Thomas Brabec

16.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
151 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Brabec is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Brabec has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 46 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 35 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Brabec's work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (113 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (67 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (35 papers). Thomas Brabec is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (113 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (67 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (35 papers). Thomas Brabec collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Austria and Germany. Thomas Brabec's co-authors include Ferenc Krausz, P. B. Corkum, Giulio Vampa, Christian Spielmann, Chris McDonald, Nenad Milošević, Michael Hentschel, Reinhard Kienberger, Georg A. Reider and U. Heinzmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Brabec

144 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Intense few-cycle laser fields: Frontiers of nonlinear optics

2000 2.2k citations Thomas Brabec, Ferenc Krausz profile →
Attosecond metrology

2001 2.1k citations Michael Hentschel, Reinhard Kienberger et al. Nature profile →
Nonlinear Optical Pulse Propagation in the Single-Cycle Regime

1997 624 citations Thomas Brabec, Ferenc Krausz Physical Review Letters profile →
Theoretical Analysis of High-Harmonic Generation in Solids

2014 529 citations Giulio Vampa, Chris McDonald et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Linking high harmonics from gases and solids

2015 521 citations Giulio Vampa, François Légaré et al. Nature profile →
All-Optical Reconstruction of Crystal Band Structure

2015 401 citations Giulio Vampa, François Légaré et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Semiclassical analysis of high harmonic generation in bulk crystals

2015 301 citations Giulio Vampa, Chris McDonald et al. profile →
High harmonic generation in condensed matter

2022 131 citations Thomas Brabec et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thomas Brabec	11.5k	2.8k	2.7k	2.4k	931	151	12.1k
G. G. Paulus	10.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	2.6k 1.0×	3.8k 1.6×	1.0k 1.1×	265	11.1k
Andrius Baltuška	12.4k 1.1×	4.1k 1.5×	2.8k 1.0×	3.2k 1.3×	773 0.8×	318	13.4k
P. H. Bucksbaum	9.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	3.0k 1.2×	765 0.8×	208	11.0k
Pierre Agostini	12.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	3.0k 1.1×	4.4k 1.9×	1.0k 1.1×	147	13.1k
D. M. Villeneuve	16.0k 1.4×	1.5k 0.5×	2.9k 1.0×	6.7k 2.8×	1.4k 1.5×	243	16.8k
Reinhard Kienberger	10.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	3.1k 1.3×	546 0.6×	104	10.9k
J. P. Marangos	11.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	2.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	215	12.3k
Vladislav S. Yakovlev	10.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	553 0.6×	89	11.0k
Misha Ivanov	22.1k 1.9×	2.4k 0.9×	4.2k 1.5×	7.8k 3.3×	1.1k 1.2×	271	22.7k
M. Nisoli	10.8k 0.9×	2.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	3.1k 1.3×	608 0.7×	246	12.3k

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Bart, G., et al.. (2025). Strong field physics in open quantum systems. Reports on Progress in Physics. 88(7). 70501–70501.

Ciappina, Marcelo F., et al.. (2024). Tabletop Tunable Chiral Photonic Emitter. Physical Review Letters. 133(11). 113804–113804. 1 indexed citations

Corkum, P. B., et al.. (2024). Intrinsic dichroism in amorphous and crystalline solids with helical light. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1350–1350. 8 indexed citations

Jalil, Sohail A., Kashif M. Awan, Thomas Fennel, et al.. (2023). Spectroscopic Signatures of Plasmonic Near‐Fields on High‐Harmonic Emission. Laser & Photonics Review. 17(12).

Moloney, Jerome V., et al.. (2023). Gauge Invariant Formulation of the Semiconductor Bloch Equations. Physical Review Letters. 131(23). 236902–236902. 8 indexed citations

Bart, G., et al.. (2020). Coulomb blocking of sequential tunnel ionization in complex systems. Journal of Physics Photonics. 2(3). 34007–34007. 1 indexed citations

McDonald, Chris, Giulio Vampa, P. B. Corkum, & Thomas Brabec. (2017). Intense-Laser Solid State Physics: Unraveling the Difference between Semiconductors and Dielectrics. Physical Review Letters. 118(17). 173601–173601. 35 indexed citations

McDonald, Chris, et al.. (2017). Enhancing High Harmonic Output in Solids through Quantum Confinement. Physical Review Letters. 119(18). 183902–183902. 37 indexed citations

Vampa, Giulio, Chris McDonald, Gianfranco Orlando, et al.. (2014). Theoretical Analysis of High-Harmonic Generation in Solids. Physical Review Letters. 113(7). 73901–73901. 529 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peltz, Christian, Charles Varin, Thomas Brabec, & Thomas Fennel. (2014). Time-Resolved X-Ray Imaging of Anisotropic Nanoplasma Expansion. Physical Review Letters. 113(13). 133401–133401. 21 indexed citations

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Brown, Cameron, Konstantin Popov, Thomas Brabec, et al.. (2013). Imaging and modeling collagen architecture from the nano to micro scale. Biomedical Optics Express. 5(1). 233–233. 41 indexed citations

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Abolfath, Ramin & Thomas Brabec. (2010). DNA‐backbone radio resistivity induced by spin blockade effect. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 31(14). 2601–2606. 4 indexed citations

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Sukiasyan, Suren, et al.. (2009). Multielectron Correlation in High-Harmonic Generation: A 2D Model Analysis. Physical Review Letters. 102(22). 223002–223002. 52 indexed citations

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Patchkovskii, Serguei, Zengxiu Zhao, Thomas Brabec, & D. M. Villeneuve. (2006). High Harmonic Generation and Molecular Orbital Tomography in Multielectron Systems: Beyond the Single Active Electron Approximation. Physical Review Letters. 97(12). 123003–123003. 155 indexed citations

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Milošević, Nenad, P. B. Corkum, & Thomas Brabec. (2004). How to Use Lasers for Imaging Attosecond Dynamics of Nuclear Processes. Physical Review Letters. 92(1). 13002–13002. 78 indexed citations

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Milošević, Nenad, Armin Scrinzi, & Thomas Brabec. (2002). Numerical Characterization of High Harmonic Attosecond Pulses. Physical Review Letters. 88(9). 93905–93905. 42 indexed citations

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Tempea, G., Armin Scrinzi, Ferenc Krausz, & Thomas Brabec. (2001). Comment on “Observation of Attosecond Light Localization in Higher Order Harmonic Generation”. Physical Review Letters. 87(10). 109401–109401. 7 indexed citations

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Hentschel, Michael, Reinhard Kienberger, Christian Spielmann, et al.. (2001). Attosecond metrology. Nature. 414(6863). 509–513. 2097 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kelly, Stephen M., et al.. (1993). Suppression of resonances associated with periodically amplified solitons. TuB.2–TuB.2. 1 indexed citations

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Krausz, Ferenc, et al.. (1990). Mode-locking of a diode laser pumped Nd:glass laser by nonlinear regenerative feedback. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2 indexed citations

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