Sebastian Loth

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Sebastian Loth is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Loth has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Loth's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (30 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (14 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (13 papers). Sebastian Loth is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (30 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (14 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (13 papers). Sebastian Loth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Sebastian Loth's co-authors include Andreas J. Heinrich, Christopher P. Lutz, D. M. Eigler, Markus Ternes, Susanne Baumann, A. F. Otte, Kirsten von Bergmann, Jacob A. J. Burgess, Markus Etzkorn and M. Wenderoth and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Loth

41 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Bistability in Atomic-Scale Antiferromagnets 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 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. Bistability in Atomic-Scale Antiferromagnets
    2012 466 citations Sebastian Loth, Susanne Baumann 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
Sebastian Loth Germany 23 2.0k 1.0k 645 597 580 43 2.5k
A. F. Otte Netherlands 20 2.0k 1.0× 877 0.9× 609 0.9× 442 0.7× 633 1.1× 43 2.4k
Markus Ternes Germany 26 2.6k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 806 1.2× 526 0.9× 667 1.1× 45 3.2k
Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin United States 22 2.4k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.8× 677 1.1× 678 1.2× 53 3.3k
Taeyoung Choi South Korea 20 1.4k 0.7× 886 0.9× 620 1.0× 414 0.7× 249 0.4× 41 2.0k
Susanne Baumann United States 12 1.1k 0.6× 439 0.4× 486 0.8× 403 0.7× 390 0.7× 17 1.5k
M. R. Wegewijs Germany 24 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 536 0.8× 635 1.1× 241 0.4× 61 2.3k
Jens Wiebe Germany 28 3.2k 1.6× 711 0.7× 1.2k 1.8× 721 1.2× 1.6k 2.7× 77 3.8k
Joshua Folk Canada 27 2.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 1.0k 1.6× 348 0.6× 570 1.0× 49 3.0k
Philip Willke South Korea 20 1.1k 0.5× 694 0.7× 665 1.0× 322 0.5× 204 0.4× 32 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sebastian Loth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Loth

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baumann, Susanne, et al.. (2024). An Atomic‐Scale Vector Network Analyzer. Small Methods. 8(9). e2301526–e2301526.
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Sheng, Shaoxiang, et al.. (2024). Control of Surface Plasmon Propagation and Terahertz Near-Field Waveforms in a Scanning Tunneling Microscope. Nano Letters. 24(48). 15291–15299.
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Sheng, Shaoxiang, Steffen Rolf-Pissarczyk, Susanne Baumann, et al.. (2024). Terahertz spectroscopy of collective charge density wave dynamics at the atomic scale. Nature Physics. 20(10). 1603–1608. 11 indexed citations
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Sheng, Shaoxiang, et al.. (2022). Launching Coherent Acoustic Phonon Wave Packets with Local Femtosecond Coulomb Forces. Physical Review Letters. 129(4). 43001–43001. 19 indexed citations
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Sheng, Shaoxiang, Steffen Rolf-Pissarczyk, Jacob A. J. Burgess, et al.. (2021). Variable Repetition Rate THz Source for Ultrafast Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. ACS Photonics. 8(3). 702–708. 33 indexed citations
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Baumann, Susanne, et al.. (2021). Quantum stochastic resonance of individual Fe atoms. Science Advances. 7(33). 17 indexed citations
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Serrano, Giulia, Lorenzo Poggini, Matteo Briganti, et al.. (2020). Quantum dynamics of a single molecule magnet on superconducting Pb(111). Nature Materials. 19(5). 546–551. 70 indexed citations
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Malavolti, Luigi, Matteo Briganti, Giulia Serrano, et al.. (2018). Tunable Spin–Superconductor Coupling of Spin 1/2 Vanadyl Phthalocyanine Molecules. Nano Letters. 18(12). 7955–7961. 83 indexed citations
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Rolf-Pissarczyk, Steffen, et al.. (2017). Dynamical Negative Differential Resistance in Antiferromagnetically Coupled Few-Atom Spin Chains. Physical Review Letters. 119(21). 217201–217201. 20 indexed citations
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Rashidi, Mohammad, Jacob A. J. Burgess, Marco Taucer, et al.. (2016). Time-resolved single dopant charge dynamics in silicon. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13258–13258. 32 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Kirsten von, Markus Ternes, Sebastian Loth, Christopher P. Lutz, & Andreas J. Heinrich. (2015). Spin Polarization of the Split Kondo State. Physical Review Letters. 114(7). 76601–76601. 44 indexed citations
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Burgess, Jacob A. J., Luigi Malavolti, Valeria Lanzilotto, et al.. (2015). Magnetic fingerprint of individual Fe4 molecular magnets under compression by a scanning tunnelling microscope. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8216–8216. 53 indexed citations
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Yan, Shichao, Deung-Jang Choi, Jacob A. J. Burgess, Steffen Rolf-Pissarczyk, & Sebastian Loth. (2014). Control of quantum magnets by atomic exchange bias. Nature Nanotechnology. 10(1). 40–45. 99 indexed citations
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Wenderoth, M., Sebastian Loth, J. K. Garleff, et al.. (2011). Bistable Charge Configuration of Donor Systems near the GaAs(110) Surfaces. Nano Letters. 11(9). 3538–3542. 13 indexed citations
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Wijnheijmer, A. P., J. K. Garleff, M. Wenderoth, et al.. (2009). Enhanced Donor Binding Energy Close to a Semiconductor Surface. Physical Review Letters. 102(16). 166101–166101. 54 indexed citations
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Otte, A. F., Markus Ternes, Sebastian Loth, et al.. (2009). Spin Excitations of a Kondo-Screened Atom Coupled to a Second Magnetic Atom. Physical Review Letters. 103(10). 107203–107203. 93 indexed citations
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Loth, Sebastian. (2008). Atomic scale images of acceptors in III-V semiconductors. GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). 4 indexed citations
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Wenderoth, M., Sebastian Loth, R. G. Ulbrich, et al.. (2008). Controlled Charge Switching on a Single Donor with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope. Physical Review Letters. 101(7). 76103–76103. 144 indexed citations
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Loth, Sebastian, et al.. (2006). Probing Semiconductor Gap States with Resonant Tunneling. Physical Review Letters. 96(6). 66403–66403. 31 indexed citations
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Loth, Sebastian, et al.. (2006). Depth Resolved Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Shallow Acceptors in Gallium Arsenide. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 45(3S). 2193–2193. 12 indexed citations

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