B. Braun

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

B. Braun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Braun has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 31 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 1 paper in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in B. Braun's work include Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (29 papers), Solid State Laser Technologies (28 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (10 papers). B. Braun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (29 papers), Solid State Laser Technologies (28 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (10 papers). B. Braun collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. B. Braun's co-authors include U. Keller, R. Fluck, Franz X. Kärtner, K. J. Weingarten, D. Kopf, Clemens Hönninger, N. Matuschek, I.D. Jung, J. Aus der Au and M. Moser and has published in prestigious journals such as Optics Letters, Optics Express and Journal of the Optical Society of America B.

In The Last Decade

B. Braun

29 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAM's) for fe... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 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. Semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAM's) for femtosecond to nanosecond pulse generation in solid-state lasers
    1996 1.4k citations U. Keller, K. J. Weingarten et al. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B. Braun Germany 13 2.2k 2.2k 159 138 47 34 2.4k
F. Mollot France 25 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 220 1.4× 500 3.6× 13 0.3× 138 2.2k
Martin Bernier Canada 36 2.5k 1.1× 3.8k 1.8× 156 1.0× 467 3.4× 19 0.4× 186 4.2k
S. Stepanov Mexico 18 1.1k 0.5× 604 0.3× 83 0.5× 61 0.4× 12 0.3× 112 1.3k
Mutsuo Ogura Japan 18 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 209 1.3× 452 3.3× 3 0.1× 158 1.5k
Dazhi Li China 15 481 0.2× 463 0.2× 84 0.5× 60 0.4× 134 2.9× 83 895
R. Fluck Switzerland 13 2.1k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 100 0.6× 154 1.1× 23 2.3k
J. Aus der Au Switzerland 17 2.4k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 121 0.8× 176 1.3× 34 2.5k
S. Makram–Ebeid France 13 451 0.2× 696 0.3× 47 0.3× 167 1.2× 11 0.2× 30 860
Dalziel J. Wilson United States 16 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 213 1.3× 139 1.0× 2 0.0× 45 1.8k
J. van de Laar Netherlands 13 706 0.3× 474 0.2× 293 1.8× 208 1.5× 7 0.1× 33 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Braun

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kopf, D., et al.. (2023). Passively Q-switched sub-100 ps Yb3+:YAG/Cr4+:YAG microchip laser: experimental results and numerical analysis. OHMdok (Technische Hochschule Nürnberg). 51–51. 4 indexed citations
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Bernard, Benjamin, et al.. (2014). 26ps pulses from a passively Q-switched microchip laser. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8960. 89601D–89601D. 2 indexed citations
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Bernard, Benjamin, et al.. (2014). Sub-20-ps pulses from a passively Q-switched microchip laser at 1  MHz repetition rate. Optics Letters. 39(10). 2940–2940. 33 indexed citations
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Steinmann, Andy, et al.. (2013). Stable MHz-repetition-rate passively Q-switched microchip laser frequency doubled by MgO:PPLN. Applied Physics B. 112(2). 231–239. 10 indexed citations
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Meyrath, T. P., et al.. (2009). Highly efficient 4 W, 161 fs, Yb:KGW laser oscillator. 1–1.
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Li, Sai, et al.. (2008). Thermal lensing in an end-pumped Yb:KGW slab laser with high power single emitter diodes. Optics Express. 16(9). 6041–6041. 31 indexed citations
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Fluck, R., B. Braun, U. Keller, E. Gini, & H. Melchior. (2005). Passively q-switched microchip lasers at 1.3 μm and 1.5 μm. 11. 355–356.
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Gießen, Harald, et al.. (2005). Compact multi-Watt picosecond coherent white light sources using multiple-taper fibers. Optics Express. 13(5). 1734–1734. 20 indexed citations
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Türke, D., et al.. (2004). Compact high power (5.6 W) picosecond white light source. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2. 1 indexed citations
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Braun, B., et al.. (2003). Generation of 13.4 W picosecond pulsed output power at 355 nm based on a novel micro slab laser amplifier. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1444–1445. 2 indexed citations
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McLaughlin, James, et al.. (2003). Piezoelectric sensor determination of arterial pulse wave velocity. Physiological Measurement. 24(3). 693–702. 83 indexed citations
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Seitz, W. Rudolf, R. Ell, Uwe Morgner, et al.. (2002). All-optical active mode locking with a nonlinear semiconductor modulator. Optics Letters. 27(24). 2209–2209. 5 indexed citations
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Seitz, W. Rudolf, T. R. Schibli, Uwe Morgner, et al.. (2002). Passive synchronization of two independent laser oscillators with a Fabry–Perot modulator. Optics Letters. 27(6). 454–454. 11 indexed citations
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Spühler, G.J., R. Paschotta, R. Fluck, et al.. (2001). Experimentally confirmed design guidelines for passively Q-switched microchip lasers using semiconductor saturable absorbers: errata. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 18(6). 886–886. 4 indexed citations
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Spühler, G.J., R. Paschotta, R. Fluck, et al.. (1999). Experimentally confirmed design guidelines for passively Q-switched microchip lasers using semiconductor saturable absorbers. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 16(3). 376–376. 267 indexed citations
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Fluck, R., B. Braun, E. Gini, H. Melchior, & U. Keller. (1997). Passively Q-switched 134-µm Nd:YVO_4 microchip laser with semiconductor saturable-absorber mirrors. Optics Letters. 22(13). 991–991. 102 indexed citations
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Braun, B., Franz X. Kärtner, U. Keller, Jan-Peter Meyn, & G. Hüber. (1996). Passively Q -switehed 180-ps Nd:LSB microchip laser. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations
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Braun, B., Jan-Peter Meyn, G. Hüber, Franz X. Kärtner, & U. Keller. (1996). Passively Q-switched 180-ps Nd:LaSc_3(BO_3)_4 microchip laser. Optics Letters. 21(6). 405–405. 66 indexed citations
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Keller, U., K. J. Weingarten, Franz X. Kärtner, et al.. (1996). Semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAM's) for femtosecond to nanosecond pulse generation in solid-state lasers. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 2(3). 435–453. 1449 indexed citations breakdown →
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Braun, B. & U. Keller. (1995). Single-frequency Q-switched ring laser with an antiresonant Fabry–Perot saturable absorber. Optics Letters. 20(9). 1020–1020. 21 indexed citations

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