Thomas Bauer

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas Bauer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Bauer has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Bauer's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (17 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (11 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (7 papers). Thomas Bauer is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (17 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (11 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (7 papers). Thomas Bauer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Canada. Thomas Bauer's co-authors include Peter Banzer, Gerd Leuchs, Martin Neugebauer, Sergej Orlov, Andrea Aiello, Ulf Peschel, Ebrahim Karimi, Robert W. Boyd, Lorenzo Marrucci and Enrico Santamato and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Bauer

39 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Observation of optical polarization Möbius strips 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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. Observation of optical polarization Möbius strips
    2015 334 citations Thomas Bauer, Peter Banzer 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
Thomas Bauer Germany 15 1.2k 718 413 274 156 40 1.5k
Benjamin McMorran United States 19 1.2k 1.1× 511 0.7× 333 0.8× 242 0.9× 91 0.6× 71 1.6k
Yoshihiko Arita United Kingdom 21 1.5k 1.3× 922 1.3× 290 0.7× 340 1.2× 79 0.5× 39 1.8k
J.-P. Martikainen Finland 24 1.5k 1.3× 808 1.1× 480 1.2× 246 0.9× 88 0.6× 55 1.9k
Michele Merano Italy 22 1.3k 1.1× 476 0.7× 219 0.5× 505 1.8× 176 1.1× 45 1.6k
L.J. Allen United Kingdom 21 1.7k 1.4× 766 1.1× 291 0.7× 281 1.0× 238 1.5× 30 2.1k
C. Schäfer Germany 22 1.1k 1.0× 400 0.6× 239 0.6× 289 1.1× 188 1.2× 48 1.5k
Oto Brzobohatý Czechia 19 1.3k 1.2× 964 1.3× 157 0.4× 294 1.1× 64 0.4× 54 1.6k
Martin Neugebauer Germany 14 1.3k 1.1× 783 1.1× 290 0.7× 338 1.2× 248 1.6× 26 1.4k
M. E. J. Friese Australia 11 1.6k 1.4× 1.0k 1.4× 189 0.5× 248 0.9× 81 0.5× 14 1.7k
Bergin Gjonaj Israel 13 674 0.6× 612 0.9× 346 0.8× 212 0.8× 99 0.6× 18 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Bauer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Bauer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bauer, Thomas, Qitong Li, Jung‐Hwan Song, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Excitonic Beam Switching with Atomically‐Thin Binary Blazed Gratings. Advanced Optical Materials. 13(15). 1 indexed citations
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Li, Qitong, Thomas Bauer, Jung‐Hwan Song, et al.. (2024). Temperature-Dependent Excitonic Light Manipulation with Atomically Thin Optical Elements. Nano Letters. 24(21). 6240–6246. 5 indexed citations
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Bauer, Thomas, Timothy J. Davis, Bettina Frank, et al.. (2023). Ultrafast Time Dynamics of Plasmonic Fractional Orbital Angular Momentum. ACS Photonics. 10(12). 4252–4258. 2 indexed citations
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Bauer, Thomas & Ilya Golub. (2023). Divide and focus: generating novel focal polarization modalities by symmetry-based phase tailoring in one dimension. Optics Letters. 48(10). 2736–2736. 1 indexed citations
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Bauer, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Breakdown of Spin-to-Helicity Locking at the Nanoscale in Topological Photonic Crystal Edge States. Physical Review Letters. 128(20). 203903–203903. 10 indexed citations
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Bauer, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Interplay of Leakage Radiation and Protection in Topological Photonic Crystal Cavities. Laser & Photonics Review. 16(9). 9 indexed citations
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Bauer, Thomas, Elena Pinilla‐Cienfuegos, Ángela Barreda, et al.. (2021). Radiationless anapole states in on-chip photonics. Light Science & Applications. 10(1). 204–204. 25 indexed citations
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Verhagen, Ewold, et al.. (2020). Topological protection in photonic crystals. 35–35. 1 indexed citations
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Lesina, Antonio Calà, Martin Neugebauer, Thomas Bauer, et al.. (2019). Investigating the Optical Properties of a Laser Induced 3D Self‐Assembled Carbon–Metal Hybrid Structure. Small. 15(18). e1900512–e1900512. 5 indexed citations
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Adhikari, Subhasis, Sergii Pud, Wiebke Albrecht, et al.. (2019). Circular Dichroism Measurement of Single Metal Nanoparticles Using Photothermal Imaging. Nano Letters. 19(12). 8934–8940. 77 indexed citations
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Bauer, Thomas, Martin Neugebauer, Gerd Leuchs, & Peter Banzer. (2016). Optical Polarization Möbius Strips and Points of Purely Transverse Spin Density. Physical Review Letters. 117(1). 13601–13601. 103 indexed citations
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Neugebauer, Martin, Thomas Bauer, Andrea Aiello, & Peter Banzer. (2015). Measuring the Transverse Spin Density of Light. Physical Review Letters. 114(6). 63901–63901. 199 indexed citations
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Banzer, Peter, Martin Neugebauer, Andrea Aiello, et al.. (2013). The photonic wheel - demonstration of a state of light with purely transverse angular momentum. Journal of the European Optical Society Rapid Publications. 8. 13032–13032. 75 indexed citations
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Küchler, R., Thomas Bauer, M. Brando, & F. Steglich. (2012). A compact and miniaturized high resolution capacitance dilatometer for measuring thermal expansion and magnetostriction. Review of Scientific Instruments. 83(9). 95102–95102. 82 indexed citations
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Neugebauer, Martin, Peter Banzer, Thomas Bauer, et al.. (2012). Experimental demonstration of the geometric spin Hall effect of light in highly focused vector beams. QW1E.4–QW1E.4. 3 indexed citations
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Bauer, Thomas & Claus Falter. (2010). Phonon dispersion and anomalies in one-layer high-temperature superconductors. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 22(5). 55404–55404. 3 indexed citations
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Bauer, Thomas & Claus Falter. (2010). Phonon dispersion and anomalies in one-layer high-temperature superconductors. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 22(14). 149802–149802. 1 indexed citations
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Bauer, Thomas & Claus Falter. (2009). The phonon dynamics of Sr2RuO4: microscopic calculation and comparison with that of La2CuO4. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 21(39). 395701–395701. 4 indexed citations
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Bauer, Thomas & Claus Falter. (2008). Microscopic modeling of phonon dynamics and charge response inNdCuO. Physical Review B. 77(14). 5 indexed citations
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Falter, Claus, et al.. (2006). Modeling the electronic state of the high-TcsuperconductorLaCuO: Phonon dynamics and charge response. Physical Review B. 73(22). 18 indexed citations

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