Daniel Steiauf

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Daniel Steiauf is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Steiauf has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 16 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 15 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Daniel Steiauf's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (20 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (11 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (7 papers). Daniel Steiauf is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (20 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (11 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (7 papers). Daniel Steiauf collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Daniel Steiauf's co-authors include M. Fähnle, Chris G. Van de Walle, John L. Lyons, Anderson Janotti, Mirko Cinchetti, Francesco Dalla Longa, G. Malinowski, T. Roth, B. Koopmans and Martin Aeschlimann and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Materials and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Steiauf

32 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Explaining the paradoxical diversity of ultrafast laser-induced demagnetization
    2009 675 citations B. Koopmans, G. Malinowski et al. Nature Materials profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Steiauf Germany 19 1.3k 837 808 725 481 32 2.0k
J. T. Kohlhepp Netherlands 26 2.5k 2.0× 1.2k 1.5× 864 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 701 1.5× 79 3.0k
A. M. Kalashnikova Russia 22 1.1k 0.9× 892 1.1× 630 0.8× 885 1.2× 421 0.9× 67 1.9k
Łukasz Pluciński Germany 27 1.3k 1.0× 433 0.5× 1.3k 1.6× 529 0.7× 555 1.2× 77 2.1k
D. Ködderitzsch Germany 25 1.8k 1.4× 1.4k 1.7× 1.2k 1.5× 458 0.6× 932 1.9× 49 3.0k
Hans Peter Oepen Germany 27 1.8k 1.4× 818 1.0× 457 0.6× 354 0.5× 846 1.8× 113 2.2k
T. Koide Japan 24 953 0.8× 918 1.1× 728 0.9× 361 0.5× 688 1.4× 106 2.0k
Sinisa Coh United States 19 808 0.6× 437 0.5× 1.3k 1.7× 571 0.8× 359 0.7× 52 2.1k
M. Gruyters Germany 24 1.2k 0.9× 623 0.7× 629 0.8× 299 0.4× 587 1.2× 66 1.6k
Stefano Dal Conte Italy 27 840 0.7× 371 0.4× 1.4k 1.7× 1.1k 1.5× 371 0.8× 68 2.2k
Edoardo Baldini United States 20 656 0.5× 340 0.4× 704 0.9× 538 0.7× 277 0.6× 48 1.5k

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All Works

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Lyons, John L., Joel B. Varley, Daniel Steiauf, Anderson Janotti, & Chris G. Van de Walle. (2017). First-principles characterization of native-defect-related optical transitions in ZnO. Journal of Applied Physics. 122(3). 100 indexed citations
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Shen, Jimmy‐Xuan, Daniel Steiauf, Emmanouil Kioupakis, & Chris G. Van de Walle. (2016). Auger recombination in InAs: Role of spin-orbit coupling and phonons. 35207. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Peelaers, Hartwin, Karthik Krishnaswamy, Luke Gordon, et al.. (2015). Impact of electric-field dependent dielectric constants on two-dimensional electron gases in complex oxides. Applied Physics Letters. 107(18). 11 indexed citations
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Kioupakis, Emmanouil, Daniel Steiauf, Patrick Rinke, Kris T. Delaney, & Chris G. Van de Walle. (2015). First-principles calculations of indirect Auger recombination in nitride semiconductors. Physical Review B. 92(3). 67 indexed citations
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Steiauf, Daniel, Emmanouil Kioupakis, & Chris G. Van de Walle. (2014). Auger Recombination in GaAs from First Principles. ACS Photonics. 1(8). 643–646. 28 indexed citations
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Kioupakis, Emmanouil, Qimin Yan, Daniel Steiauf, & Chris G. Van de Walle. (2013). Temperature and carrier-density dependence of Auger and radiative recombination in nitride optoelectronic devices. New Journal of Physics. 15(12). 125006–125006. 109 indexed citations
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Alkauskas, Audrius, John L. Lyons, Daniel Steiauf, & Chris G. Van de Walle. (2012). First-Principles Calculations of Luminescence Spectrum Line Shapes for Defects in Semiconductors: The Example of GaN and ZnO. Physical Review Letters. 109(26). 267401–267401. 214 indexed citations
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Fähnle, M., Daniel Steiauf, & Christian Illg. (2011). Generalized Gilbert equation including inertial damping: Derivation from an extended breathing Fermi surface model. Physical Review B. 84(17). 79 indexed citations
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Steiauf, Daniel, et al.. (2010). Damping of near-adiabatic magnetization dynamics by excitations of electron-hole pairs. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 200(4). 42023–42023. 3 indexed citations
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Koopmans, B., G. Malinowski, Francesco Dalla Longa, et al.. (2009). Explaining the paradoxical diversity of ultrafast laser-induced demagnetization. Nature Materials. 9(3). 259–265. 675 indexed citations breakdown →
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Steiauf, Daniel, et al.. (2009). Linewidth of ferromagnetic resonance for systems with anisotropic damping. Physical Review B. 79(9). 24 indexed citations
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Steiauf, Daniel, et al.. (2009). Local and nonlocal atomic contributions to unit-cell damping in near-adiabatic collinear magnetization dynamics. Physical Review B. 79(6). 5 indexed citations
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Steiauf, Daniel, et al.. (2009). Extension of Yafet's theory of spin relaxation to ferromagnets. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 322(6). L5–L7. 15 indexed citations
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Steiauf, Daniel & M. Fähnle. (2009). Elliott-Yafet mechanism and the discussion of femtosecond magnetization dynamics. Physical Review B. 79(14). 78 indexed citations
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Steiauf, Daniel, et al.. (2009). Extendeds−dmodel for magnetization dynamics of strongly noncollinear configurations. Physical Review B. 79(5). 4 indexed citations
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Steiauf, Daniel, et al.. (2008). Unified theory of near-adiabatic magnetization dynamics for collinear and noncollinear magnetization. Physical Review B. 78(2). 17 indexed citations
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Fähnle, M., et al.. (2007). Analysis of results from x-ray magnetic reflectometry for magnetic multilayer systems. Physical Review B. 75(14). 4 indexed citations
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Fähnle, M., J. Albrecht, T. Eimüller, et al.. (2005). On the imaging of the flux-line lattice of a type-II superconductor by soft X-ray absorption microscopy. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 12(2). 251–253. 2 indexed citations
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Steiauf, Daniel & M. Fähnle. (2005). Damping of spin dynamics in nanostructures: Anab initiostudy. Physical Review B. 72(6). 80 indexed citations
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Fähnle, M., et al.. (2004). A fast ab initio approach to the simulation of spin dynamics. Computational Materials Science. 32(1). 118–122. 18 indexed citations

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