Adolf Giesen

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Adolf Giesen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Adolf Giesen has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 92 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 28 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Adolf Giesen's work include Solid State Laser Technologies (112 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (65 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (61 papers). Adolf Giesen is often cited by papers focused on Solid State Laser Technologies (112 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (65 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (61 papers). Adolf Giesen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Adolf Giesen's co-authors include Jochen Speiser, H. Hügel, U. Brauch, H. Opower, K. Wittig, K. Contag, M. Karszewski, C. Stewen, U. Keller and Mikhail Larionov and has published in prestigious journals such as Optics Letters, Review of Scientific Instruments and IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Adolf Giesen

134 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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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.

Scalable concept for diode-pumped high-power solid-state lasers

1994 727 citations Adolf Giesen, H. Hügel et al. Applied Physics B profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adolf Giesen Germany	24	3.0k	2.6k	298	236	142	149	3.2k
N. Pavel Romania	28	2.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	408 1.4×	244 1.0×	169 1.2×	138	2.4k
M. Golling Switzerland	33	3.0k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	210 0.7×	72 0.3×	46 0.3×	141	3.2k
Antonio Lucianetti Czechia	20	1.2k 0.4×	952 0.4×	213 0.7×	185 0.8×	169 1.2×	120	1.5k
F. Bugge Germany	25	2.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	188 0.6×	55 0.2×	56 0.4×	187	2.5k
M. J. Damzen United Kingdom	24	1.9k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	195 0.7×	113 0.5×	102 0.7×	200	2.4k
Yoann Zaouter France	27	1.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	86 0.3×	103 0.4×	47 0.3×	91	1.9k
H. Zellmer Germany	26	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	111 0.4×	76 0.3×	172 1.2×	89	2.5k
Irina T. Sorokina Austria	26	2.6k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	453 1.5×	81 0.3×	148 1.0×	185	3.0k
Fredrik Laurell Sweden	32	2.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.0×	473 1.6×	121 0.5×	150 1.1×	165	3.0k
Clemens Hönninger France	29	3.5k 1.2×	3.6k 1.4×	418 1.4×	634 2.7×	196 1.4×	107	4.4k

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Friederich, Fabian, et al.. (2013). LASER BASED OBSERVATION OF SPACE DEBRIS: TAKING BENEFITS FROM THE FUNDAMENTAL WAVE. 723. 15. 4 indexed citations

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Spindler, G., et al.. (2009). Thin-disk lasers with dynamically stable resonators. Advanced Solid-State Photonics. WB19–WB19. 5 indexed citations

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Stolzenburg, Christian & Adolf Giesen. (2007). Frequency-doubled picosecond regenerative Yb:YAG thin disk amplifier. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Giesen, Adolf. (2007). Thin Disk Lasers. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Stolzenburg, Christian, et al.. (2007). Cavity-dumped intracavity-frequency-doubled Yb:YAG thin disk laser with 100 W average power. Optics Letters. 32(9). 1123–1123. 15 indexed citations

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Larionov, Mikhail, et al.. (2007). High-repetition-rate regenerative thin-disk amplifier with 116 μJ pulse energy and 250 fs pulse duration. Optics Letters. 32(5). 494–494. 21 indexed citations

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Brauch, U., et al.. (2007). Efficient Gallium–Arsenide Disk Laser. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 43(10). 869–875. 20 indexed citations

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Giesen, Adolf & Jochen Speiser. (2007). Fifteen Years of Work on Thin-Disk Lasers: Results and Scaling Laws. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 13(3). 598–609. 369 indexed citations

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Grebner, D., et al.. (2005). Axial mode tuning of a single frequency Yb:YAG thin disk laser. Applied Physics B. 81(8). 1091–1096. 16 indexed citations

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Koch, R., et al.. (2005). Effective neardiffraction-limited diodepumped thin disk Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser. 11. 480–480. 1 indexed citations

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Giesen, Adolf. (2005). Thin Disk Lasers – Power scalability and beam quality. Laser Technik Journal. 2(2). 42–45. 13 indexed citations

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Nickel, D., et al.. (2004). Ultrafast thin-disk Yb:KY(WO_4)_2 regenerative amplifier with a 200-kHz repetition rate. Optics Letters. 29(23). 2764–2764. 24 indexed citations

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Linder, N., Christian Karnutsch, J. Luft, et al.. (2003). High power 660 nm optically pumped semiconductor thin-disk lasers. 9. MF2–5. 3 indexed citations

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Giesen, Adolf, et al.. (2003). Diode-pumped Nd:YAG thin disc laser. 19. 29–30. 4 indexed citations

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Brunner, F., Thomas Südmeyer, E. Innerhofer, et al.. (2002). 240-fs Pulses with 22 W Average Power from a Passively mode-locked thin-disk Yb:KY(WO 4 ) 2 laser. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations

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Spühler, G.J., J. Aus der Au, R. Paschotta, et al.. (2000). High-power femtosecond Yb:YAG laser based on a power-scalable concept. Advanced Solid-State Lasers. 58. PD1–PD1. 1 indexed citations

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Brauch, U., et al.. (2000). <title>Autostable injection locking of a 4x4 VCSEL array with on-chip master laser</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3946. 240–245. 4 indexed citations

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Giesen, Adolf, et al.. (2000). Propagation analysis of self-convergent beam width and characterization of hard-edge diffracted beams. Applied Optics. 39(22). 3914–3914. 29 indexed citations

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Brauch, U., et al.. (1999). Power-scalable system of phase-locked single-mode diode lasers. Applied Optics. 38(27). 5752–5752. 35 indexed citations

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Giesen, Adolf, et al.. (1997). <title>Fast and compact adaptive mirror</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3097. 310–319. 6 indexed citations

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