Michael Thiel

7.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
59 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Thiel is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Thiel has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 22 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Michael Thiel's work include Photonic Crystals and Applications (28 papers), Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies (20 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (15 papers). Michael Thiel is often cited by papers focused on Photonic Crystals and Applications (28 papers), Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies (20 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (15 papers). Michael Thiel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Canada. Michael Thiel's co-authors include Martin Wegener, Georg von Freymann, Michael Stefan Rill, Stefan Lindén, Muamer Kadic, Justyna K. Gansel, Tiemo Bückmann, Klaus J. Bade, Manuel Decker and V. Saile and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Michael Thiel

57 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Gold Helix Photonic Metamaterial as Broadband Circular Polarizer

2009 2.1k citations Michael Thiel, Michael Stefan Rill et al. profile →
Tailored 3D Mechanical Metamaterials Made by Dip‐in Direct‐Laser‐Writing Optical Lithography

2012 549 citations Tiemo Bückmann, Muamer Kadic et al. Advanced Materials profile →
An elasto-mechanical unfeelability cloak made of pentamode metamaterials

2014 495 citations Tiemo Bückmann, Michael Thiel et al. Nature Communications profile →
Two‐Photon Polymerization of Nanocomposites for the Fabrication of Transparent Fused Silica Glass Microstructures

2021 179 citations Frederik Kotz, Alexander S. Quick et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Thiel Germany	26	3.3k	2.9k	1.9k	1.1k	1.0k	59	6.3k
Takuo Tanaka Japan	40	2.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	980 0.5×	313 0.3×	924 0.9×	233	5.2k
Johan Christensen Spain	35	5.5k 1.7×	3.1k 1.1×	2.9k 1.5×	1.6k 1.4×	653 0.6×	118	8.5k
Muamer Kadic France	40	3.9k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	4.1k 3.6×	508 0.5×	132	8.5k
Yefeng Yu China	26	2.7k 0.8×	3.0k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	493 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	77	5.1k
Georg von Freymann Germany	44	4.9k 1.5×	3.2k 1.1×	5.3k 2.8×	566 0.5×	3.4k 3.4×	216	10.7k
Yan Pennec France	42	4.5k 1.3×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 1.1×	391 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	193	6.4k
Huigao Duan China	42	3.4k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	332 0.3×	2.8k 2.7×	135	7.5k
Nicolas Stenger Denmark	19	1.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	936 0.5×	618 0.6×	592 0.6×	50	3.3k
Jiaru Chu China	50	4.4k 1.3×	1.0k 0.4×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	2.0k 1.9×	313	8.0k
Yan‐Feng Chen China	48	3.4k 1.0×	3.2k 1.1×	5.7k 3.0×	558 0.5×	2.1k 2.0×	329	10.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thiel, Michael, et al.. (2023). Advancement in two-photon grayscale lithography. 20–20. 1 indexed citations

Richter, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Industrial perspectives for personalized microneedles. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 14. 857–864. 5 indexed citations

Tanguy, Yann, et al.. (2022). Advancement in two-photon grayscale lithography. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Kotz, Frederik, Alexander S. Quick, Patrick Risch, et al.. (2021). Two‐Photon Polymerization of Nanocomposites for the Fabrication of Transparent Fused Silica Glass Microstructures. Advanced Materials. 33(9). 179 indexed citations breakdown →

Moughames, Johnny, Xavier Porté, Michael Thiel, et al.. (2020). Three-dimensional waveguide interconnects for scalable integration of photonic neural networks. Optica. 7(6). 640–640. 85 indexed citations

Kotz, Frederik, Patrick Risch, Semih Sevim, et al.. (2019). Fabrication of arbitrary three-dimensional suspended hollow microstructures in transparent fused silica glass. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1439–1439. 100 indexed citations

Hahn, Vincent, Frederik Mayer, Michael Thiel, & Martin Wegener. (2019). 3-D Laser Nanoprinting. Optics and Photonics News. 30(10). 28–28. 42 indexed citations

Bückmann, Tiemo, Michael Thiel, Muamer Kadic, Robert Schittny, & Martin Wegener. (2014). An elasto-mechanical unfeelability cloak made of pentamode metamaterials. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4130–4130. 495 indexed citations breakdown →

Kaschke, Johannes, et al.. (2014). Circular Polarization Converters Based on Coupled Pairs of Oppositely-Handed Gold Helices. 325. FTu2C.7–FTu2C.7. 1 indexed citations

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Fischer, Joachim, Michael Thiel, & Martin Wegener. (2014). Matter made to order. IEEE Spectrum. 51(2). 34–58. 1 indexed citations

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Waller, Erik H., et al.. (2013). Three-dimensional laser lithography: Finer features faster. 20. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Röhrig, Michael, Michael Thiel, Matthias Worgull, & Hendrik Hölscher. (2012). 3D Direct Laser Writing of Nano‐ and Microstructured Hierarchical Gecko‐Mimicking Surfaces. Small. 8(19). 3009–3015. 119 indexed citations

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Saba, Matthias, Michael Thiel, Mark D. Turner, et al.. (2011). Circular Dichroism in Biological Photonic Crystals and Cubic Chiral Nets. Physical Review Letters. 106(10). 103902–103902. 126 indexed citations

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Staude, Isabelle, Michael Thiel, Sabine Essig, et al.. (2010). Fabrication and characterization of silicon woodpile photonic crystals with a complete bandgap at telecom wavelengths. Optics Letters. 35(7). 1094–1094. 65 indexed citations

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Thiel, Michael, Michael Stefan Rill, Georg von Freymann, & Martin Wegener. (2009). 3D Bi‐chiral Photonic Crystals: Three‐Dimensional Bi‐Chiral Photonic Crystals (Adv. Mater. 46/2009). Advanced Materials. 21(46). 91 indexed citations

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Thiel, Michael, Michael Stefan Rill, Georg von Freymann, & Martin Wegener. (2009). Three‐Dimensional Bi‐Chiral Photonic Crystals. Advanced Materials. 21(46). 4680–4682. 98 indexed citations

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Rill, Michael Stefan, Michael Thiel, Erich Müller, et al.. (2009). Transition between corrugated metal films and split-ring-resonator arrays. Applied Physics B. 96(4). 749–755. 10 indexed citations

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Thiel, Michael, Georg von Freymann, & Martin Wegener. (2007). Layer-by-layer three-dimensional chiral photonic crystals. Optics Letters. 32(17). 2547–2547. 59 indexed citations

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Vartholomeos, Panagiotis, Savvas G. Loizou, Michael Thiel, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos, & Evangelos Papadopoulos. (2006). Control of the multi agent micro-robotic platform MiCRoN. DSpace - NTUA (National Technical University of Athens). 9. 1414–1419. 8 indexed citations

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Thiel, Michael, Adam Klingbeil, & Rolf D. Reitz. (2002). Experimental Optimization of a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Using Automated Genetic Algorithms. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 25 indexed citations

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