S. Sebban

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

S. Sebban is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Sebban has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 15 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in S. Sebban's work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (19 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (15 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (10 papers). S. Sebban is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (19 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (15 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (10 papers). S. Sebban collaborates with scholars based in France, Portugal and Spain. S. Sebban's co-authors include A. Rousse, V. Malka, K. Ta Phuoc, Amar Tafzi, C. Thaury, S. Corde, Rahul Shah, J. P. Goddet, Ph. Balcou and C. Valentin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

S. Sebban

21 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

All-optical Compton gamma-ray source 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
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. All-optical Compton gamma-ray source
    2012 360 citations K. Ta Phuoc, S. Corde et al. Nature Photonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. Sebban France 13 936 902 335 271 202 22 1.2k
M. Yeung United Kingdom 17 817 0.9× 963 1.1× 425 1.3× 141 0.5× 158 0.8× 43 1.1k
I. Daito Japan 21 772 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 232 0.7× 314 1.2× 138 0.7× 90 1.5k
C. L. Gordon United States 8 1.1k 1.2× 737 0.8× 369 1.1× 124 0.5× 263 1.3× 18 1.3k
M. J. Eckart United States 14 880 0.9× 593 0.7× 419 1.3× 402 1.5× 349 1.7× 59 1.4k
H.-K. Chung United States 18 673 0.7× 570 0.6× 632 1.9× 236 0.9× 91 0.5× 59 1.1k
J. D. Kmetec United States 8 921 1.0× 555 0.6× 263 0.8× 96 0.4× 300 1.5× 19 1.1k
C.-G. Wahlström Sweden 13 843 0.9× 580 0.6× 243 0.7× 85 0.3× 110 0.5× 24 1.0k
J. P. Holder United States 15 308 0.3× 622 0.7× 317 0.9× 283 1.0× 95 0.5× 59 877
R.W. Lee United States 21 906 1.0× 554 0.6× 817 2.4× 273 1.0× 175 0.9× 56 1.3k
A. Giulietti Italy 22 930 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 948 2.8× 269 1.0× 176 0.9× 133 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Sebban

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Sebban

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. Sebban. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. Sebban 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 S. Sebban. S. Sebban 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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Gautier, J., F. Tissandier, J.-P. Goddet, et al.. (2020). Nonlinear ionization dynamics of hot dense plasma observed in a laser-plasma amplifier. Light Science & Applications. 9(1). 187–187. 14 indexed citations
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Thaury, C., E. Guillaume, A. Döpp, et al.. (2015). Demonstration of relativistic electron beam focusing by a laser-plasma lens. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6860–6860. 54 indexed citations
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Lambert, G., Boris Vodungbo, J. Gautier, et al.. (2015). Towards enabling femtosecond helicity-dependent spectroscopy with high-harmonic sources. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6167–6167. 135 indexed citations
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Phuoc, K. Ta, S. Corde, C. Thaury, et al.. (2012). All-optical Compton gamma-ray source. Nature Photonics. 6(5). 308–311. 360 indexed citations breakdown →
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Oliva, Eduardo, Philippe Zeitoun, P. Velarde, et al.. (2010). Hydrodynamic study of plasma amplifiers for soft-x-ray lasers: A transition in hydrodynamic behavior for plasma columns with widths ranging from20 μmto 2 mm. Physical Review E. 82(5). 56408–56408. 11 indexed citations
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Tissandier, F., S. Sebban, M. Ribière, et al.. (2010). Bessel spatial profile of a soft x-ray laser beam. Applied Physics Letters. 97(23). 3 indexed citations
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Gautier, J., Ph. Zeitoun, A. S. Morlens, et al.. (2009). High harmonics generation: Spatial characterisation and applications. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 45–50. 1 indexed citations
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Gautier, J., Philippe Zeitoun, C. P. Hauri, et al.. (2008). Optimization of the wave front of high order harmonics. The European Physical Journal D. 48(3). 459–463. 25 indexed citations
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Sebban, S., A. S. Morlens, J. Gautier, et al.. (2007). Demonstration of a spatial filtering amplifier for high-order harmonics. Optics Letters. 32(11). 1498–1498. 10 indexed citations
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Cros, B., Tomáš Mocek, G. Vieux, et al.. (2006). Characterization of the collisionally pumped optical-field-ionized soft-x-ray laser at41.8nmdriven in capillary tubes. Physical Review A. 73(3). 23 indexed citations
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Zeitoun, P., S. Sebban, Tomáš Mocek, et al.. (2004). A high-intensity highly coherent soft X-ray femtosecond laser seeded by a high harmonic beam. Nature. 431(7007). 426–429. 184 indexed citations
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Butler, Alison, A. J. Gonsalves, David J. Spence, et al.. (2004). 41.8−nmXe8+laser driven in a plasma waveguide. Physical Review A. 70(2). 10 indexed citations
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Valentin, C., S. Kazamias, D. Douillet, et al.. (2004). Experimental observation of anomalous high harmonics at low intensities. Applied Physics B. 78(7-8). 845–849. 2 indexed citations
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Jamelot, G., J. F. Wyart, Tomáš Mocek, et al.. (2004). Characterization of collisionally pumped optical-field-ionization soft X-ray lasers. Applied Physics B. 78(7-8). 939–944. 7 indexed citations
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Kazamias, S., D. Douillet, F. Weihe, et al.. (2003). Global Optimization of High Harmonic Generation. Physical Review Letters. 90(19). 193901–193901. 133 indexed citations
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Sebban, S., Tomáš Mocek, D. Ros, et al.. (2002). Demonstration of a Ni-Like Kr Optical-Field-Ionization Collisional Soft X-Ray Laser at 32.8 nm. Physical Review Letters. 89(25). 253901–253901. 53 indexed citations
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Grillon, G., Ph. Balcou, J. P. Chambaret, et al.. (2002). Deuterium-Deuterium Fusion Dynamics in Low-Density Molecular-Cluster Jets Irradiated by Intense Ultrafast Laser Pulses. Physical Review Letters. 89(6). 65005–65005. 142 indexed citations
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Balcou, Ph., S. Sebban, G. Grillon, et al.. (2001). Femtosecond laser driven XUV sources: High-harmonic and OFI X-ray laser studies. Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings). 11(PR2). Pr2–175.
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Daido, Hiroyuki, S. Sebban, Noriyuki Sakaya, et al.. (1999). Experimental characterization of short-wavelength Ni-like soft-x-ray lasing toward the water window. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 16(12). 2295–2295. 12 indexed citations
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Rus, B., Ph. Zeitoun, Tomáš Mocek, et al.. (1997). Investigation of Zn and Cu prepulse plasmas relevant to collisional excitation x-ray lasers. Physical Review A. 56(5). 4229–4241. 21 indexed citations

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