Herwig Zech

554 total citations
34 papers, 371 citations indexed

About

Herwig Zech is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Herwig Zech has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 371 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Herwig Zech's work include Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (18 papers), Satellite Communication Systems (8 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (7 papers). Herwig Zech is often cited by papers focused on Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (18 papers), Satellite Communication Systems (8 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (7 papers). Herwig Zech collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Herwig Zech's co-authors include F. Heine, S. Philipp-May, Rolf Meyer, S. Seel, Kevin Günthner, Birgit Stiller, Dominique Elser, Christoph Marquardt, Imran Khan and Karen Saucke and has published in prestigious journals such as Electronics Letters, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters and Optica.

In The Last Decade

Herwig Zech

32 papers receiving 333 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Herwig Zech Germany 10 221 134 131 90 47 34 371
Reinhard H. Czichy Netherlands 12 400 1.8× 166 1.2× 167 1.3× 26 0.3× 37 0.8× 24 488
S. Philipp-May Germany 8 133 0.6× 90 0.7× 115 0.9× 90 1.0× 25 0.5× 11 257
Yasushi Munemasa Japan 10 229 1.0× 103 0.8× 76 0.6× 51 0.6× 17 0.4× 39 303
Phuc V. Trinh Japan 13 469 2.1× 210 1.6× 125 1.0× 114 1.3× 43 0.9× 43 573
B. Furch Netherlands 8 203 0.9× 101 0.8× 101 0.8× 43 0.5× 24 0.5× 16 296
Markus Knapek Germany 12 417 1.9× 267 2.0× 102 0.8× 32 0.4× 46 1.0× 18 513
Nicolas Perlot Germany 15 542 2.5× 265 2.0× 172 1.3× 40 0.4× 38 0.8× 53 612
B. Wandernoth Germany 10 332 1.5× 114 0.9× 138 1.1× 20 0.2× 21 0.4× 17 390
Donald M. Cornwell United States 9 335 1.5× 156 1.2× 100 0.8× 32 0.4× 37 0.8× 26 469
Berry Smutny Germany 7 260 1.2× 112 0.8× 82 0.6× 14 0.2× 21 0.4× 20 320

Countries citing papers authored by Herwig Zech

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Fields of papers citing papers by Herwig Zech

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Herwig Zech

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Herwig Zech. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Herwig Zech 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 Herwig Zech. Herwig Zech 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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Gregory, Mark, et al.. (2025). Status on laser communication activities at Tesat-Spacecom. 3–3. 1 indexed citations
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Heine, F., et al.. (2021). Status of Tesat Lasercomms activities. 8 indexed citations
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Heine, F., et al.. (2020). Status of Tesat laser communication activities. 3–3. 3 indexed citations
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Zech, Herwig, et al.. (2019). Optical Inter Satellite Links for Broadband Networks. 509–512. 26 indexed citations
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Heine, F., et al.. (2019). Operational experience of the Alphasat and EDRS laser communication system. 29–29. 1 indexed citations
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Zech, Herwig, et al.. (2019). Optical intersatellite links for navigation constellations. International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2018. 34–34. 9 indexed citations
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Zech, Herwig, et al.. (2017). LCTS on ALPHASAT and Sentinel 1a: in orbit status of the LEO to geo data relay system. 89–89. 2 indexed citations
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Günthner, Kevin, Imran Khan, Dominique Elser, et al.. (2017). Quantum-limited measurements of optical signals from a geostationary satellite. Optica. 4(6). 611–611. 93 indexed citations
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Günthner, Kevin, Imran Khan, Birgit Stiller, et al.. (2017). Quantum measurements of signals from the Alphasat TDP1 laser communication terminal. 199–199. 2 indexed citations
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Zech, Herwig, et al.. (2016). Alphasat-Sentinel-1A optical inter-satellite links: run-up for the European data relay satellite system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9739. 973902–973902. 24 indexed citations
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Heine, F., Herwig Zech, Mark Gregory, et al.. (2015). Alphasat and sentinel 1A, the first 100 links. 17 indexed citations
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Zech, Herwig, et al.. (2015). LCT for EDRS: LEO to GEO optical communications at 1,8 Gbps between Alphasat and Sentinel 1a. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9647. 96470J–96470J. 38 indexed citations
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Heine, F., et al.. (2015). LCT for the European data relay system: in orbit commissioning of the Alphasat and Sentinel 1A LCTs. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9354. 93540G–93540G. 23 indexed citations
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Heine, F., et al.. (2014). The European Data Relay System, high speed laser based data links. 284–286. 34 indexed citations
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Zech, Herwig, et al.. (2014). Optical LEO-GEO Data Relays: From Demonstrator to Commercial Application. 7 indexed citations
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Krummrich, Peter M., et al.. (2004). Compensation of Raman transients in optical networks. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. 1. 247. 3 indexed citations
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Zech, Herwig. (1995). Theoretical Investigation of the Gain Profile of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers. Optical Fiber Technology. 1(4). 327–330. 7 indexed citations
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Zech, Herwig. (1995). Measurement technique for pump and signalbackground absorption of erbium-doped fibres. Electronics Letters. 31(21). 1866–1867. 5 indexed citations
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Huber, Bernd, et al.. (1993). Optical gyro encoder tested on the NTT.. ˜The œMessenger. 74. 5. 1 indexed citations

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