2026 Ferenc Krausz: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	126	635	606	52	50	914	71679

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Research.com Recognitions

2016 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physics
2013 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
2012 - Member of Academia Europaea
2009 - OSA Fellows For pioneering contributions to establishing experimental attosecond science, by generating few-cycle light with controlled waveform and by generating and measuring attosecond pulses and using them for observation of the motion of electrons on the atomic scale.
2002 - Wittgenstein Award
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Ferenc Krausz is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily within physics and engineering, focusing on atomic and molecular physics, optics, and biophysical applications. Their work also covers aspects of electrical and electronic engineering, spectroscopy, molecular biology, and interdisciplinary biomedical and chemical research.

The main topics of Krausz's research include:

Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
Terahertz Technology and Applications
Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
Solid State Laser Technologies

Krausz has contributed significantly to the literature with key recent papers, including:

Field-resolved infrared spectroscopy of biological systems, 2020, Nature
Attosecond optoelectronic field measurement in solids, 2020, Nature Communications
Stability of person-specific blood-based infrared molecular fingerprints opens up prospects for health monitoring, 2021, Nature Communications
Single-cycle infrared waveform control, 2022, Nature Photonics
Electro-optic characterization of synthesized infrared-visible light fields, 2022, Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include Nicholas Karpowicz, Marinus Huber, Kosmas V. Kepesidis, Mihaela Žigman, and Michael K. Trubetskov. Krausz's research has appeared predominantly in notable publication venues such as:

Optica
Nature Communications
EPJ Web of Conferences
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
Nature

Krausz holds membership in multiple scientific academies, including the European Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. They were also inducted into the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2016 for contributions in physics.

Among awards received is the Wittgenstein Award from 2002. Krausz was recognized as an OSA Fellow in 2009 for pioneering contributions to experimental attosecond science, notably for generating few-cycle light with controlled waveform and measuring attosecond pulses for observing electron motion at the atomic scale.

Best Publications

Intense few-cycle laser fields: Frontiers of nonlinear optics

Thomas Brabec;Ferenc Krausz

4199
Citations
Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields

A. Baltuška;Th. Udem;M. Uiberacker;M. Hentschel

2181
Citations
Single-cycle nonlinear optics.

Eleftherios Goulielmakis;Martin Schultze;M. Hofstetter;V. S. Yakovlev

1999
Citations
Time-resolved atomic inner-shell spectroscopy

M. Drescher;M. Drescher;M. Hentschel;R. Kienberger;M. Uiberacker

1868
Citations
Atomic transient recorder

Reinhard Kienberger;E. Goulielmakis;Matthias Uiberacker;Andrius Baltuska

1688
Citations
Real-time observation of valence electron motion

Eleftherios Goulielmakis;Zhi-Heng Loh;Zhi-Heng Loh;Adrian Wirth;Robin Santra;Robin Santra

1395
Citations
Femtosecond Optical Breakdown in Dielectrics

M. Lenzner;J. Krüger;S. Sartania;Z. Cheng

1368
Citations
Compression of high-energy laser pulses below 5 fs

M. Nisoli;S. De Silvestri;O. Svelto;R. Szipöcs

1349
Citations
Attosecond spectroscopy in condensed matter

Adrian L. Cavalieri;N. Müller;Thorsten Uphues;Vladislav S. Yakovlev

1333
Citations
Delay in photoemission.

Martin Schultze;Markus Fieß;Nicholas Karpowicz;Justin Gagnon

1206
Citations
NONLINEAR OPTICAL PULSE PROPAGATION IN THE SINGLE-CYCLE REGIME

Thomas Brabec;Ferenc Krausz

1197
Citations
Attosecond Streak Camera

J. Itatani;F. Quéré;G. L. Yudin;M. Yu. Ivanov

1155
Citations
Attosecond real-time observation of electron tunnelling in atoms

M. Uiberacker;Thorsten Uphues;M. Schultze;A. J. Verhoef

1119
Citations
Chirped multilayer coatings for broadband dispersion control in femtosecond lasers

Robert Szipöcs;Kárpát Ferencz;Christian Spielmann;Ferenc Krausz

1088
Citations
X-ray Pulses Approaching the Attosecond Frontier

Markus Drescher;Markus Drescher;Michael Hentschel;Reinhard Kienberger;Gabriel Tempea

1081
Citations
Generation of Coherent X-rays in the Water Window Using 5-Femtosecond Laser Pulses

Ch. Spielmann;N. H. Burnett;N. H. Burnett;S. Sartania;S. Sartania;R. Koppitsch;R. Koppitsch

966
Citations
Control of Electron Localization in Molecular Dissociation

M. F. Kling;Ch. Siedschlag;Aart J. Verhoef;J. I. Khan

890
Citations
Direct Measurement of Light Waves

E. Goulielmakis;Matthias Uiberacker;Reinhard Kienberger;Andrius Baltuska

880
Citations
Optical-field-induced current in dielectrics

Agustin Eduardo Schiffrin;Tim Paasch-Colberg;Nicholas Karpowicz;Vadym M Apalkov

848
Citations
Attosecond Physics

F. Krausz

55
Citations