Christian Hettich

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Christian Hettich is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Hettich has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christian Hettich's work include Near-Field Optical Microscopy (8 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (5 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (4 papers). Christian Hettich is often cited by papers focused on Near-Field Optical Microscopy (8 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (5 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (4 papers). Christian Hettich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Christian Hettich's co-authors include Vahid Sandoghdar, Klaus Mølmer, E. S. Polzik, Jonas S. Neergaard-Nielsen, B. Melholt Nielsen, Carl Schmitt, S. Kühn, Ilja Gerhardt, Jens Michaelis and J. Mlynek and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Christian Hettich

19 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Generation of a Superposition of Odd Photon Number States for Quantum Information Networks

2006 464 citations Jonas S. Neergaard-Nielsen, B. Melholt Nielsen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Christian Hettich

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I. Abram France

David S. Bradshaw United Kingdom

Jonathan Baugh Canada

Ph. Tamarat France

Tetsuo Ogawa Japan

S. Kühn Germany

Ruffin E. Evans United States

U. Siegner Germany

Anoop Thomas France

D. Dietze Austria

I. Abram France

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hettich, Christian, Xiaoyong Zhang, Ruoqi Zhao, et al.. (2023). Multistate Energy Decomposition Analysis of Molecular Excited States. JACS Au. 3(7). 1800–1819. 9 indexed citations

Zhao, Ruoqi, Christian Hettich, Jun Zhang, Meiyi Liu, & Jiali Gao. (2023). Excimer Energies. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(12). 2917–2926. 10 indexed citations

Zhao, Ruoqi, Christian Hettich, Xin Chen, & Jiali Gao. (2021). Minimal-active-space multistate density functional theory for excitation energy involving local and charge transfer states. npj Computational Materials. 7(1). 15 indexed citations

Bao, Peng, Christian Hettich, Qiang Shi, & Jiali Gao. (2020). Block-Localized Excitation for Excimer Complex and Diabatic Coupling. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 17(1). 240–254. 22 indexed citations

Hettich, Christian, et al.. (2018). Density functional based tight-binding parametrization of hafnium oxide: Simulations of amorphous structures. Physical review. B.. 98(7). 7 indexed citations

Fihey, Arnaud, Christian Hettich, François Maurel, et al.. (2015). SCC‐DFTB parameters for simulating hybrid gold‐thiolates compounds. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 36(27). 2075–2087. 95 indexed citations

Li, Hai‐Bei, Alister J. Page, Christian Hettich, et al.. (2014). Graphene nucleation on a surface-molten copper catalyst: quantum chemical molecular dynamics simulations. Chemical Science. 5(9). 3493–3500. 41 indexed citations

Neergaard-Nielsen, Jonas S., B. Melholt Nielsen, Christian Hettich, Klaus Mølmer, & E. S. Polzik. (2006). Generation of a Superposition of Odd Photon Number States for Quantum Information Networks. Physical Review Letters. 97(8). 83604–83604. 464 indexed citations breakdown →

Kalkbrenner, T., et al.. (2005). Measuring the Quantum Efficiency of the Optical Emission of Single Radiating Dipoles Using a Scanning Mirror. Physical Review Letters. 95(6). 63003–63003. 108 indexed citations

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Hettich, Christian, et al.. (2004). Aligned terrylene molecules in a spin-coated ultrathin crystalline film of p-terphenyl. Chemical Physics Letters. 387(4-6). 490–495. 63 indexed citations

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Hettich, Christian, et al.. (2003). Coherent optical dipole coupling of two individual molecules at nanometre separation. KOPS (University of Konstanz). 330–330. 1 indexed citations

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Hettich, Christian. (2003). Single Molecules, Single Nanoparticles and Their Optical Interaction. AIP conference proceedings. 696. 127–135. 1 indexed citations

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Hettich, Christian, et al.. (2002). Optical microscopy with a single-molecule light source. 405. 49–49. 1 indexed citations

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Hettich, Christian, et al.. (2002). Nanometer Resolution and Coherent Optical Dipole Coupling of Two Individual Molecules. Science. 298(5592). 385–389. 273 indexed citations

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Kühn, S., Christian Hettich, Carl Schmitt, J.-Ph. Poizat, & V. Sandoghdar. (2001). Diamond colour centres as a nanoscopic light source for scanning near‐field optical microscopy. Journal of Microscopy. 202(1). 2–6. 87 indexed citations

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Hansen, H., Thomas Aichele, Christian Hettich, et al.. (2001). Ultrasensitive pulsed, balanced homodyne detector: application to time-domain quantum measurements. Optics Letters. 26(21). 1714–1714. 99 indexed citations

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Sandoghdar, V., et al.. (2001). Results and Thoughts on Optical Microscopy Using a Single-molecule Probe. 2(4). 277–281. 6 indexed citations

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Michaelis, Jens, Christian Hettich, J. Mlynek, & Vahid Sandoghdar. (2000). Optical microscopy using a single-molecule light source. Nature. 405(6784). 325–328. 208 indexed citations

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Michaelis, Jens, Christian Hettich, Bernd Eiermann, et al.. (1999). Mapping an optical standing wave with a single molecule. Optics and Photonics News. 10(2). 45. 1 indexed citations

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Michaelis, Jens, Christian Hettich, Anatoly V. Zayats, et al.. (1999). A single molecule as a probe of optical intensity distribution. Optics Letters. 24(9). 581–581. 16 indexed citations

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