Peter Günter

24.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
488 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Peter Günter is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Günter has authored 488 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 340 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 282 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 165 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Peter Günter's work include Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (268 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (184 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (163 papers). Peter Günter is often cited by papers focused on Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (268 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (184 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (163 papers). Peter Günter collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Peter Günter's co-authors include Mojca Jazbinšek, Christian Bosshard, Dieter Pohl, Hans Joachim Eichler, Jean‐Pierre Huignard, Ch. Bosshard, Arno Schneider, M. Zgonik, G. Poberaj and Ivan Biaggio and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Peter Günter

475 papers receiving 17.8k citations

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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.

Laser-Induced Dynamic Gratings

1986 1.1k citations Peter Günter et al. profile →
Holography, coherent light amplification and optical phase conjugation with photorefractive materials

1982 501 citations Peter Günter profile →
Lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) for micro‐photonic devices

2012 482 citations G. Poberaj, Peter Günter et al. profile →
Electro–optically tunable microring resonators in lithium niobate

2007 439 citations G. Poberaj, Riccardo Degl’Innocenti et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Günter Switzerland	67	9.6k	9.3k	6.2k	5.7k	4.1k	488	18.6k
Larry R. Dalton United States	78	6.5k 0.7×	10.3k 1.1×	10.9k 1.8×	6.5k 1.1×	4.9k 1.2×	575	22.1k
P. S. Pershan United States	56	8.2k 0.9×	4.6k 0.5×	3.6k 0.6×	4.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	187	15.5k
Ron Naaman Israel	70	7.9k 0.8×	8.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.3×	5.4k 0.9×	2.7k 0.6×	356	18.3k
Abraham Nitzan Israel	79	13.8k 1.4×	10.8k 1.2×	3.1k 0.5×	5.6k 1.0×	4.1k 1.0×	382	24.2k
Joseph Zyss France	65	3.7k 0.4×	2.8k 0.3×	9.7k 1.6×	6.2k 1.1×	3.4k 0.8×	375	15.6k
Eric W. Van Stryland United States	60	7.2k 0.8×	4.6k 0.5×	7.9k 1.3×	10.6k 1.9×	15.3k 3.7×	303	22.1k
N. Troullier United States	27	7.8k 0.8×	5.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.3×	11.3k 2.0×	1.4k 0.3×	44	18.5k
Mansoor Sheik‐Bahae United States	42	7.6k 0.8×	4.7k 0.5×	5.9k 1.0×	6.4k 1.1×	10.4k 2.5×	223	17.0k
David J. Hagan United States	58	6.5k 0.7×	4.1k 0.4×	6.3k 1.0×	9.1k 1.6×	12.5k 3.0×	278	18.8k
Daniel Sánchez‐Portal Spain	51	9.2k 1.0×	9.5k 1.0×	2.7k 0.4×	15.0k 2.6×	2.9k 0.7×	182	22.7k

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Poberaj, G., et al.. (2009). Photonic crystal structures in ion-sliced lithium niobate thin films. Optics Express. 17(22). 20291–20291. 58 indexed citations

Jazbinšek, Mojca, et al.. (2009). Fast dynamic waveguides and waveguide arrays in photorefractive Sn_2P_2S_6 induced by visible light. Optics Express. 17(2). 379–379. 6 indexed citations

Degl’Innocenti, Riccardo, et al.. (2008). UV Second Harmonic Generation at 266 nm in He⁺ Implanted β-BaB₂O₄ Optical Waveguides. Optics Express. 16(15). 11660–11660. 7 indexed citations

Poberaj, G., et al.. (2008). Optical microring resonators in fluorineimplanted lithium niobate. Optics Express. 16(12). 8769–8769. 33 indexed citations

Hunziker, Christoph, et al.. (2008). Fabrication and phase modulation in organic single-crystalline configurationally locked, phenolic polyene OH1 waveguides. Optics Express. 16(20). 15903–15903. 11 indexed citations

Jazbinšek, Mojca, et al.. (2007). High-speed photorefraction at telecommunication wavelength 155 μm in Sn_2P_2S_6:Te. Optics Letters. 32(22). 3230–3230. 16 indexed citations

Schneider, Arno, et al.. (2006). Generation of terahertz pulses through optical rectification in organic DAST crystals: theory and experiment. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 23(9). 1822–1822. 338 indexed citations

Schneider, Arno & Peter Günter. (2006). Measurement of the terahertz-induced phase shift in electro-optic sampling for an arbitrary biasing phase. Applied Optics. 45(25). 6598–6598. 7 indexed citations

Jazbinšek, Mojca, et al.. (2005). Optical Phase Conjugators for Near-Infrared Diode Lasers Using Sn2P2S6 Crystals. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 3 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Mogens Brøndsted, Martin Schreiber, Paul Seiler, et al.. (2001). Highly Functionalized Dimeric Tetraethynylethenes and Expanded Radialenes: Strong Evidence for Macrocyclic Cross-Conjugation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 7(15). 3263–3280. 62 indexed citations

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Siemsen, Peter, Ulrich Gubler, Christian Bosshard, Peter Günter, & François Diederich. (2001). Pt-Tetraethynylethene Molecular Scaffolding: Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Class of Organometallic Molecular Rods. Chemistry - A European Journal. 7(6). 1333–1341. 48 indexed citations

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Abplanalp, M. & Peter Günter. (2001). Influence of stress on the domain formation in barium-titanate films. Ferroelectrics. 258(1). 3–12. 9 indexed citations

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Abplanalp, M., Jan Fousek, & Peter Günter. (2001). Higher Order Ferroic Switching Induced by Scanning Force Microscopy. Physical Review Letters. 86(25). 5799–5802. 95 indexed citations

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Martin, Rainer E., Ulrich Gubler, Jérôme Cornil, et al.. (2000). Monodisperse Poly(triacetylene) Oligomers Extending from Monomer to Hexadecamer: Joint Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Physical Properties. Chemistry - A European Journal. 6(19). 3622–3635. 46 indexed citations

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Bösch, Martin, et al.. (1999). Oblique incidence organic molecular beam deposition and nonlinear optical properties of organic thin films with a stable in-plane directional order. DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)). 1 indexed citations

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Meier, U., M. Bösch, Ch. Bosshard, & Peter Günter. (1998). Parametric Interactions in the Organic Salt 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4′-N′-methyl-stilbazolium tosylate at telecommunication wavelengths. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe. 8. CThH42–CThH42. 1 indexed citations

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Bosshard, Christian, Man Shing Wong, Feng Pan, Peter Günter, & Völker Gramlich. (1997). Self‐assembly of an acentric co‐crystal of a highly hyperpolarizable merocyanine dye with optimized alignment for nonlinear optics. Advanced Materials. 9(7). 554–557. 44 indexed citations

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Fluck, D., et al.. (1996). Photorefractive effect in proton-implanted Fe-doped KNbO_3 waveguides at telecommunication wavelengths. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 13(11). 2544–2544. 14 indexed citations

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Fluck, D., Peter Günter, M. Fleuster, & Ch. Buchal. (1993). Phase-matched and Cerenkov-type second harmonic blue light generation in ion-implanted KnbO3 waveguides. 58. CThA.3–CThA.3. 2 indexed citations

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Voit, E., et al.. (1987). Reduced KNbO3-crystals for fast photorefractive nonlinear optics. WA1–WA1. 7 indexed citations

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