Toralf Scharf

2.2k citations
139 papers · 1.7k indexed · h-index 23

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Toralf Scharf

130 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Toralf Scharf
Comparison fields: 5 of 80
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films 319
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 600
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 732
  • Biomedical Engineering 946
  • Media Technology 169
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All Works

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2 20201
3 202021
4 20201
5 202014
6 20202
7 20195
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10 201910
11 20192
12 20199
13 20187
14 20181
15 201318
16 20094
17 200822
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Microstructured Optics: Moving toward the nanoscale
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Light fields generated by microlenses with amplitude stops
20061
20 200516

About Toralf Scharf

Toralf Scharf is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Media Technology, having authored 139 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Optical Coatings and Gratings (45 papers), Advanced optical system design (34 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (31 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (26 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (24 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (22 papers), Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry (15 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (319 citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (600 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (732 citations), Biomedical Engineering (946 citations) and Media Technology (169 citations). Toralf Scharf has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Carsten Rockstuhl, Hans Peter Herzig, Myun‐Sik Kim, Stefan Mühlig, F. Lederer, José Dintinger, Reinhard Voelkel, C. Etrich, R. Völkel and K. J. Weible. Their work appears in journals such as Optics Express, Journal of the European Optical Society Rapid Publications, Optics Letters, Journal of Micro/Nanolithography MEMS and MOEMS and Journal of Optics.

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