Simon Thiele

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Simon Thiele is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Thiele has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Simon Thiele's work include Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies (15 papers), Advanced optical system design (14 papers) and Optical Coherence Tomography Applications (12 papers). Simon Thiele is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies (15 papers), Advanced optical system design (14 papers) and Optical Coherence Tomography Applications (12 papers). Simon Thiele collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United States. Simon Thiele's co-authors include Alois Herkommer, Harald Gießen, Timo Gissibl, Ksenia Weber, M. Schmid, Simon Ristok, Rodney W. Kirk, Johan Verjans, Christina A. Bursill and Robert A. McLaughlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Simon Thiele

48 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Two-photon direct laser writing of ultracompact multi-len... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 200 400 600
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. Two-photon direct laser writing of ultracompact multi-lens objectives
    2016 681 citations Timo Gissibl, Simon Thiele 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
Simon Thiele Germany 21 1.6k 661 650 334 202 50 2.2k
Alois Herkommer Germany 21 1.7k 1.1× 714 1.1× 726 1.1× 343 1.0× 269 1.3× 101 2.4k
Albertas Žukauskas Lithuania 16 1.4k 0.9× 483 0.7× 648 1.0× 847 2.5× 130 0.6× 27 2.0k
Li‐Gang Niu China 25 1.7k 1.1× 661 1.0× 361 0.6× 642 1.9× 575 2.8× 45 2.4k
Veronica Vespini Italy 22 878 0.6× 1.0k 1.5× 309 0.5× 135 0.4× 223 1.1× 83 1.6k
Jaeyoun Kim United States 19 1.4k 0.9× 911 1.4× 399 0.6× 76 0.2× 272 1.3× 54 2.2k
Darius Gailevičius Lithuania 18 863 0.6× 274 0.4× 293 0.5× 316 0.9× 112 0.6× 73 1.2k
Hongtao Wang Singapore 26 730 0.5× 388 0.6× 438 0.7× 104 0.3× 128 0.6× 60 1.6k
Hans Zappe Germany 36 2.1k 1.4× 2.7k 4.1× 1.0k 1.5× 122 0.4× 427 2.1× 306 4.3k
Gregory P. Nordin United States 30 2.4k 1.5× 1.4k 2.1× 834 1.3× 74 0.2× 515 2.5× 127 3.8k
M. Deubel Germany 10 977 0.6× 699 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 190 0.6× 287 1.4× 14 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Thiele

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Thiele

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Thiele. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Thiele 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 Simon Thiele. Simon Thiele is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kushwaha, Alok Kumar Singh, J. Marathe, Lei Xiang, et al.. (2025). 3D-printed micro-axicon enables extended depth-of-focus intravascular optical coherence tomography in vivo. Advanced Photonics. 7(2). 3 indexed citations
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Thiele, Simon, et al.. (2025). Magnetically actuatable 3D-printed endoscopic microsystems. Communications Engineering. 4(1). 69–69.
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Thiele, Simon, et al.. (2025). Minimally-invasive common-path OCT system for neurosurgery applications. Biomedical Optics Express. 16(2). 872–872.
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Thiele, Simon, et al.. (2024). Fabrication and Characterization of a Magnetic 3D‐printed Microactuator. Advanced Materials Technologies. 9(12). 6 indexed citations
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Weber, Ksenia, Simon Thiele, Mario Hentschel, Alois Herkommer, & Harald Gießen. (2024). Positional Accuracy of 3D Printed Quantum Emitter Fiber Couplers. Advanced Quantum Technologies. 7(11). 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jiawen, Simon Thiele, Rodney W. Kirk, et al.. (2022). 3D‐Printed Micro Lens‐in‐Lens for In Vivo Multimodal Microendoscopy. Small. 18(17). e2107032–e2107032. 46 indexed citations
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Thiele, Simon, et al.. (2022). Complex 3D printed microoptical systems: from a pinhole camera to a spectrometer. 4–4. 1 indexed citations
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Lahlil, Khalid, Simon Thiele, Alois Herkommer, et al.. (2021). Emission spectroscopy of NaYF4:Eu nanorods optically trapped by Fresnel lens fibers. Photonics Research. 10(2). 332–332. 12 indexed citations
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Thiele, Simon, et al.. (2021). Towards magnetically actuated 3D-printed micro-optical elements. 2. 21–21. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jiawen, Simon Thiele, Bryden C. Quirk, et al.. (2020). Ultrathin monolithic 3D printed optical coherence tomography endoscopy for preclinical and clinical use. Light Science & Applications. 9(1). 124–124. 119 indexed citations
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Weber, Ksenia, et al.. (2020). Distortion-free multi-element Hypergon wide-angle micro-objective obtained by femtosecond 3D printing. Optics Letters. 45(10). 2784–2784. 20 indexed citations
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Thiele, Simon, et al.. (2019). Virtual reality headset using a gaze-synchronized display system. 50. 8–8. 1 indexed citations
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Schmid, M., Simon Thiele, Alois Herkommer, & Harald Gießen. (2018). Three-dimensional direct laser written achromatic axicons and multi-component microlenses. Optics Letters. 43(23). 5837–5837. 39 indexed citations
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Schlehahn, Alexander, Alexander Thoma, Timo Gissibl, et al.. (2017). Single Quantum Dot with Microlens and 3D-Printed Micro-objective as Integrated Bright Single-Photon Source. ACS Photonics. 4(6). 1327–1332. 60 indexed citations
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Thiele, Simon, et al.. (2017). 3D-printed eagle eye: Compound microlens system for foveated imaging. Science Advances. 3(2). e1602655–e1602655. 237 indexed citations
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Schmidt, S., et al.. (2017). Rotationally symmetric formulation of the wave propagation method-application to the straylight analysis of diffractive lenses. Optics Letters. 42(8). 1612–1612. 13 indexed citations
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Weber, Ksenia, et al.. (2017). Single mode fiber based delivery of OAM light by 3D direct laser writing. Optics Express. 25(17). 19672–19672. 73 indexed citations
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Gissibl, Timo, Simon Thiele, Alois Herkommer, & Harald Gießen. (2016). Sub-micrometre accurate free-form optics by three-dimensional printing on single-mode fibres. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11763–11763. 267 indexed citations
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Thiele, Simon & Alois Herkommer. (2014). Wave optical optimization of a high NA fiber tip TIR lens. JTu5A.14–JTu5A.14. 1 indexed citations

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