Falko Pientka

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Falko Pientka is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Falko Pientka has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 11 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Falko Pientka's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (18 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (11 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (9 papers). Falko Pientka is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (18 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (11 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (9 papers). Falko Pientka collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Falko Pientka's co-authors include Felix von Oppen, L. I. Glazman, Yang Peng, Benjamin Heinrich, Katharina J. Franke, Michael V. Ruby, Erez Berg, Amir Yacoby, Bertrand I. Halperin and Anna Keselman and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B and Nature Physics.

In The Last Decade

Falko Pientka

24 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Topological superconducting phase in helical Shiba chains 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. Topological superconducting phase in helical Shiba chains
    2013 359 citations Falko Pientka, L. I. Glazman et al. Physical Review B profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Falko Pientka Germany 17 1.6k 1.1k 456 144 96 25 1.7k
Thomas C. Lang United States 18 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 489 1.1× 238 1.7× 69 0.7× 35 1.6k
Suk Bum Chung United States 18 1.2k 0.8× 992 0.9× 385 0.8× 281 2.0× 42 0.4× 47 1.5k
Jörn W. F. Venderbos United States 23 1.2k 0.7× 697 0.6× 681 1.5× 256 1.8× 75 0.8× 43 1.5k
Masafumi Udagawa Japan 21 740 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 308 0.7× 462 3.2× 99 1.0× 54 1.4k
J. Cayssol France 20 1.0k 0.6× 464 0.4× 522 1.1× 169 1.2× 76 0.8× 42 1.2k
Eslam Khalaf United States 14 1.4k 0.8× 464 0.4× 999 2.2× 87 0.6× 83 0.9× 31 1.6k
A. Alexandradinata United States 19 1.8k 1.1× 747 0.7× 1.0k 2.2× 145 1.0× 52 0.5× 34 1.9k
Ya-Hui Zhang United States 16 845 0.5× 522 0.5× 671 1.5× 290 2.0× 61 0.6× 47 1.3k
Huaiming Guo China 14 1.2k 0.7× 678 0.6× 477 1.0× 105 0.7× 26 0.3× 41 1.3k
Shubhayu Chatterjee United States 18 889 0.5× 471 0.4× 557 1.2× 153 1.1× 55 0.6× 33 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Falko Pientka

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Falko Pientka

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Geuchies, Jaco J., et al.. (2025). Mode-resolved, non-local electron–phonon coupling in two-dimensional spectroscopy. Nature Physics. 21(6). 953–960. 4 indexed citations
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Pientka, Falko, et al.. (2022). Probing the quantum noise of the spinon Fermi surface with NV centers. Physical review. B.. 106(11).
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Cotleţ, Ovidiu, Falko Pientka, Richard Schmidt, et al.. (2019). Transport of Neutral Optical Excitations Using Electric Fields. Physical Review X. 9(4). 26 indexed citations
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Scharf, Benedikt, Falko Pientka, Hechen Ren, Amir Yacoby, & Ewelina M. Hankiewicz. (2019). Tuning topological superconductivity in phase-controlled Josephson junctions with Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling. Physical review. B.. 99(21). 36 indexed citations
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Ren, Hechen, Falko Pientka, Sean Hart, et al.. (2018). Topological Superconductivity in a Phase-Controlled Josephson Junction. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2019. 2 indexed citations
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Pientka, Falko, et al.. (2017). Thermal Transport Signatures of Broken-Symmetry Phases in Graphene. Physical Review Letters. 119(2). 27601–27601. 10 indexed citations
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Pientka, Falko, Anna Keselman, Erez Berg, et al.. (2017). Topological Superconductivity in a Planar Josephson Junction. Physical Review X. 7(2). 187 indexed citations
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Peng, Yang, Falko Pientka, Erez Berg, Yuval Oreg, & Felix von Oppen. (2016). Signatures of topological Josephson junctions. Physical review. B.. 94(8). 60 indexed citations
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Ruby, Michael V., Falko Pientka, Yang Peng, et al.. (2015). Tunneling Processes into Localized Subgap States in Superconductors. Physical Review Letters. 115(8). 87001–87001. 114 indexed citations
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Peng, Yang, et al.. (2015). Robust Majorana Conductance Peaks for a Superconducting Lead. Physical Review Letters. 115(26). 266804–266804. 43 indexed citations
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Ruby, Michael V., Falko Pientka, Yang Peng, et al.. (2015). End States and Subgap Structure in Proximity-Coupled Chains of Magnetic Adatoms. Physical Review Letters. 115(19). 197204–197204. 274 indexed citations
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Pientka, Falko, Yang Peng, L. I. Glazman, & Felix von Oppen. (2015). Topological superconducting phase and Majorana bound states in Shiba chains. Physica Scripta. T164. 14008–14008. 24 indexed citations
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Peng, Yang, Falko Pientka, L. I. Glazman, & Felix von Oppen. (2015). Strong Localization of Majorana End States in Chains of Magnetic Adatoms. Physical Review Letters. 114(10). 106801–106801. 114 indexed citations
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Pientka, Falko, L. I. Glazman, & Felix von Oppen. (2014). Unconventional topological phase transitions in helical Shiba chains. Physical Review B. 89(18). 111 indexed citations
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Pientka, Falko, L. I. Glazman, & Felix von Oppen. (2013). Topological superconducting phase in helical Shiba chains. Physical Review B. 88(15). 359 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pientka, Falko, Liang Jiang, David Pekker, et al.. (2013). Magneto-Josephson effects and Majorana bound states in quantum wires. New Journal of Physics. 15(11). 115001–115001. 18 indexed citations
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Pientka, Falko, Graham Kells, Alessandro Romito, Piet W. Brouwer, & Felix von Oppen. (2012). Enhanced Zero-Bias Majorana Peak in the Differential Tunneling Conductance of Disordered Multisubband Quantum-Wire/Superconductor Junctions. Physical Review Letters. 109(22). 227006–227006. 104 indexed citations
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Gradhand, Martin, Dmitry V. Fedorov, Falko Pientka, et al.. (2012). First-principle calculations of the Berry curvature of Bloch states for charge and spin transport of electrons. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 24(21). 213202–213202. 130 indexed citations
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Pientka, Falko, Martin Gradhand, Dmitry V. Fedorov, Ingrid Mertig, & B. L. Györffy. (2012). Gauge freedom for degenerate Bloch states. Physical Review B. 86(5). 9 indexed citations
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Henke, B. L., Falko Pientka, Jacqueline A. Johnson, et al.. (2010). Saturation effects in the upconversion efficiency of Er-doped fluorozirconate glasses. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 22(15). 155107–155107. 16 indexed citations

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