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Franz X. Kärtner

Franz X. Kärtner

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
100
Citations
41259
World Ranking
1638
National Ranking
141

Franz X. Kärtner publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Franz X. Kärtner sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,268 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Franz X. Kärtner D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Franz X. Kärtner sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - OSA Fellows For pioneering contributions to femtosecond pulse generation and ultrafast nonlinear optics.

Overview

Franz X. Kärtner is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and has a significant publication record spanning physics and engineering disciplines. Their research primarily focuses on atomic and molecular physics, optics, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work includes contributions to advanced fiber laser technologies, laser-matter interactions and applications, and solid-state laser technologies. Other areas of research include terahertz technology and applications, photonic and optical devices, photonic crystal and fiber optics, as well as gyrotron and vacuum electronics research.

Frequent publication venues for their work include the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, arXiv (Cornell University), Optics Express, Optics Letters, and Optical Materials Express.

Several notable recent papers by Franz X. Kärtner include:

  • Sub-cycle millijoule-level parametric waveform synthesizer for attosecond science, 2020, Nature Photonics
  • Quantum diffusion of microcavity solitons, 2021, Nature Physics
  • Tilted-Pulse-Front Schemes for Terahertz Generation, 2020, Laser & Photonics Review
  • Acousto-optic modulation of gigawatt-scale laser pulses in ambient air, 2023, Nature Photonics
  • Highly efficient generation of narrowband terahertz radiation driven by a two-spectral-line laser in PPLN, 2022, Optics Letters

Collaborations have frequently involved coauthors such as Mikhail Pergament, Umıt Demırbas, Jelto Thesinga, Hüseyin Çankaya, and Martin Kellert, reflecting sustained research partnerships.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Franz X. Kärtner was named a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) in 2008 for pioneering work in femtosecond pulse generation and ultrafast nonlinear optics.

Best Publications

  • Semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAM's) for femtosecond to nanosecond pulse generation in solid-state lasers

    U. Keller;K.J. Weingarten;F.X. Kartner;D. Kopf

  • In vivo ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography.

    W. Drexler;U. Morgner;F. X. Kärtner;C. Pitris

  • Ultrahigh-resolution ophthalmic optical coherence tomography

    Wolfgang Drexler;Uwe Morgner;Ravi K. Ghanta;Franz X. Kärtner

  • Spectroscopic optical coherence tomography.

    U. Morgner;W. Drexler;F. X. Kärtner;X. D. Li

  • Sub-two-cycle pulses from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser.

    U Morgner;F X Kärtner;S H Cho;Y Chen

  • Generation of 5-fs pulses and octave-spanning spectra directly from a Ti:sapphire laser

    R. Ell;U. Morgner;F. X. Kärtner;J. G. Fujimoto

  • Terahertz-driven linear electron acceleration

    Emilio Alessandro Nanni;Wenqian Ronny Huang;Kyung-Han Hong;Koustuban Ravi

  • Polarization-transparent microphotonic devices in the strong confinement limit

    Tymon Barwicz;Michael R. Watts;Michael R. Watts;Miloš A. Popovi cacute;Peter T. Rakich

  • A laser frequency comb that enables radial velocity measurements with a precision of 1 cm s -1

    Chih-Hao Li;Andrew J. Benedick;Peter Fendel;Alexander G. Glenday

  • Building Many-Core Processor-to-DRAM Networks with Monolithic CMOS Silicon Photonics

    C. Batten;A. Joshi;J. Orcutt;A. Khilo

  • High performance, waveguide integrated Ge photodetectors

    Donghwan Ahn;Ching-yin Hong;Jifeng Liu;Wojciech Giziewicz

  • Photonic ADC: overcoming the bottleneck of electronic jitter.

    Anatol Khilo;Steven J Spector;Matthew E Grein;Amir H Nejadmalayeri

  • Building Manycore Processor-to-DRAM Networks with Monolithic Silicon Photonics

    C. Batten;A. Joshi;J. Orcutt;A. Khilo

  • Soliton mode-locking with saturable absorbers

    F.X. Kartner;I.D. Jung;U. Keller

  • Drift-free femtosecond timing synchronization of remote optical and microwave sources

    Jungwon Kim;Jonathan A. Cox;Jian Chen;Franz X. Kärtner

  • Design and fabrication of double-chirped mirrors

    F. X. Kärtner;N. Matuschek;T. Schibli;U. Keller

  • High-energy pulse synthesis with sub-cycle waveform control for strong-field physics

    Shu-Wei Huang;Giovanni Cirmi;Jeffrey Moses;Kyung-Han Hong

  • Attosecond active synchronization of passively mode-locked lasers by balanced cross correlation.

    Schibli Tr;Jungwon Kim;Kuzucu O;Gopinath Jt

  • Stabilization of solitonlike pulses with a slow saturable absorber

    F. X. Kärtner;U. Keller

  • Self-starting 6.5-fs pulses from a Ti:sapphire laser.

    I. D. Jung;F. X. Kärtner;N. Matuschek;D. H. Sutter

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu-Wei Huang
Shu-Wei Huang University of Colorado Boulder
Miloš A. Popović
Miloš A. Popović Boston University
Ursula Keller
Ursula Keller ETH Zurich
Ronald L. Walsworth
Ronald L. Walsworth University of Maryland, Baltimore
Giulio Cerullo
Giulio Cerullo Polytechnic University of Milan
Xiaojun Wu
Xiaojun Wu University of Science and Technology of China

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