Stefan Birner

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Stefan Birner is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Birner has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 34 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Stefan Birner's work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (27 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (15 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (11 papers). Stefan Birner is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (27 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (15 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (11 papers). Stefan Birner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Stefan Birner's co-authors include A. Trellakis, Till F. M. Andlauer, T. Zibold, M. Sabathil, P. Vogl, Tillmann Kubis, Peter Vogl, Jacek A. Majewski, M. Stutzmann and José A. Garrido and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nano Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Birner

49 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Birner Germany 18 974 902 659 459 376 51 1.6k
L. Cerutti France 31 1.4k 1.5× 2.0k 2.2× 462 0.7× 426 0.9× 673 1.8× 157 2.8k
Itaru Kamiya Japan 26 1.8k 1.8× 1.2k 1.3× 902 1.4× 223 0.5× 398 1.1× 129 2.4k
E. Towe United States 22 1.3k 1.3× 1.4k 1.6× 1.3k 2.0× 365 0.8× 449 1.2× 111 2.5k
V. I. Safarov France 22 1.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.2× 602 0.9× 230 0.5× 652 1.7× 78 2.2k
Robert D. Grober United States 22 1.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 769 1.2× 398 0.9× 1.6k 4.2× 53 2.7k
Iwao Kawayama Japan 25 743 0.8× 1.4k 1.6× 655 1.0× 199 0.4× 573 1.5× 134 2.1k
Joerg Heber Germany 14 465 0.5× 668 0.7× 527 0.8× 171 0.4× 214 0.6× 75 1.3k
Stefano Dal Conte Italy 27 840 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 1.4k 2.1× 371 0.8× 263 0.7× 68 2.2k
Jen‐Inn Chyi Taiwan 24 1.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.9× 512 0.8× 894 1.9× 422 1.1× 151 2.4k
Sven Rodt Germany 28 2.2k 2.3× 1.6k 1.8× 979 1.5× 399 0.9× 542 1.4× 122 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Birner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Birner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Birner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Birner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Birner 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 Stefan Birner. Stefan Birner 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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Birner, Stefan, J. Zanon, Michael E. Flatté, et al.. (2025). Triple V-shaped type-II quantum wells for long wavelength interband cascade lasers. Physics Letters A. 561. 130971–130971.
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Birner, Stefan, et al.. (2024). Comparison between InAs-based and GaSb-based interband cascade lasers with hybrid superlattice plasmon-enhanced claddings. Optical Materials Express. 14(12). 2912–2912. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Li, et al.. (2022). Increasing the output power of a heavily doped terahertz quantum cascade laser by avoiding the subband misalignment. Journal of Applied Physics. 132(17). 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Li, et al.. (2022). Over One Watt Output Power Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers by Using High Doping Concentration and Variable Barrier‐Well Height. physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters. 16(7). 3 indexed citations
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Gallacher, Kevin, Michele Ortolani, Leonetta Baldassarre, et al.. (2020). Design and simulation of losses in Ge/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade laser waveguides. Optics Express. 28(4). 4786–4786. 11 indexed citations
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Grange, Thomas, Samik Mukherjee, Giovanni Capellini, et al.. (2020). Atomic-Scale Insights into Semiconductor Heterostructures: From Experimental Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Interface to a Generalized Theory of Interfacial Roughness Scattering. Physical Review Applied. 13(4). 36 indexed citations
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Fischer, Inga Anita, P. Zaumseil, Giovanni Capellini, et al.. (2020). Composition analysis and transition energies of ultrathin Sn-rich GeSn quantum wells. Physical Review Materials. 4(2). 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Li, et al.. (2019). Short-period scattering-assisted terahertz quantum cascade lasers operating at high temperatures. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9446–9446. 17 indexed citations
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Virgilio, Michele, Luca Persichetti, L. Di Gaspare, et al.. (2019). Control of Electron-State Coupling in Asymmetric Ge/Si−Ge Quantum Wells. Physical Review Applied. 11(1). 21 indexed citations
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Birner, Stefan, et al.. (2014). Negative quantum capacitance in graphene nanoribbons with lateral gates. Physical Review B. 89(11). 13 indexed citations
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Zhou, Chuanle, et al.. (2013). Driving Perpendicular Heat Flow: (p×n)-Type Transverse Thermoelectrics for Microscale and Cryogenic Peltier Cooling. Physical Review Letters. 110(22). 227701–227701. 60 indexed citations
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Dankerl, Markus, et al.. (2011). Hydrophobic Interaction and Charge Accumulation at the Diamond-Electrolyte Interface. Physical Review Letters. 106(19). 196103–196103. 28 indexed citations
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Birner, Stefan. (2011). Modeling of semiconductor nanostructures and semiconductor–electrolyte interfaces. mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich). 21 indexed citations
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Sergeev, Andrei, et al.. (2011). ELECTRON HEATING IN QUANTUM-DOT STRUCTURES WITH COLLECTIVE POTENTIAL BARRIERS. International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems. 20(1). 143–152. 2 indexed citations
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Rich, Daniel H., et al.. (2010). Electronic and optical properties of GaN/AlN quantum dots on Si(111) subject to in-plane uniaxial stresses and variable excitation. Journal of Applied Physics. 108(8). 6 indexed citations
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Birner, Stefan, et al.. (2009). Ballistic quantum transport using the contact block reduction (CBR) method. Journal of Computational Electronics. 8(3-4). 267–286. 16 indexed citations
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Kandaswamy, P., F. Guillot, E. Bellet‐Amalric, et al.. (2008). GaN/AlN short-period superlattices for intersubband optoelectronics: A systematic study of their epitaxial growth, design, and performance. Journal of Applied Physics. 104(9). 151 indexed citations
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Grützmacher, Detlev, Thomas Fromherz, Christian Dais, et al.. (2007). Three-Dimensional Si/Ge Quantum Dot Crystals. Nano Letters. 7(10). 3150–3156. 155 indexed citations
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Birner, Stefan, Lutz Geelhaar, H. Eisele, et al.. (2005). Effects of strain and confinement on the emission wavelength of InAs quantum dots due to aGaAs1−xNxcapping layer. Physical Review B. 71(24). 25 indexed citations
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Birner, Stefan, et al.. (2001). Accelerated dynamics simulations of interstitial-cluster growth. Solid State Communications. 120(7-8). 279–282. 19 indexed citations

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