Stefan Blügel

38.1k citations

603 papers · 27.9k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 82

Impact in

Condensed Matter Physics top 0.02%
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.01%
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Surface and Thin Film Phenomena

Papers in

Condensed Matter Physics 228
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism 137
- Advanced Condensed Matter Physics 68
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 506
- Magnetic properties of thin films 284
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena 183
- Surface and Thin Film Phenomena 119
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies 93
- Topological Materials and Phenomena 91

Co-authors: Gustav Bihlmayer Yuriy Mokrousov Stefan Heinze Christoph Friedrich R. Wiesendanger Frank Freimuth Nicolae Atodiresei R. Zeller
Journals: Physical Review B (132 papers)Physical review. B. (90 papers)Physical Review Letters (80 papers)Physical review. B, Condensed matter (35 papers)Nature Communications (19 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Japan United States

In The Last Decade

Stefan Blügel

592 papers receiving 27.4k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Symmetry and magnitude of spin–orbit torques in ferromagnetic heterostructures 2013 · 907 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Nature Nanotechnology
2013 Nature Nanotechnology
2013 Nature
2011 Nature Physics
2008 Physical Review B
2007 Nature
2004 Physical Review Letters
1984 Physical Review Letters

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All Works

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1	Spin–orbit effects in the surface state of Fe(001) revealed by full surface Brillouin zone mapping New Journal of Physics ·Ewa Młyńczak, Jennifer Reed, Richarda M de Voer, K. Freindl, J. Korecki, P. M. D., D. Wilgocka‐Ślęzak, Lucas Stang, 山田靖哉, Irene Aguilera, Gustav Bihlmayer, Stefan Blügel, N. Spiridis	2025	0
2	Spin and orbital magnetism by light in rutile altermagnets SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Sara Mancell, Nour Wassim, Frank Freimuth, Dongwook Go, Lishu Zhang, Marjana Ležaić, Wanxiang Feng, Yugui Yao, Jairo Sinova, Libor Šmejkal, Stefan Blügel, 郝虹	2024	15
3	Characterization of single in situ prepared interfaces composed of niobium and a selectively grown (Bi1−xSbx)2Te3 topological insulator nanoribbon Physical Review Materials ·Cheng Caiping, Philipp Rüßmann, Norlinda. Mohd Zawawi, H. Kim, Volodymyr Kovpak, Abdur Rehman Jalil, Florian Lentz, Stefan Trellenkamp, Martina Ploenes, Hesham Bin Khayal, Gregor Mußler, Peter Schüffelgen, Claus M. Schneider, Stefan Blügel, Detlev Grützmacher, Łukasz Pluciński, Thomas Schäpers	2024	1
4	Orbital Rashba Effect as a Platform for Robust Orbital Photocurrents Physical Review Letters ·Sara Mancell, Nour Wassim, Dongwook Go, Frank Freimuth, Stefan Blügel, Yuriy Mokrousov	2024	18
5	Phonons from density-functional perturbation theory using the all-electron full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave method FLEUR ^* Electronic Structure ·정행운, 余响铃, Cao Yanggen, Gustav Bihlmayer, Markus Betzinger, XiaoNa Wei, Daniel Wortmann, Stefan Blügel	2023	2
6	Double-Q ground state with topological charge stripes in the centrosymmetric skyrmion candidate GdRu2Si2 Physical review. B. ·Puput Isnaini Choeriah, D. D. Khalyavin, D. A. Mayoh, Juba Bouaziz, Secretion In Dogs, Анна Георгиевна Шаврова, Fabio Orlandi, Pascal Manuel, Stefan Blügel, J. B. Staunton, O. A. Petrenko, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan	2023	25
7	Hopfion rings in a cubic chiral magnet Nature ·Fengshan Zheng, Nikolai S. Kiselev, Filipp N. Rybakov, Luyan Yang, Wen Shi, Stefan Blügel, Rafal E. Dunin–Borkowski	2023	75
8	Ab initio calculation of the Hubbard U and Hund exchange J in local moment magnets: The case of Mn-based full Heusler compounds Physical Review Materials ·M. Taş, E. Şaşıoğlu, Stefan Blügel, Ingrid Mertig, I. Galanakis	2022	5
9	Laser-induced charge and spin photocurrents at the BiAg2 surface: A first-principles benchmark Physical Review Research ·Sara Mancell, Nour Wassim, Dongwook Go, Frank Freimuth, Stefan Blügel, Yuriy Mokrousov	2022	6
10	Topological magnon insulators in two-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnets CrSiTe ₃ and CrGeTe ₃ : Toward intrinsic gap-tunability Science Advances ·Fengfeng Zhu, Lichuan Zhang, A. Mauriz, Flaviano José dos Santos, Erin Grandelli, Thomas J. Mueller, K. Schmalzl, W. Schmidt, A. Ivanov, J. T. Park, J. Xu, Jie Ma, Samir Lounis, Stefan Blügel, Yuriy Mokrousov, Yixi Su, Thomas Brückel	2021	82
11	Spin-polarized quantized electronic structure of Fe(001) with symmetry breaking due to the magnetization direction Physical review. B. ·Ewa Młyńczak, Irene Aguilera, Pika Gospodarič, Anyela Carolina Rueda Rosero, Matteo Jugovac, Giovanni Zamborlini, Christian Tusche, S. Suga, Vitaliy Feyer, Stefan Blügel, Łukasz Pluciński, Claus M. Schneider	2021	8
12	Half-Metal–Spin-Gapless-Semiconductor Junctions as a Route to the Ideal Diode Physical Review Applied ·E. Şaşıoğlu, V. Baron-Bodo, Emalia Yunika, Stefan Blügel, Ingrid Mertig	2020	23
13	Semi-analytical approaches for the radius of skyrmions in thin magnetic films JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich) ·Fabian R. Lux, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Stefan Blügel	2019	2
14	Towards microscopic control of the magnetic exchange coupling at the surface of a topological insulator Journal of Physics Materials ·Philipp Rüßmann, Sanjoy Kr Mahatha, Paolo Sessi, Miguel A. Valbuena, Thomas Bathon, K. Fauth, S. Godey, Aitor Mugarza, К. А. Кох, О. Е. Терещенко, Pierluigi Gargiani, Manuel Valvidares, PU Ya-xin, N. B. Brookes, M. Bode, Gustav Bihlmayer, Stefan Blügel, Phivos Mavropoulos, C. Carbone, A. Barla	2018	15
15	Experimental observation of chiral magnetic bobbers in B20-type FeGe Nature Nanotechnology ·Fengshan Zheng, Filipp N. Rybakov, A. B. Borisov, Dongsheng Song, Shasha Wang, J.S. Bok, Haifeng Du, Nikolai S. Kiselev, Jan Caron, András Kovács, Mingliang Tian, Yuheng Zhang, Stefan Blügel, Rafal E. Dunin–Borkowski	2018	240
16	Mixed Weyl semimetals and low-dissipation magnetization control in insulators by spin–orbit torques JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich) ·Jan-Philipp Hanke, Frank Freimuth, Chengwang Niu, Stefan Blügel, Yuriy Mokrousov	2017	45
17	Direct Observation of the Band Gap Transition in Atomically Thin ReS₂ Nano Letters ·Mathias Gehlmann, Irene Aguilera, Gustav Bihlmayer, Slavomír Nemšák, Philipp Nagler, Pika Gospodarič, Giovanni Zamborlini, Markus Eschbach, Vitaliy Feyer, Florian Kronast, Ewa Młyńczak, Tobias Korn, Łukasz Pluciński, Christian Schüller, Stefan Blügel, Claus M. Schneider	2017	63
18	Magnetic domain walls in ultrathin films : Contribution of the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich) ·Marcus Heide, Stefan Blügel	2006	7
19	Structural and magnetic properties of the (001) and (111) surfaces of the half-metal NiMnSb Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·Marjana Ležaić, I. Galanakis, Gustav Bihlmayer, Stefan Blügel	2005	34
20	Ab initio all-electron full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave method for one-dimensional systems RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) ·Yuriy Mokrousov, Stefan Blügel	2005	1

About Stefan Blügel

Stefan Blügel is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Structural Biology, having authored 603 papers that have together received 27.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic properties of thin films (284 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (183 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (137 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (119 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (93 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (91 papers), Graphene research and applications (75 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (68 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Condensed Matter Physics (9.9k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (21.0k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (8.4k citations), Materials Chemistry (10.6k citations) and Structural Biology (190 citations). Stefan Blügel has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Japan and United States. Frequent co-authors include Gustav Bihlmayer, Yuriy Mokrousov, Stefan Heinze, Christoph Friedrich, R. Wiesendanger, Frank Freimuth, Nicolae Atodiresei, R. Zeller, Vasile Caciuc and André Kubetzka. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review B, Physical review. B., Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Nature Communications.

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