Bert Hecht

14.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
141 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Bert Hecht is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bert Hecht has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 65 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 58 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Bert Hecht's work include Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (74 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (50 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (36 papers). Bert Hecht is often cited by papers focused on Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (74 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (50 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (36 papers). Bert Hecht collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Bert Hecht's co-authors include Dieter Pohl, Lukáš Novotný, H.‐J. Eisler, Olivier J. F. Martin, Paolo Biagioni, Jer‐Shing Huang, P. Mühlschlegel, Urs P. Wild, Beate Sick and H. Bielefeldt and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Bert Hecht

135 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Resonant Optical Antennas

2005 1.7k citations Bert Hecht, Dieter Pohl et al. profile →
Principles of Nano-Optics

2006 963 citations Lukáš Novotný, Bert Hecht Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
Nanoantennas for visible and infrared radiation

2012 690 citations Paolo Biagioni, Jer‐Shing Huang et al. profile →
Scanning near-field optical microscopy with aperture probes: Fundamentals and applications

2000 560 citations Bert Hecht, Dieter Pohl et al. profile →
Single Quantum Dot Coupled to a Scanning Optical Antenna: A Tunable Superemitter

2005 503 citations Dieter Pohl, Bert Hecht et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Mode matching in multiresonant plasmonic nanoantennas for enhanced second harmonic generation

2015 414 citations Michele Celebrano, Xiaofei Wu et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bert Hecht Germany	44	8.7k	4.6k	4.6k	4.1k	1.4k	141	11.1k
Kenneth B. Crozier United States	59	8.7k 1.0×	4.3k 0.9×	5.4k 1.2×	5.0k 1.2×	2.8k 2.0×	233	12.9k
L. Kuipers Netherlands	57	6.2k 0.7×	5.9k 1.3×	2.6k 0.6×	4.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	225	10.3k
Olivier J. F. Martin Switzerland	61	12.0k 1.4×	6.2k 1.4×	8.6k 1.9×	5.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	337	16.1k
Hatice Altug Switzerland	54	8.4k 1.0×	3.7k 0.8×	6.3k 1.4×	4.2k 1.0×	845 0.6×	137	12.0k
Pol Van Dorpe Belgium	49	6.5k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	5.0k 1.1×	2.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	187	8.6k
Vahid Sandoghdar Germany	57	5.7k 0.7×	5.9k 1.3×	2.6k 0.6×	4.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	194	11.7k
Reuven Gordon Canada	47	7.5k 0.9×	3.4k 0.7×	4.2k 0.9×	2.5k 0.6×	841 0.6×	229	9.2k
Martti Kauranen Finland	48	4.9k 0.6×	4.5k 1.0×	4.9k 1.1×	2.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	219	9.6k
Christoph Lienau Germany	45	4.4k 0.5×	5.1k 1.1×	1.9k 0.4×	3.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.4×	241	8.6k
Christian Girard France	44	5.9k 0.7×	3.6k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	186	8.0k

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Hensen, Matthias, et al.. (2025). Plasmonic Su–Schrieffer–Heeger chains with strong coupling amplitudes. Science Advances. 11(50). eaea3844–eaea3844.

Friedrich, Daniel, et al.. (2025). Anticrossing of A Plasmonic Nanoresonator Mode and A Single Quantum Dot at Room Temperature. Advanced Science. 12(36). e06676–e06676.

Hensen, Matthias, et al.. (2023). Detection of a plasmon-polariton quantum wave packet. Nature Physics. 19(5). 656–662. 24 indexed citations

Locatelli, Andrea, et al.. (2023). Controlling Field Asymmetry in Nanoscale Gaps for Second Harmonic Generation. Advanced Optical Materials. 11(21). 5 indexed citations

Locatelli, Andrea, Xiaofei Wu, Attilio Zilli, et al.. (2022). Coherent Control of the Nonlinear Emission of Single Plasmonic Nanoantennas by Dual‐Beam Pumping. Advanced Optical Materials. 10(20). 9 indexed citations

Wu, Xiaofei, et al.. (2022). Light-driven microdrones. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(5). 477–484. 87 indexed citations

Hensen, Matthias, Daniel Friedrich, Enno Krauss, et al.. (2019). Spatial Variations in Femtosecond Field Dynamics within a Plasmonic Nanoresonator Mode. Nano Letters. 19(7). 4651–4658. 17 indexed citations

Lüttig, Julian, Enno Krauss, Daniel Friedrich, et al.. (2019). Space- and time-resolved UV-to-NIR surface spectroscopy and 2D nanoscopy at 1 MHz repetition rate. Review of Scientific Instruments. 90(11). 113103–113103. 29 indexed citations

Hensen, Matthias, Julian Lüttig, Enno Krauss, et al.. (2019). Time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy of a plasmonic slit resonator using 1 MHz, 25 fs, UV-to-NIR-tunable pulses. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 205. 8002–8002. 1 indexed citations

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Großmann, Swen, Daniel Friedrich, M. Karolak, et al.. (2019). Nonclassical Optical Properties of Mesoscopic Gold. Physical Review Letters. 122(24). 246802–246802. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, Gary Razinskas, Henning Vieker, et al.. (2018). High-Q, low-mode-volume and multiresonant plasmonic nanoslit cavities fabricated by helium ion milling. Nanoscale. 10(36). 17148–17155. 23 indexed citations

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Aeschlimann, Martin, Tobias Brixner, Mirko Cinchetti, et al.. (2017). Cavity-assisted ultrafast long-range periodic energy transfer between plasmonic nanoantennas. Light Science & Applications. 6(11). e17111–e17111. 31 indexed citations

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Geisler, Peter, Enno Krauss, Gary Razinskas, & Bert Hecht. (2017). Transmission of Plasmons through a Nanowire. ACS Photonics. 4(7). 1615–1620. 7 indexed citations

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Pawłowska, Monika, Matthias Wurdack, Enno Krauss, et al.. (2014). Shaping and spatiotemporal characterization of sub-10-fs pulses focused by a high-NA objective. Optics Express. 22(25). 31496–31496. 16 indexed citations

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Hecht, Bert & Jonathan Werner. (2013). Stimulating engineering design through the Junior Solar Sprint at Citizen Schools extended learning time apprenticeship. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Jer‐Shing, Johannes Kern, Peter Geisler, et al.. (2010). Mode Imaging and Selection in Strongly Coupled Nanoantennas. Nano Letters. 10(6). 2105–2110. 118 indexed citations

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Biagioni, Paolo, Jer‐Shing Huang, Lamberto Duò, Marco Finazzi, & Bert Hecht. (2009). Cross Resonant Optical Antenna. Physical Review Letters. 102(25). 256801–256801. 158 indexed citations

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Novotný, Lukáš & Bert Hecht. (2006). Principles of Nano-Optics. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 558. 963 indexed citations breakdown →

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Azov, Vladimir A., François Diederich, Yoriko Lill, & Bert Hecht. (2003). Synthesis and Conformational Switching of Partially and Differentially Bridged Resorcin[4]arenes Bearing Fluorescent Dye Labels. Preliminary Communication. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 86(6). 2149–2155. 42 indexed citations

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Hecht, Bert, Dieter Pohl, H. Heinzelmann, & Lukáš Novotný. (1995). “Tunnel” near-field optical microscopy: TNOM-2. Ultramicroscopy. 61(1-4). 99–104. 16 indexed citations

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