Christian Haffner

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Christian Haffner is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Haffner has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 43 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Christian Haffner's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (70 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (39 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (37 papers). Christian Haffner is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (70 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (39 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (37 papers). Christian Haffner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Christian Haffner's co-authors include Juerg Leuthold, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Wolfgang Heni, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Benedikt Baeuerle, Arne Josten, Claudia Hoessbacher, Yannick Salamin and Ueli Koch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christian Haffner

76 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

All-plasmonic Mach–Zehnder modulator enabling optical high-speed communication at the microscale

2015 426 citations Christian Haffner, Wolfgang Heni et al. Nature Photonics profile →
Low-loss plasmon-assisted electro-optic modulator

2018 334 citations Christian Haffner, Daniel Chelladurai et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Engineering high Pockels coefficients in thin-film strontium titanate for cryogenic quantum electro-optic applications 2025 ·Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Paola Favia, Thomas Nuytten, Stefanie Sergeant, Kasper Van Gasse, Bart Kuyken, Kristiaan De Greve, Clément Merckling, Christian Haffner	4
2	Microwave permittivity and loss in epitaxial SrTiO3 2025 ·Applied Physics Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Erfan Mafakheri, (unknown), Yishu Huang, Anton Potočnik, (unknown), (unknown), Joris Van de Vondel, Clément Merckling, Kristiaan De Greve, Christian Haffner	0
3	Low-loss phase modulation using a MoS₂ monolayer integrated on silicon waveguides 2025 ·2D Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Steven Brems, Christian Haffner, Cedric Huyghebaert, Bart Kuyken, Joris Van Campenhout, Marianna Pantouvaki, (unknown), Yüjie Guo	0
4	Impact of Cationic Stoichiometry on Physical, Optical and Electrical Properties of SrTiO3 Thin Films Grown on (001)-Oriented Si Substrates 2024 ·Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), S. R. C. McMitchell, Christian Haffner, Clément Merckling	2
5	Plasmonics for microwave photonics in the THz range 2023 ·Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) ·Maurizio Burla, Claudia Hoessbacher, Wolfgang Heni, Christian Haffner, Yannick Salamin, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, T. Watanabe, H. Maßler, Tobias Blatter, Yannik Horst, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Juerg Leuthold	3
6	Perspective: Nanophotonic electro-optics enabling THz bandwidths, exceptional modulation and energy efficiencies, and compact device footprints 2023 ·APL Materials ·Larry R. Dalton, Juerg Leuthold, Bruce H. Robinson, Christian Haffner, Delwin L. Elder, Lewis E. Johnson, Scott R. Hammond, Wolfgang Heni, (unknown), Benedikt Baeuerle, Eva De Leo, Ueli Koch, (unknown), Yuriy Fedoryshyn, (unknown), Ping Ma	22
7	Plasmonic IQ modulators with attojoule per bit electrical energy consumption 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Wolfgang Heni, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Benedikt Baeuerle, Arne Josten, Claudia Hoessbacher, Andreas Messner, Christian Haffner, T. Watanabe, Yannick Salamin, Ueli Koch, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Juerg Leuthold	122
8	Reduced Equalization Needs of 100 GHz Bandwidth Plasmonic Modulators 2019 ·Journal of Lightwave Technology ·Benedikt Baeuerle, Wolfgang Heni, Claudia Hoessbacher, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Arne Josten, Christian Haffner, T. Watanabe, Christopher Uhl, Horst Hettrich, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Michael Möller, Juerg Leuthold	16
9	Nano–opto-electro-mechanical switches operated at CMOS-level voltages 2019 ·Science ·Christian Haffner, (unknown), Michael Doderer, Felix M. Mayor, Daniel Chelladurai, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Cosmin Roman, Mikael Mazur, Maurizio Burla, Henri J. Lezec, Vladimir Aksyuk, Juerg Leuthold	73
10	Low-loss hybrid plasmonic coupler 2019 ·Optics Express ·Daniel Chelladurai, Michael Doderer, Ueli Koch, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Christian Haffner, Juerg Leuthold	22
11	500 GHz Plasmonic Mach-Zehnder Modulator 2019 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·Maurizio Burla, Claudia Hoessbacher, Wolfgang Heni, Christian Haffner, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, (unknown), T. Watanabe, H. Maßler, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Juerg Leuthold	1
12	Sub-V Opto-Electro-Mechanical Switch 2019 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·Christian Haffner, (unknown), Felix M. Mayor, Michael Doderer, Daniel Chelladurai, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Maurizio Burla, Cosmin Roman, Juerg Leuthold	2
13	Optimization of Plasmonic-Organic Hybrid Electro-Optics 2018 ·Journal of Lightwave Technology ·Bruce H. Robinson, Yannick Salamin, (unknown), Arne Josten, Masafumi Ayata, Ueli Koch, Juerg Leuthold, Larry R. Dalton, Lewis E. Johnson, Delwin L. Elder, Aleksey A. Kocherzhenko, (unknown), Christian Haffner, (unknown), (unknown), Yuriy Fedoryshyn	38
14	Microwave plasmonic mixer in a transparent fibre–wireless link 2018 ·Nature Photonics ·Yannick Salamin, Benedikt Baeuerle, Wolfgang Heni, (unknown), Arne Josten, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Christian Haffner, Romain Bonjour, T. Watanabe, Maurizio Burla, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Juerg Leuthold	74
15	Low-loss plasmon-assisted electro-optic modulator breakdown → 2018 ·Nature ·Christian Haffner, Daniel Chelladurai, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Arne Josten, Benedikt Baeuerle, Wolfgang Heni, T. Watanabe, Tong Cui, Bojun Cheng, Soham Saha, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Alexandra Boltasseva, Vladimir M. Shalaev, Nathaniel Kinsey, Juerg Leuthold	334
16	High-speed plasmonic modulator in a single metal layer 2017 ·Science ·Masafumi Ayata, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Wolfgang Heni, Benedikt Baeuerle, Arne Josten, Marco Zahner, Ueli Koch, Yannick Salamin, Claudia Hoessbacher, Christian Haffner, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Juerg Leuthold	237
17	Effect of Rigid Bridge-Protection Units, Quadrupolar Interactions, and Blending in Organic Electro-Optic Chromophores 2017 ·Chemistry of Materials ·Delwin L. Elder, Christian Haffner, Wolfgang Heni, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, (unknown), Lewis E. Johnson, (unknown), (unknown), Bruce H. Robinson, Juerg Leuthold, Larry R. Dalton	76
18	Silicon–Organic and Plasmonic–Organic Hybrid Photonics 2017 ·ACS Photonics ·Wolfgang Heni, Y. Kutuvantavida, Christian Haffner, Heiner Zwickel, Clemens Kieninger, S. Wolf, M. Lauermann, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Andreas F. Tillack, Lewis E. Johnson, Delwin L. Elder, Bruce H. Robinson, W. Freude, C. Koos, Juerg Leuthold, Larry R. Dalton	137
19	Plasmonic devices for communications 2015 ·Juerg Leuthold, Christian Haffner, Wolfgang Heni, Claudia Hoessbacher, Jens Niegemann, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Alexandros Emboras, Christian Hafner, A. Melikyan, Manfred Kohl, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Ioannis Tomkos	6
20	Bactericidal effects of 2.94 μm Er:YAG-laser radiation in dental root canals 1999 ·Journal of Endodontics ·Albert Mehl, Matthias Folwaczny, Christian Haffner, Reinhard Hickel	86

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