Stéphane Mazouffre

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
139 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Stéphane Mazouffre is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Stéphane Mazouffre has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 35 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 27 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Stéphane Mazouffre's work include Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (115 papers), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (89 papers) and Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (22 papers). Stéphane Mazouffre is often cited by papers focused on Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (115 papers), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (89 papers) and Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (22 papers). Stéphane Mazouffre collaborates with scholars based in France, Netherlands and Germany. Stéphane Mazouffre's co-authors include Lou Grimaud, Laurent Garrigues, Sédina Tsikata, P. Vankan, Igor Levchenko, Shuyan Xu, Kateryna Bazaka, R. Engeln, N. Sadeghi and G. Bourgeois and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Stéphane Mazouffre

134 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Electric propulsion for satellites and spacecraft: establ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Electric propulsion for satellites and spacecraft: established technologies and novel approaches
    2016 421 citations Stéphane Mazouffre Plasma Sources Science and Technology profile →

Peers

Stéphane Mazouffre
James E. Polk United States
Trevor Lafleur France
Laurent Garrigues France
Yevgeny Raitses United States
Alec D. Gallimore United States
Ioannis G. Mikellides United States
F. Taccogna Italy
B. M. Alexandrovich United States
R. B. Piejak United States
Hiroyuki Koizumi Japan
James E. Polk United States
Stéphane Mazouffre
Citations per year, relative to Stéphane Mazouffre Stéphane Mazouffre (= 1×) peers James E. Polk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stéphane Mazouffre

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stéphane Mazouffre. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stéphane Mazouffre 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 Stéphane Mazouffre. Stéphane Mazouffre 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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Mazouffre, Stéphane, et al.. (2025). High-speed imaging of titanium cathode spots in a high-current vacuum arc thruster. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 58(13). 135206–135206.
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Navarro-Cavallé, Jaume, et al.. (2024). Determining ion velocity in the interconnected plume of a cluster of two ECRTs using 2D LIF. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.
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Mazouffre, Stéphane, et al.. (2024). Supervised machine learning-based Hall thruster scaling. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 3(1). 5 indexed citations
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Vinci, Alfio E., et al.. (2024). Far-field plume characterization of a low-power cylindrical Hall thruster. Journal of Applied Physics. 136(4). 1 indexed citations
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Mazouffre, Stéphane, et al.. (2023). Time-of-Flight Measurements in the Jet of a High-Current Vacuum Arc Thruster. Aerospace. 10(12). 1011–1011. 1 indexed citations
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Vinci, Alfio E., Stéphane Mazouffre, Vı́ctor Gómez, P. Fajardo, & Jaume Navarro-Cavallé. (2022). Laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy on xenon atoms and ions in the magnetic nozzle of a helicon plasma thruster. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 31(9). 95007–95007. 11 indexed citations
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Vinci, Alfio E., et al.. (2022). Ion dynamics in the magnetic nozzle of a waveguide ECR thruster via laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 56(2). 25204–25204. 2 indexed citations
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Tsikata, Sédina, Kentaro Hara, & Stéphane Mazouffre. (2021). Characterization of hollow cathode plasma turbulence using coherent Thomson scattering. Journal of Applied Physics. 130(24). 14 indexed citations
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Levchenko, Igor, Shuyan Xu, Stéphane Mazouffre, et al.. (2020). Perspectives, frontiers, and new horizons for plasma-based space electric propulsion. Physics of Plasmas. 27(2). 144 indexed citations
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Vincent, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Electron properties of an emissive cathode: analysis with incoherent thomson scattering, fluid simulations and Langmuir probe measurements. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 53(41). 415202–415202. 14 indexed citations
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Vincent, Benjamin, Sédina Tsikata, & Stéphane Mazouffre. (2020). Incoherent Thomson scattering measurements of electron properties in a conventional and magnetically-shielded Hall thruster. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 29(3). 35015–35015. 34 indexed citations
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Garrigues, Laurent, et al.. (2019). Operation of a low-power Hall thruster: comparison between magnetically unshielded and shielded configuration. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 28(3). 34003–34003. 25 indexed citations
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Mazouffre, Stéphane, Lou Grimaud, Sédina Tsikata, K. Matyash, & R. Schneider. (2019). Rotating spoke instabilities in a wall-less Hall thruster: experiments. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 28(5). 54002–54002. 25 indexed citations
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Levchenko, Igor, Kateryna Bazaka, Yongjie Ding, et al.. (2018). Space micropropulsion systems for Cubesats and small satellites: From proximate targets to furthermost frontiers. Applied Physics Reviews. 5(1). 264 indexed citations
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Gaboriau, Freddy, Laurent Garrigues, Gerjan Hagelaar, et al.. (2018). ID-HALL, a new double stage Hall thruster design. I. Principle and hybrid model of ID-HALL. Physics of Plasmas. 25(9). 10 indexed citations
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Béchu, S., S. Aleiferis, Lisseth Gavilan, et al.. (2017). Detection of rovibrationally excited molecular hydrogen in the electronic ground state via synchrotron radiation. Applied Physics Letters. 111(7). 6 indexed citations
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Joussot, Romain, Lou Grimaud, Laurent Garrigues, et al.. (2017). Experimental and Numerical Investigations of a 5A-Class Cathode with a LaB6 Flat Disk Emitter in the 2 A-20 A Current Range. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Mazouffre, Stéphane, et al.. (2006). A Fabry–Pérot spectroscopy study on ion flow features in a Hall effect thruster. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 15(4). 757–764. 12 indexed citations
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Mazouffre, Stéphane, et al.. (2004). PPS-1350 Qualification Status and Performances. ESASP. 555. 5 indexed citations
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Silva, M. Lino da, et al.. (2003). Fluid mechanics calculations as a support tool for experimental investigations using the SR5 wind-tunnel. ESASP. 533. 63–72. 2 indexed citations

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