Stefan Singer

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Stefan Singer is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Singer has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 1 paper in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stefan Singer's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (7 papers), Optical Network Technologies (3 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (3 papers). Stefan Singer is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (7 papers), Optical Network Technologies (3 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (3 papers). Stefan Singer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Stefan Singer's co-authors include O.S. Heavens, M. G. J. Minnaert, Robert A. Smith, R. P. Chasmar, C. Koos, W. Freude, Sebastian Randel, Heiner Zwickel, Yiyang Bao and Clemens Kieninger and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, Scientific Reports and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Singer

9 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Optical Properties of Thin Solid Films

1956 1.1k citations O.S. Heavens, Stefan Singer Physics Today profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan Singer Germany	6	771	483	390	232	184	10	1.4k
O. Stenzel Germany	22	512 0.7×	495 1.0×	202 0.5×	315 1.4×	180 1.0×	85	1.3k
J. Lafait France	24	366 0.5×	427 0.9×	362 0.9×	411 1.8×	187 1.0×	88	1.5k
David D. Allred United States	18	533 0.7×	583 1.2×	218 0.6×	206 0.9×	128 0.7×	102	1.4k
JR Dennison United States	24	924 1.2×	804 1.7×	235 0.6×	209 0.9×	82 0.4×	166	1.7k
Tom Tiwald United States	21	882 1.1×	753 1.6×	600 1.5×	414 1.8×	80 0.4×	59	1.8k
Pamela Johnson United States	5	627 0.8×	406 0.8×	556 1.4×	456 2.0×	199 1.1×	7	1.5k
A. Kazimirov United States	20	690 0.9×	745 1.5×	476 1.2×	154 0.7×	46 0.3×	104	1.6k
H. Bakhru United States	23	1.2k 1.5×	885 1.8×	1.1k 2.8×	341 1.5×	233 1.3×	198	2.5k
Brian D’Urso United States	15	468 0.6×	369 0.8×	565 1.4×	282 1.2×	63 0.3×	38	1.3k
Yongtao Zhao China	19	890 1.2×	282 0.6×	465 1.2×	154 0.7×	408 2.2×	258	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Singer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Singer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Singer

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Singer, Stefan, Carsten Eschenbaum, Martin Martens, et al.. (2025). Linear-drive amplifier-less 112 Gbit/s PAM4 operation of a silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder modulator at 265 mV_pp. Optics Express. 33(19). 40055–40055.

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Hrelescu, Calin, et al.. (2025). Photonic Integration Using Industry-Ready Photonic Wire Bonds and Facet Attached Micro-Lenses. IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology. 15(8). 1606–1613. 1 indexed citations

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Singer, Stefan, P. Trocha, Heiner Zwickel, et al.. (2022). Nonlinear Loss and Damage Threshold in Silicon Photonic Waveguides: Modelling and Experimental Verification. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. SF3O.4–SF3O.4. 3 indexed citations

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Singer, Stefan, Sebastian T. Skacel, Yiyang Bao, et al.. (2022). 3D-printed facet-attached optical elements for beam shaping in optical phased arrays. Optics Express. 30(26). 46564–46564. 10 indexed citations

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Singer, Stefan, Sebastian T. Skacel, Heiner Zwickel, et al.. (2022). 3D-Printed Facet-Attached Optical Elements for Beam Shaping in Solid-State Phased Arrays. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. SM4P.5–SM4P.5. 1 indexed citations

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Blaicher, Matthias, Philipp‐Immanuel Dietrich, Pablo Marin-Palomo, et al.. (2021). Hybrid external-cavity lasers (ECL) using photonic wire bonds as coupling elements. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 16426–16426. 37 indexed citations

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Zwickel, Heiner, Stefan Singer, Clemens Kieninger, et al.. (2020). Verified equivalent-circuit model for slot-waveguide modulators. Optics Express. 28(9). 12951–12951. 24 indexed citations

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Smith, Robert A., et al.. (1958). The Detection and Measurement of Infrared Radiation. Physics Today. 11(4). 43–44. 108 indexed citations

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Heavens, O.S. & Stefan Singer. (1956). Optical Properties of Thin Solid Films. Physics Today. 9(3). 24–26. 1141 indexed citations breakdown →

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Minnaert, M. G. J. & Stefan Singer. (1954). The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air. Physics Today. 7(11). 16–17. 81 indexed citations

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