D. Kiefer

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

D. Kiefer is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Kiefer has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 13 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in D. Kiefer's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (21 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (13 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (8 papers). D. Kiefer is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (21 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (13 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (8 papers). D. Kiefer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. D. Kiefer's co-authors include A. Henig, D. Habs, D. Jung, B. M. Hegelich, J. Schreiber, R. Hörlein, Xueqing Yan, J. Meyer‐ter‐Vehn, T. Tajima and P. V. Nickles and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physics of Fluids.

In The Last Decade

D. Kiefer

23 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Radiation-Pressure Acceleration of Ion Beams Driven by Circularly Polarized Laser Pulses
    2009 374 citations A. Henig, Sven Steinke et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Kiefer Germany 16 1.1k 716 706 352 107 24 1.2k
N. C. Woolsey United Kingdom 24 1.3k 1.2× 868 1.2× 950 1.3× 548 1.6× 184 1.7× 115 1.9k
E. A. Williams United States 19 1.1k 1.1× 809 1.1× 850 1.2× 303 0.9× 32 0.3× 30 1.3k
C. P. Verdon United States 17 1.5k 1.4× 814 1.1× 670 0.9× 555 1.6× 184 1.7× 24 1.8k
Amita Das India 24 1.3k 1.3× 456 0.6× 887 1.3× 316 0.9× 24 0.2× 126 1.9k
M. Sherlock United Kingdom 24 1.5k 1.4× 896 1.3× 684 1.0× 457 1.3× 71 0.7× 73 1.7k
S. Hüller France 24 1.2k 1.2× 931 1.3× 1.1k 1.6× 283 0.8× 44 0.4× 79 1.7k
C. Brabetz Germany 14 584 0.5× 320 0.4× 345 0.5× 199 0.6× 86 0.8× 37 727
A. Casner France 20 739 0.7× 467 0.7× 494 0.7× 229 0.7× 91 0.9× 72 1.2k
Hideo Nagatomo Japan 22 1.3k 1.2× 913 1.3× 687 1.0× 453 1.3× 119 1.1× 154 1.4k
F. Ze United States 15 657 0.6× 511 0.7× 509 0.7× 204 0.6× 128 1.2× 23 908

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Kiefer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D. Kiefer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D. Kiefer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with D. Kiefer. D. Kiefer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ostermayr, Tobias, Johannes Gebhard, D. Kiefer, et al.. (2018). A transportable Paul-trap for levitation and accurate positioning of micron-scale particles in vacuum for laser-plasma experiments. Review of Scientific Instruments. 89(1). 13302–13302. 8 indexed citations
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Bin, Jianhui, Wenjun Ma, Haochuan Wang, et al.. (2015). Ion Acceleration Using Relativistic Pulse Shaping in Near-Critical-Density Plasmas. Physical Review Letters. 115(6). 64801–64801. 147 indexed citations
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Yeung, M., B. Dromey, S. Cousens, et al.. (2014). Dependence of Laser-Driven Coherent Synchrotron Emission Efficiency on Pulse Ellipticity and Implications for Polarization Gating. Physical Review Letters. 112(12). 123902–123902. 46 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenjun, Jianhui Bin, M. Yeung, et al.. (2014). Bright Subcycle Extreme Ultraviolet Bursts from a Single Dense Relativistic Electron Sheet. Physical Review Letters. 113(23). 235002–235002. 24 indexed citations
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Scholz, Holger C., Gabriele Margos, Stephanie Speck, et al.. (2012). High prevalence of genetically diverse Borrelia bavariensis-like strains in Ixodes persulcatus from Selenge Aimag, Mongolia. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 4(1-2). 89–92. 34 indexed citations
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Jung, D., L. Yin, B. J. Albright, et al.. (2011). Monoenergetic Ion Beam Generation by Driving Ion Solitary Waves with Circularly Polarized Laser Light. Physical Review Letters. 107(11). 115002–115002. 56 indexed citations
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Jung, D., R. Hörlein, D. Kiefer, et al.. (2011). Development of a high resolution and high dispersion Thomson parabola. Review of Scientific Instruments. 82(1). 13306–13306. 47 indexed citations
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Thirolf, P. G., D. Habs, K. Allinger, et al.. (2011). Fission-Fusion: A new reaction mechanism for nuclear astrophysics based on laser-ion acceleration. AIP conference proceedings. 88–95. 1 indexed citations
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Kiefer, D., et al.. (2011). Harmonic generation by reflecting internal waves. Physics of Fluids. 23(2). 34 indexed citations
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Thirolf, P. G., D. Habs, K. Allinger, et al.. (2011). Laser Ion Acceleration: Status and Perspectives for Fusion. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17. 11001–11001. 1 indexed citations
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Jung, D., R. Hörlein, D. C. Gautier, et al.. (2011). A novel high resolution ion wide angle spectrometer. Review of Scientific Instruments. 82(4). 43301–43301. 23 indexed citations
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Hegelich, B. M., Liang Yin, B. J. Albright, et al.. (2010). Laser-driven Ion-, electron- and photon-beams from relativistically overdense plasmas. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 52. 1 indexed citations
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Habs, D., P. G. Thirolf, K. Allinger, et al.. (2010). Introducing the fission–fusion reaction process: using a laser-accelerated Th beam to produce neutron-rich nuclei towards the N=126 waiting point of the r-process. Applied Physics B. 103(2). 471–484. 38 indexed citations
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Henig, A., Sven Steinke, M. Schnürer, et al.. (2009). Radiation-Pressure Acceleration of Ion Beams Driven by Circularly Polarized Laser Pulses. Physical Review Letters. 103(24). 245003–245003. 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Henig, A., D. Kiefer, K. Markey, et al.. (2009). Enhanced Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration in the Relativistic Transparency Regime. Physical Review Letters. 103(4). 45002–45002. 177 indexed citations
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Thirolf, P. G., D. Habs, A. Henig, et al.. (2009). Signatures of the Unruh effect via high-power, short-pulse lasers. The European Physical Journal D. 55(2). 379–389. 21 indexed citations
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Henig, A., D. Kiefer, M. Geissler, et al.. (2009). Laser-Driven Shock Acceleration of Ion Beams from Spherical Mass-Limited Targets. Physical Review Letters. 102(9). 95002–95002. 53 indexed citations
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Ramakrishna, B., S. Kar, K. Markey, et al.. (2009). Laser driven fast electron collimation by magnetic fields from structured targets.
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Hegelich, B. M., L. Yin, B. J. Albright, et al.. (2008). Towards GeV laser-driven ion acceleration. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 50. 1 indexed citations
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Habs, D., B. M. Hegelich, J. Schreiber, et al.. (2008). Dense laser-driven electron sheets as relativistic mirrors for coherent production of brilliant X-ray and γ-ray beams. Applied Physics B. 93(2-3). 349–354. 36 indexed citations

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