. 466(7307). 739–743. 908 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wirth, A., E. Goulielmakis, Robin Santra, et al.. (2010). Attosecond Transient Absorption Spectroscopy for Real-Time Observation of Valence Electron Motion. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). WE1–WE1.
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Znakovskaya, I., P. von den Hoff, Sergey Zherebtsov, et al.. (2009). Attosecond Control of Electron Dynamics in Carbon Monoxide. Physical Review Letters. 103(10). 103002–103002. 134 indexed citations
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Lin, Jingquan, A. Wirth, M. Escher, et al.. (2009). Time of flight-photoemission electron microscope for ultrahigh spatiotemporal probing of nanoplasmonic optical fields. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 21(31). 314005–314005. 29 indexed citations
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Wirth, A., et al.. (2008). Second‐harmonic spectroscopy of Si nanocrystals embedded in silica. Physica status solidi. C, Conferences and critical reviews/Physica status solidi. C, Current topics in solid state physics. 5(8). 2662–2666. 3 indexed citations

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