Peter Banzer

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Peter Banzer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Banzer has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 64 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Peter Banzer's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (55 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (38 papers) and Near-Field Optical Microscopy (30 papers). Peter Banzer is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (55 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (38 papers) and Near-Field Optical Microscopy (30 papers). Peter Banzer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Austria. Peter Banzer's co-authors include Gerd Leuchs, Martin Neugebauer, Thomas Bauer, Andrea Aiello, Sergej Orlov, Paweł Woźniak, Robert W. Boyd, Ulf Peschel, Sergey Nechayev and Jörg S. Eismann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Peter Banzer

91 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

From transverse angular momentum to photonic wheels 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 100 200 300 400
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. From transverse angular momentum to photonic wheels
    2015 464 citations Peter Banzer, Martin Neugebauer et al. profile →
  2. Observation of optical polarization Möbius strips
    2015 334 citations Thomas Bauer, Peter Banzer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Banzer Germany 30 2.8k 1.9k 951 809 477 93 3.5k
Luping Du China 29 2.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 727 0.9× 240 0.5× 102 3.0k
Yijie Shen China 31 4.1k 1.5× 1.7k 0.9× 989 1.0× 1.3k 1.6× 485 1.0× 118 4.9k
A. V. Zayats United Kingdom 20 2.1k 0.8× 1.9k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 939 1.2× 330 0.7× 31 3.2k
Alison M. Yao United Kingdom 21 3.9k 1.4× 1.7k 0.9× 822 0.9× 890 1.1× 595 1.2× 35 4.2k
Ignacio Moreno Spain 31 2.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 769 1.0× 128 0.3× 222 3.7k
Carmelo Rosales‐Guzmán Mexico 33 3.3k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 546 0.6× 745 0.9× 389 0.8× 96 3.7k
Francisco J. Rodríguez‐Fortuño United Kingdom 25 3.4k 1.2× 2.3k 1.2× 2.0k 2.1× 1.3k 1.6× 632 1.3× 75 4.7k
Bruno Piccirillo Italy 25 3.0k 1.1× 1.0k 0.5× 709 0.7× 585 0.7× 859 1.8× 68 3.3k
Jeremy Upham Canada 19 1.7k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 216 0.5× 60 2.5k
Sergei Slussarenko Italy 22 3.0k 1.1× 912 0.5× 722 0.8× 669 0.8× 1.4k 2.9× 54 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Banzer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Banzer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Banzer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Banzer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Banzer 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 Peter Banzer. Peter Banzer 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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Sharma, V., et al.. (2025). Universal photonic processor for spatial mode decomposition. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7982–7982. 1 indexed citations
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Beck, Paul A., et al.. (2023). A high-precision silicon-on-insulator position sensor. APL Photonics. 8(4). 5 indexed citations
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Roth, P., G. K. L. Wong, Michael H. Frosz, et al.. (2023). Protecting Quantum Modes in Optical Fibers. Physical Review Applied. 19(5). 1 indexed citations
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Sharma, V., et al.. (2023). Photonic integrated processor for structured light detection and distinction. Communications Physics. 6(1). 7 indexed citations
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Selmani, Atiđa, Michael Auinger, Carolin Tetyczka, et al.. (2023). Investigation of the Influence of Wound-Treatment-Relevant Buffer Systems on the Colloidal and Optical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles. Nanomaterials. 13(12). 1878–1878. 3 indexed citations
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Eismann, Jörg S., Sergey Nechayev, M. Zahirul Alam, et al.. (2022). Enhanced spin–orbit coupling in an epsilon-near-zero material. Optica. 9(9). 1094–1094. 8 indexed citations
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Eismann, Jörg S., Maziyar Milanizadeh, Francesco Morichetti, et al.. (2022). Spatially resolving amplitude and phase of light with a reconfigurable photonic integrated circuit. arXiv (Cornell University). 21 indexed citations
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Eismann, Jörg S., Martin Neugebauer, Klaus Mantel, & Peter Banzer. (2021). Absolute characterization of high numerical aperture microscope objectives utilizing a dipole scatterer. Light Science & Applications. 10(1). 223–223. 7 indexed citations
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Goerlitzer, Eric S. A., Reza Mohammadi, Sergey Nechayev, et al.. (2020). Chiral Surface Lattice Resonances. Advanced Materials. 32(22). e2001330–e2001330. 93 indexed citations
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Orlov, Sergej, et al.. (2020). Toward a Corrected Knife-Edge-Based Reconstruction of Tightly Focused Higher Order Beams. Frontiers in Physics. 8. 6 indexed citations
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Lesina, Antonio Calà, Martin Neugebauer, Thomas Bauer, et al.. (2019). Investigating the Optical Properties of a Laser Induced 3D Self‐Assembled Carbon–Metal Hybrid Structure. Small. 15(18). e1900512–e1900512. 5 indexed citations
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Nechayev, Sergey, et al.. (2018). Chirality of Symmetric Resonant Heterostructures. Laser & Photonics Review. 12(9). 8 indexed citations
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Neugebauer, Martin, et al.. (2018). Transverse Kerker Scattering for Angstrom Localization of Nanoparticles. Physical Review Letters. 121(19). 193902–193902. 83 indexed citations
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Nechayev, Sergey, et al.. (2018). Weak Measurement of Elliptical Dipole Moments by C-Point Splitting. Physical Review Letters. 121(24). 243903–243903. 16 indexed citations
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Lavery, Martin P. J., Christian Peuntinger, Kevin Günthner, et al.. (2017). Free-space propagation of high-dimensional structured optical fields in an urban environment. Science Advances. 3(10). e1700552–e1700552. 148 indexed citations
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Neugebauer, Martin, et al.. (2016). Polarization-controlled directional scattering for nanoscopic position sensing. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11286–11286. 122 indexed citations
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Bauer, Thomas, Martin Neugebauer, Gerd Leuchs, & Peter Banzer. (2016). Optical Polarization Möbius Strips and Points of Purely Transverse Spin Density. Physical Review Letters. 117(1). 13601–13601. 103 indexed citations
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Banzer, Peter, Paweł Woźniak, Uwe Mick, Israel De Leon, & Robert W. Boyd. (2016). Chiral optical response of planar and symmetric nanotrimers enabled by heteromaterial selection. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13117–13117. 68 indexed citations
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Banzer, Peter, et al.. (2010). Extraordinary transmission through a single coaxial aperture in a thin metal film. Optics Express. 18(10). 10896–10896. 29 indexed citations
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Banzer, Peter, Ulf Peschel, S. Quabis, & Gerd Leuchs. (2010). On the experimental investigation of the electric and magnetic response of a single nano-structure. Optics Express. 18(10). 10905–10905. 90 indexed citations

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