Vahid Sandoghdar

16.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
194 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Vahid Sandoghdar is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Vahid Sandoghdar has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 99 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 77 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Vahid Sandoghdar's work include Near-Field Optical Microscopy (54 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (53 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (47 papers). Vahid Sandoghdar is often cited by papers focused on Near-Field Optical Microscopy (54 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (53 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (47 papers). Vahid Sandoghdar collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Vahid Sandoghdar's co-authors include L. Rogobete, Ulf Håkanson, Sergei Kühn, Mario Agio, Stephan Götzinger, Alois Renn, T. Kalkbrenner, Philipp Kukura, Xuewen Chen and G. Zumofen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Vahid Sandoghdar

188 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Enhancement of Single-Molecule Fluorescence Using a Gold Nanoparticle as an Optical Nanoantenna

2006 1.2k citations Vahid Sandoghdar et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Very low threshold whispering-gallery-mode microsphere laser

1996 380 citations Vahid Sandoghdar et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vahid Sandoghdar

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Bottom-up Investigation of Spatiotemporal Glycocalyx Dynamics with Interferometric Scattering Microscopy 2025 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cyril Popov, (unknown), Richard W. Taylor, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vahid Sandoghdar, Rainer A. Böckmann, Thisbe K. Lindhorst, Leonhard Möckl	0
2	Interferometric scattering microscopy 2025 ·Nature Reviews Methods Primers ·Naomi S. Ginsberg, Chia‐Lung Hsieh, Philipp Kukura, Marek Piliarik, Vahid Sandoghdar	6
3	Electrostatic All-Passive Force Clamping of Charged Nanoparticles 2025 ·ACS Nano ·(unknown), (unknown), Anna Kashkanova, Andreas Dechant, Eric Lutz, Vahid Sandoghdar	1
4	Hybridization of molecules via a common photonic mode 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Jan Renger, Stephan Götzinger, Vahid Sandoghdar	0
5	Measuring Concentration of Nanoparticles in Polydisperse Mixtures Using Interferometric Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis 2024 ·ACS Nano ·Anna Kashkanova, David Albrecht, (unknown), (unknown), Vahid Sandoghdar	9
6	A paintbrush for delivery of nanoparticles and molecules to live cells with precise spatiotemporal control 2024 ·Nature Methods ·(unknown), Richard W. Taylor, Alexandra Schambony, Leonhard Möckl, Vahid Sandoghdar	14
7	An optofluidic antenna for enhancing the sensitivity of single-emitter measurements 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Luis Morales‐Inostroza, (unknown), Ralf Kühnemuth, Suren Felekyan, (unknown), Claus A. M. Seidel, Stephan Götzinger, Vahid Sandoghdar	5
8	Self-supervised machine learning pushes the sensitivity limit in label-free detection of single proteins below 10 kDa 2023 ·Nature Methods ·(unknown), (unknown), Hisham Mazal, Harald Köstler, Vahid Sandoghdar	45
9	On-chip interference of scattering from two individual molecules 2023 ·Optica ·(unknown), Alexey Shkarin, Jan Renger, Tobias Utikal, Stephan Götzinger, Vahid Sandoghdar	8
10	Quantum Efficiency of Single Dibenzoterrylene Molecules in p-Dichlorobenzene at Cryogenic Temperatures 2023 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·(unknown), Alexey Shkarin, (unknown), Jan Renger, Tobias Utikal, Stephan Götzinger, Vahid Sandoghdar	7
11	Spectral splitting of a stimulated Raman transition in a single molecule 2023 ·Physical Review Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alexey Shkarin, Tobias Utikal, Stephan Götzinger, Vahid Sandoghdar	2
12	High-resolution vibronic spectroscopy of a single molecule embedded in a crystal 2022 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), Irena Deperasińska, Β. Kozankiewicz, (unknown), Alexey Shkarin, Tobias Utikal, Stephan Götzinger, Vahid Sandoghdar	18
13	PiSCAT: A Python Package for Interferometric ScatteringMicroscopy 2022 ·The Journal of Open Source Software ·(unknown), Reza Gholami Mahmoodabadi, (unknown), Vahid Sandoghdar, Harald Köstler	4
14	Single organic molecules for photonic quantum technologies 2021 ·INO Open Portal ·Costanza Toninelli, Ilja Gerhardt, Alex S. Clark, Antoine Reserbat‐Plantey, Stephan Götzinger, Zoran Ristanović, Maja Colautti, Pietro Lombardi, Kyle D. Major, Irena Deperasińska, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Frank H. L. Koppens, Β. Kozankiewicz, André Gourdon, Vahid Sandoghdar, Michel Orrit	138
15	Single-Molecule Vacuum Rabi Splitting: Four-Wave Mixing and Optical Switching at the Single-Photon Level 2021 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Manuel Meierhofer, Daqing Wang, (unknown), Diego Martín-Cano, Tobias Utikal, Stephan Götzinger, Vahid Sandoghdar	51
16	Precision single-particle localization using radial variance transform 2021 ·Optics Express ·Anna Kashkanova, Alexey Shkarin, Reza Gholami Mahmoodabadi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vahid Sandoghdar	15
17	Partial Cloaking of a Gold Particle by a Single Molecule 2020 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Benjamin Gmeiner, Jan Renger, (unknown), Tobias Utikal, Stephan Götzinger, Vahid Sandoghdar	10
18	High-Speed Microscopy of Diffusion in Pore-Spanning Lipid Membranes 2018 ·Nano Letters ·Susann Spindler, (unknown), Reza Gholami Mahmoodabadi, Claudia Steinem, Vahid Sandoghdar	21
19	Metal nanoparticles in strongly confined beams: transmission, reflection and absorption 2009 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Nassiredin M. Mojarad, G. Zumofen, Vahid Sandoghdar, Mario Agio	15
20	Modification of single molecule fluorescence close to a nanostructure: radiation pattern, spontaneous emission and quenching 2008 ·Molecular Physics ·S. Kühn, (unknown), Mario Agio, Vahid Sandoghdar	94

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