D. Backes

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

D. Backes is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Backes has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 32 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 21 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in D. Backes's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (43 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (18 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (13 papers). D. Backes is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (43 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (18 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (13 papers). D. Backes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. D. Backes's co-authors include Mathias Kläui, Laura J. Heyderman, Andrew D. Kent, U. Rüdiger, C. A. F. Vaz, J. A. C. Bland, Ferran Macià, F. Nolting, Daniel Bedau and J. A. Katine and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

D. Backes

56 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Altermagnetic α-MnTe

2024 71 citations D. Backes, L. S. I. Veiga et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. Backes United Kingdom	26	1.4k	652	641	436	413	59	1.7k
J. H. Franken Netherlands	13	1.2k 0.9×	504 0.8×	569 0.9×	419 1.0×	277 0.7×	14	1.3k
Aleš Hrabec Switzerland	19	1.6k 1.1×	755 1.2×	774 1.2×	552 1.3×	347 0.8×	44	1.9k
Christoforos Moutafis United Kingdom	14	1.7k 1.2×	884 1.4×	786 1.2×	364 0.8×	318 0.8×	27	1.8k
Robert M. Reeve Germany	14	1.3k 0.9×	723 1.1×	603 0.9×	328 0.8×	282 0.7×	39	1.5k
Davide Maccariello France	19	1.0k 0.7×	552 0.8×	761 1.2×	406 0.9×	642 1.6×	28	1.5k
M. Muñoz Spain	21	1.4k 1.0×	365 0.6×	471 0.7×	809 1.9×	523 1.3×	56	1.8k
P. M. Braganca United States	14	1.5k 1.1×	530 0.8×	468 0.7×	730 1.7×	324 0.8×	27	1.7k
Dong‐Soo Han South Korea	20	1.6k 1.1×	737 1.1×	743 1.2×	439 1.0×	291 0.7×	42	1.7k
B. Leven Germany	17	1.7k 1.2×	447 0.7×	745 1.2×	791 1.8×	243 0.6×	30	1.8k
Vojtěch Uhlíř Czechia	18	923 0.6×	297 0.5×	497 0.8×	371 0.9×	344 0.8×	48	1.2k

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Balakrishnan, Purnima P., Wei Yuan, Andreas Suter, et al.. (2025). Depth-resolved magnetic order in superconducting topological insulator/FeTe thin film heterostructures. Physical Review Materials. 9(10).

Polewczyk, Vincent, A. Yu. Petrov, D. Backes, et al.. (2025). Control of the antiferromagnetic domain configuration and Néel axis orientation with epitaxial strain. Communications Materials. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

Backes, D., et al.. (2025). Increased Gilbert damping in yttrium iron garnet by low temperature vacuum annealing. Applied Physics Letters. 126(11). 1 indexed citations

Backes, D.. (2025). Magnon-magnon coupling efficiency of η = 0.25 in weakly pinned synthetic antiferromagnets. Applied Physics Letters. 127(22). 1 indexed citations

Gurung, Gautam, Mohamad‐Assaad Mawass, Alevtina Smekhova, et al.. (2024). Strain‐Modulated Ferromagnetism at an Intrinsic van der Waals Heterojunction. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(36). 10 indexed citations

Wang, Hongguang, Kaifeng Li, Bonan Zhu, et al.. (2023). Emergent and robust ferromagnetic-insulating state in highly strained ferroelastic LaCoO3 thin films. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3638–3638. 38 indexed citations

Sánchez-Tejerina, Luis, Mariia Filianina, Hendrik Meer, et al.. (2023). Identifying the domain-wall spin structure in antiferromagnetic NiO/Pt. Physical review. B.. 107(18). 2 indexed citations

Backes, D., L. S. I. Veiga, S. S. Dhesi, et al.. (2021). Readout of an antiferromagnetic spintronics system by strong exchange coupling of Mn2Au and Permalloy. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6539–6539. 24 indexed citations

Becker, Sven, Andrew Ross, Romain Lebrun, et al.. (2021). Electrical detection of the spin reorientation transition in antiferromagnetic TmFeO3 thin films by spin Hall magnetoresistance. Physical review. B.. 103(2). 9 indexed citations

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Backes, D., Danhong Huang, Rhodri Mansell, et al.. (2019). Thickness dependence of electron-electron interactions in topological p−n junctions. Physical review. B.. 99(12). 4 indexed citations

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Lendínez, Sergi, Saül Vélez, J. M. Hernández, et al.. (2017). Effect of temperature on magnetic solitons induced by spin-transfer torque. Figshare. 14 indexed citations

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Bonetti, Stefano, Roopali Kukreja, Ferran Macià, et al.. (2015). Direct observation and imaging of a spin-wave soliton with p-like symmetry. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8889–8889. 50 indexed citations

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Backes, D., Ferran Macià, Stefano Bonetti, et al.. (2015). Direct Observation of a Localized Magnetic Soliton in a Spin-Transfer Nanocontact. Physical Review Letters. 115(12). 127205–127205. 50 indexed citations

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Macià, Ferran, D. Backes, & Andrew D. Kent. (2014). Stable magnetic droplet solitons in spin-transfer nanocontacts. Nature Nanotechnology. 9(12). 992–996. 80 indexed citations

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Backes, D., Daniel Bedau, H. Liu, J. Langer, & Andrew D. Kent. (2012). Characterization of interlayer interactions in magnetic random access memory layer stacks using ferromagnetic resonance. Journal of Applied Physics. 111(7). 7 indexed citations

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Heyne, L., D. Backes, J. Rhensius, et al.. (2010). Domain-Wall Depinning Assisted by Pure Spin Currents. Physical Review Letters. 105(7). 76601–76601. 36 indexed citations

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Rhensius, J., L. Heyne, D. Backes, et al.. (2010). Imaging of Domain Wall Inertia in Permalloy Half-Ring Nanowires by Time-Resolved Photoemission Electron Microscopy. Physical Review Letters. 104(6). 67201–67201. 44 indexed citations

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Moore, T. A., Mathias Kläui, Johannes Boneberg, et al.. (2008). Single shot Kerr magnetometer for observing real-time domain wall motion in permalloy nanowires. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 41(16). 164009–164009. 17 indexed citations

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Junginger, F., Mathias Kläui, D. Backes, et al.. (2007). Spin torque and heating effects in current-induced domain wall motion probed by transmission electron microscopy. Applied Physics Letters. 90(13). 48 indexed citations

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Backes, D., Laura J. Heyderman, Christian Dávid, et al.. (2006). Fabrication of curved-line nanostructures on membranes for transmission electron microscopy investigations of domain walls. Microelectronic Engineering. 83(4-9). 1726–1729. 10 indexed citations

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