Thomas Metzger

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas Metzger 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 Metzger has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 53 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Metzger's work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (51 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (37 papers) and Solid State Laser Technologies (30 papers). Thomas Metzger is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (51 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (37 papers) and Solid State Laser Technologies (30 papers). Thomas Metzger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Thomas Metzger's co-authors include Ferenc Krausz, Catherine Y. Teisset, Dirk Sutter, O. Ambacher, Reinhard Kienberger, Alexander Schwarz, Moritz Ueffing, Hanieh Fattahi, E. Born and H. Angerer and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Chemistry of Materials and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Metzger

74 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

1  kW, 200  mJ picosecond thin-disk laser system 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150
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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. 1  kW, 200  mJ picosecond thin-disk laser system
    2017 188 citations Moritz Ueffing, Martin Gorjan et al. Optics Letters 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 Metzger Germany 24 1.3k 1.1k 402 279 253 79 1.9k
A. H. Chin United States 17 1.0k 0.8× 698 0.7× 239 0.6× 429 1.5× 148 0.6× 39 1.8k
Zuanming Jin China 28 1.6k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 318 0.8× 276 1.0× 190 0.8× 169 2.6k
R Glass Australia 31 943 0.7× 1.6k 1.5× 164 0.4× 94 0.3× 273 1.1× 104 2.3k
R. Vianden Germany 20 620 0.5× 421 0.4× 781 1.9× 180 0.6× 145 0.6× 160 1.7k
Valérie Vëniard France 27 1.7k 1.3× 485 0.5× 90 0.2× 325 1.2× 240 0.9× 71 2.0k
Stephen Weathersby United States 21 658 0.5× 623 0.6× 139 0.3× 155 0.6× 45 0.2× 79 1.3k
J. C. Kieffer Canada 18 751 0.6× 597 0.6× 77 0.2× 541 1.9× 461 1.8× 42 1.8k
Roman Adam Germany 18 1.4k 1.0× 701 0.7× 351 0.9× 92 0.3× 32 0.1× 99 1.8k
F. Budde New Zealand 16 664 0.5× 259 0.2× 179 0.4× 305 1.1× 232 0.9× 29 1.1k
Sylvie Rousset France 26 1.4k 1.1× 888 0.8× 286 0.7× 156 0.6× 45 0.2× 104 2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Metzger

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All Works

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Lee, Hyung, Arvinder Sandhu, Sudeep Banerjee, et al.. (2024). Laser Systems and Diagnostics for the ASU Compact X-ray Source. ETu2A.2–ETu2A.2. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Haochuan, Sandro Klingebiel, Catherine Y. Teisset, et al.. (2023). High-energy, high-average power multipass cell spectral broadening of a thin disk regenerative amplifier (Conference Presentation). 2 indexed citations
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Adams, Bernhard W., et al.. (2023). Generation of MeV X-rays with 3-mJ, picosecond laser pulses. 30–30.
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Mahieu, Bernard, Victor Moreno, Thomas Produit, et al.. (2023). Long distance laser filamentation using Yb:YAG kHz laser. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 18542–18542. 6 indexed citations
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Ertel, Klaus, Michael Scharun, Sandro Klingebiel, et al.. (2022). Thin-disk Multipass Amplifier for 100 mJ Class, Multi-kW High Intensity Lasers. HW4B.4–HW4B.4. 2 indexed citations
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Herkommer, Clemens, Peter Krötz, Robert Jung, et al.. (2020). Ultrafast thin-disk multipass amplifier with 720 mJ operating at kilohertz repetition rate for applications in atmospheric research. Optics Express. 28(20). 30164–30164. 68 indexed citations
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Krötz, Peter, Christoph Wandt, Christian Grebing, et al.. (2019). Towards 2 kW, 20 kHz ultrafast thin-disk based regenerative amplifiers. ATh1A.8–ATh1A.8. 11 indexed citations
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Metzger, Thomas, Christian Grebing, Clemens Herkommer, et al.. (2019). High-power ultrafast industrial thin-disk lasers. 21–21. 1 indexed citations
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Wolf, Jean‐Pierre, Valentina Shumakova, S. Ališauskas, et al.. (2017). Creating and Dissipating Clouds in the Atmosphere with Ultrashort Lasers. FW6E.4–FW6E.4. 1 indexed citations
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Mongin, Denis, Sandro Klingebiel, Marcel Schultze, et al.. (2016). High repetition rate ultrashort laser cuts a path through fog. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 8 indexed citations
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Michel, Knut, et al.. (2016). High-energy ultra-short pulse thin-disk lasers: new developments and applications. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9726. 972614–972614. 4 indexed citations
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Metzger, Thomas, Martin Gorjan, Moritz Ueffing, et al.. (2014). Picosecond Thin-Disk Lasers. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 427. JTh4L.1–JTh4L.1. 4 indexed citations
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Deng, Yunpei, Alexander Schwarz, Hanieh Fattahi, et al.. (2012). Carrier-envelope-phase-stable, 12 mJ, 15 cycle laser pulses at 21 μm. Optics Letters. 37(23). 4973–4973. 129 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Alexander, Moritz Ueffing, Yunpei Deng, et al.. (2012). Active stabilization for optically synchronized optical parametric chirped pulse amplification. Optics Express. 20(5). 5557–5557. 30 indexed citations
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Fattahi, Hanieh, Catherine Y. Teisset, Oleg Pronin, et al.. (2012). Pump-seed synchronization for MHz repetition rate, high-power optical parametric chirped pulse amplification. Optics Express. 20(9). 9833–9833. 21 indexed citations
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Metzger, Thomas, Alexander Schwarz, Catherine Y. Teisset, et al.. (2009). High-repetition-rate picosecond pump laser based on a Yb:YAG disk amplifier for optical parametric amplification. Optics Letters. 34(14). 2123–2123. 126 indexed citations
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Gu, Xun, Gilad Marcus, Yunpei Deng, et al.. (2008). Generation of carrier-envelope-phase-stable 2-cycle 740-μJ pulses at 21-μm carrier wavelength. Optics Express. 17(1). 62–62. 97 indexed citations
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Serebryannikov, E. E., А. М. Желтиков, Nobuhisa Ishii, et al.. (2005). Nonlinear-optical spectral transformation of few-cycle laser pulses in photonic-crystal fibers. Physical Review E. 72(5). 56603–56603. 25 indexed citations
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Metzger, Thomas. (1998). Defect structure of epitaxial GaN films determined by transmission electron microscopy and triple-axis X-ray diffractometry. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 77(4). 1013–1025. 42 indexed citations
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Metzger, Thomas, et al.. (1983). Fundamentals of gas permeation. Hydrocarbon Process. 62(8). 47–51. 8 indexed citations

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