W. Sandner

12.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
222 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

W. Sandner is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Sandner has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 91 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 68 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in W. Sandner's work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (113 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (86 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (81 papers). W. Sandner is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (113 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (86 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (81 papers). W. Sandner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Russia. W. Sandner's co-authors include U. Eichmann, H. Rottke, P. V. Nickles, Thomas Nubbemeyer, Mikhail Kalashnikov, K. A. Safinya, C. Trump, M. Schnürer, M. Schnürer and Alejandro Sáenz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. Sandner

217 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

  1. Radiation-Pressure Acceleration of Ion Beams Driven by Circularly Polarized Laser Pulses
    2009 374 citations A. Henig, Sven Steinke et al. Physical Review 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
W. Sandner Germany 44 5.7k 2.7k 1.8k 1.7k 695 222 6.9k
H. Pépin Canada 35 5.2k 0.9× 3.2k 1.2× 2.7k 1.5× 1.4k 0.8× 1.0k 1.5× 186 7.1k
D. Habs Germany 41 3.7k 0.6× 4.3k 1.6× 1.9k 1.0× 673 0.4× 506 0.7× 213 6.1k
H. M. Milchberg United States 46 6.3k 1.1× 3.3k 1.2× 2.8k 1.5× 1.0k 0.6× 1.8k 2.6× 211 7.6k
Y. K. Ho Taiwan 45 8.9k 1.6× 1.7k 0.6× 2.2k 1.2× 624 0.4× 498 0.7× 443 9.5k
Ph. Balcou France 32 8.7k 1.5× 3.2k 1.2× 914 0.5× 2.4k 1.4× 1.2k 1.7× 89 9.4k
D. Strickland Canada 18 4.7k 0.8× 2.9k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 607 0.4× 1.7k 2.4× 55 5.9k
G. Grillon France 32 3.2k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 465 0.3× 733 1.1× 79 4.4k
D. Schwalm Germany 48 5.5k 1.0× 3.3k 1.2× 744 0.4× 2.1k 1.2× 519 0.7× 328 8.1k
В. П. Крайнов Russia 30 3.5k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 794 0.5× 368 0.5× 190 4.2k
M. Klapisch United States 35 3.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 2.4k 1.3× 764 0.4× 546 0.8× 124 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Sandner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Sandner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Manschwetus, Bastian, et al.. (2013). Frustrated Tunnel Ionization of Noble Gas Dimers with Rydberg-Electron Shakeoff by Electron Charge Oscillation. Physical Review Letters. 110(2). 23001–23001. 29 indexed citations
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Eichmann, U., et al.. (2013). Observing Rydberg Atoms to Survive Intense Laser Fields. Physical Review Letters. 110(20). 203002–203002. 94 indexed citations
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Will, I., et al.. (2011). Photoinjector drive laser of the FLASH FEL. Optics Express. 19(24). 23770–23770. 40 indexed citations
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Schnürer, M., А. А. Андреев, Sven Steinke, et al.. (2011). Comparison of femtosecond laser-driven proton acceleration using nanometer and micrometer thick target foils. Laser and Particle Beams. 29(4). 437–446. 9 indexed citations
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Henig, A., Sven Steinke, M. Schnürer, et al.. (2009). Radiation-Pressure Acceleration of Ion Beams Driven by Circularly Polarized Laser Pulses. Physical Review Letters. 103(24). 245003–245003. 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eichmann, U., Thomas Nubbemeyer, H. Rottke, & W. Sandner. (2009). Acceleration of neutral atoms in strong short-pulse laser fields. Nature. 461(7268). 1261–1264. 176 indexed citations
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Manschwetus, Bastian, Thomas Nubbemeyer, G. Steinmeyer, et al.. (2009). Strong Laser Field Fragmentation ofH2: Coulomb Explosion without Double Ionization. Physical Review Letters. 102(11). 113002–113002. 110 indexed citations
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Schreiber, J., S. Ter–Avetisyan, E. Risse, et al.. (2006). Pointing of laser-accelerated proton beams. Physics of Plasmas. 13(3). 22 indexed citations
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Kalashnikov, Mikhail, E. Risse, H. Schönnagel, & W. Sandner. (2005). Double chirped-pulse-amplification laser: a way to clean pulses temporally. Optics Letters. 30(8). 923–923. 123 indexed citations
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Schnürer, M., D. Hilscher, U. Jahnke, et al.. (2004). Explosion characteristics of intense femtosecond-laser-driven water droplets. Physical Review E. 70(5). 56401–56401. 14 indexed citations
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Liu, X., H. Rottke, E. Eremina, et al.. (2004). Nonsequential Double Ionization at the Single-Optical-Cycle Limit. Physical Review Letters. 93(26). 263001–263001. 144 indexed citations
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Ter-Avetisyan, S., M. Schnürer, Stephan Busch, et al.. (2004). Spectral Dips in Ion Emission Emerging from Ultrashort Laser-Driven Plasmas. Physical Review Letters. 93(15). 155006–155006. 37 indexed citations
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Lucianetti, Antonio, K. A. Janulewicz, G. Priebe, et al.. (2004). Transverse spatial coherence of a transient nickellike silver soft-x-ray laser pumped by a single picosecond laser pulse. Optics Letters. 29(8). 881–881. 8 indexed citations
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Sandner, W.. (2002). Heiner Goebbels : Komposition als Inszenierung. 1 indexed citations
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Rottke, H., C. Trump, M. Wittmann, et al.. (2002). Coincident Fragment Detection in Strong Field Photoionization and Dissociation ofH2. Physical Review Letters. 89(1). 13001–13001. 22 indexed citations
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Hilscher, D., et al.. (2001). Neutron energy spectra from the laser-inducedD(d,n)3Hereaction. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 64(1). 16414–16414. 51 indexed citations
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Stiel, H., D. Leupold, Michael E. Beck, et al.. (2001). Towards time-resolved, coupled structure–function information on carotenoid excited state processes: X-ray and optical short-pulse double resonance spectroscopy. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 48(3). 239–246. 9 indexed citations
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Nickles, P. V., K. A. Janulewicz, & W. Sandner. (2000). Laser: Röntgenlaser auf dem Wege zu Tabletop‐Systemen: Dank neuer Pumpverfahren passen Röntgenlaser inzwischen in ein kleines Labor. Physikalische Blätter. 56(6). 43–48. 2 indexed citations
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Jones, R. R., W. Sandner, T. F. Gallagher, et al.. (1989). Multiphoton double ionisation of Ba from 280 to 700 nm. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 22(4). 585–599. 9 indexed citations
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Sandner, W. & Constantine E. Theodosiou. (1979). Double differential ionization cross section for neon K-shell by electron impact. 263. 1 indexed citations

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