Luc Bergé

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
141 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Luc Bergé is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Luc Bergé has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 49 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 39 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Luc Bergé's work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (77 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (68 papers) and Terahertz technology and applications (41 papers). Luc Bergé is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (77 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (68 papers) and Terahertz technology and applications (41 papers). Luc Bergé collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Denmark. Luc Bergé's co-authors include Stefan Skupin, R. Nuter, Jean‐Pierre Wolf, Jérôme Kasparian, A. Couairon, J. Juul Rasmussen, B. Prade, Stelios Tzortzakis, И. Бабушкин and S. Champeaux and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Scientific Reports and Physics Reports.

In The Last Decade

Luc Bergé

135 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ultrashort filaments of light in weakly ionized, optically transparent media

2007 771 citations Luc Bergé, Stefan Skupin et al. profile →
Wave collapse in physics: principles and applications to light and plasma waves

1998 617 citations Luc Bergé profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luc Bergé France	39	4.8k	1.6k	1.4k	1.1k	938	141	5.6k
Stefan Skupin France	33	3.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	838 0.6×	755 0.7×	659 0.7×	106	3.9k
Alexander L. Gaeta United States	39	6.0k 1.3×	3.2k 1.9×	601 0.4×	402 0.4×	589 0.6×	131	7.1k
Miroslav Kolesik United States	27	2.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	319 0.2×	289 0.3×	458 0.5×	111	3.0k
Libin Fu China	41	4.3k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	549 0.4×	534 0.5×	495 0.5×	256	5.5k
Armin Scrinzi Austria	35	7.1k 1.5×	890 0.5×	159 0.1×	2.2k 2.0×	1.8k 1.9×	94	7.4k
Hans Dehmelt United States	37	4.8k 1.0×	302 0.2×	585 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	769 0.8×	94	5.7k
P. Lambropoulos Greece	47	7.3k 1.5×	780 0.5×	217 0.2×	1.5k 1.4×	644 0.7×	255	7.6k
A. Rau United States	37	4.1k 0.9×	214 0.1×	628 0.5×	644 0.6×	472 0.5×	154	4.9k
F. Schmidt‐Kaler Germany	53	9.8k 2.0×	655 0.4×	1.9k 1.3×	470 0.4×	342 0.4×	163	11.1k
G. G. Paulus Germany	55	10.4k 2.2×	1.5k 0.9×	301 0.2×	3.8k 3.5×	2.6k 2.8×	265	11.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Luc Bergé

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luc Bergé

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bergé, Luc, et al.. (2025). Generation and modulation of fully circularly polarized ultrabroadband THz radiation using two-color gas plasma techniques. Optica. 13(1). 31–31.

Skupin, Stefan, V. Vaičaitis, Ayhan Demircan, et al.. (2025). Universal properties of locally generated terahertz waveforms from polarization-controlled two- and multicolor ionizing fields. Physical Review Research. 7(3). 1 indexed citations

Niehaus, Thomas A., et al.. (2024). THz to far-infrared spectra of the known crystal polymorphs of phenylalanine. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(9). 7329–7334.

Skupin, Stefan, et al.. (2024). Waveshape of terahertz radiation produced by two-color laser-induced air plasmas. Physical Review Research. 6(4). 2 indexed citations

Davoine, X., et al.. (2023). Terahertz pulse generation by laser-created, strongly magnetized plasmas: a one-dimensional study. The European Physical Journal Special Topics. 232(13). 2293–2301. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Binbin, et al.. (2023). Remote terahertz spectroscopy from extended two-color plasma filaments: The ALTESSE 2 project. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 143(1). 10001–10001. 4 indexed citations

Debayle, A., et al.. (2018). Terahertz Pulse Generation in Underdense Relativistic Plasmas: From Photoionization-Induced Radiation to Coherent Transition Radiation. Physical Review Letters. 120(14). 144801–144801. 45 indexed citations

Bergé, Luc, Stefan Skupin, Christian Köhler, И. Бабушкин, & Joachım Herrmann. (2013). 3D Numerical Simulations of THz Generation by Two-Color Laser Filaments. Physical Review Letters. 110(7). 73901–73901. 122 indexed citations

Köhler, Christian, E. Cabrera, И. Бабушкин, et al.. (2011). Directionality of terahertz emission from photoinduced gas plasmas. Optics Letters. 36(16). 3166–3166. 23 indexed citations

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Brée, Carsten, Ayhan Demircan, Stefan Skupin, Luc Bergé, & Günter Steinmeyer. (2009). Self-pinching of pulsed laser beams during filamentary propagation. Optics Express. 17(19). 16429–16429. 15 indexed citations

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Bergé, Luc & Stefan Skupin. (2008). Few-Cycle Light Bullets Created by Femtosecond Filaments. Physical Review Letters. 100(11). 113902–113902. 60 indexed citations

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Champeaux, S., Luc Bergé, D. Gordon, et al.. (2008). (3+1)-dimensional numerical simulations of femtosecond laser filaments in air: Toward a quantitative agreement with experiments. Physical Review E. 77(3). 36406–36406. 33 indexed citations

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Skupin, Stefan, Gero Stibenz, Luc Bergé, et al.. (2006). Self-compression by femtosecond pulse filamentation: Experiments versus numerical simulations. Physical Review E. 74(5). 56604–56604. 126 indexed citations

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Nuter, R., Stefan Skupin, & Luc Bergé. (2005). Chirp-induced dynamics of femtosecond filaments in air. Optics Letters. 30(8). 917–917. 63 indexed citations

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Skupin, Stefan, Luc Bergé, Ulf Peschel, & F. Lederer. (2004). Interaction of Femtosecond Light Filaments with Obscurants in Aerosols. Physical Review Letters. 93(2). 23901–23901. 53 indexed citations

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Bergé, Luc, Stefan Skupin, F. Lederer, et al.. (2004). Multiple Filamentation of Terawatt Laser Pulses in Air. Physical Review Letters. 92(22). 225002–225002. 155 indexed citations

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Champeaux, S. & Luc Bergé. (2003). Femtosecond pulse compression in pressure-gas cells filled with argon. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(6). 66603–66603. 47 indexed citations

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Bergé, Luc, K. Germaschewski, Rainer Grauer, & J. Juul Rasmussen. (2002). Hyperbolic Shock Waves of the Optical Self-Focusing with Normal Group-Velocity Dispersion. Physical Review Letters. 89(15). 153902–153902. 26 indexed citations

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Tzortzakis, Stelios, L. Sudrie, M. Franco, et al.. (2001). Self-Guided Propagation of Ultrashort IR Laser Pulses in Fused Silica. Physical Review Letters. 87(21). 213902–213902. 207 indexed citations

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Bang, Ole, Luc Bergé, & J. Juul Rasmussen. (1999). Fusion, collapse, and stationary bound states of incoherently coupled waves in bulk cubic media. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(4). 4600–4613. 13 indexed citations

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