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2023
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Germany
2022

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2008 - OSA Fellows For significant contributions to ultrafast spectroscopy and pioneering work on metallic photonic crystals and metamaterials.

Overview

Harald Giessen is affiliated with the University of Stuttgart in Germany and has an extensive publication record primarily in engineering and physics and astronomy. Their research spans key subfields including biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, as well as materials chemistry.

Their work concentrates on topics such as plasmonic and surface plasmon research, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, photonic and optical devices, nonlinear optical materials studies, photonic crystals and applications, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, and advanced fiber laser technologies.

Frequent collaborators in Giessen's research include Mario Hentschel, Alois Herkommer, Simon Thiele, Julian Karst, and Bettina Frank.

Giessen has published regularly in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Optics Express
  • ACS Photonics
  • Optical Materials Express

Representative publications demonstrate a focus on advanced optical and plasmonic phenomena. These include:

  • Ultrafast vector imaging of plasmonic skyrmion dynamics with deep subwavelength resolution, 2020, Science
  • Phyllotaxis-inspired nanosieves with multiplexed orbital angular momentum, 2021, eLight
  • Electrically switchable metallic polymer nanoantennas, 2021, Science
  • Ultrathin monolithic 3D printed optical coherence tomography endoscopy for preclinical and clinical use, 2020, Light Science & Applications
  • Near-Unity Light Absorption in a Monolayer WS2 Van der Waals Heterostructure Cavity, 2020, Nano Letters

Giessen was recognized as an OSA Fellow in 2008 for contributions to ultrafast spectroscopy and pioneering work on metallic photonic crystals and metamaterials.

Best Publications

  • The Fano resonance in plasmonic nanostructures and metamaterials

    Boris Luk'yanchuk;Nikolay I. Zheludev;Stefan A. Maier;Naomi J. Halas

  • Infrared Perfect Absorber and Its Application As Plasmonic Sensor

    Na Liu;Martin Mesch;Thomas Weiss;Mario Hentschel

  • Plasmonic analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency at the Drude damping limit.

    Na Liu;Lutz Langguth;Thomas Weiss;Jürgen Kästel

  • Planar metamaterial analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency for plasmonic sensing.

    Na Liu;Thomas Weiss;Martin Mesch;Lutz Langguth

  • Three-dimensional metamaterials at optical frequencies

    N. Liu;L.W. Fu;H.C. Guo;S. Kaiser

  • Nanoantenna-enhanced gas sensing in a single tailored nanofocus

    Na Liu;Ming L. Tang;Mario Hentschel;Harald Giessen

  • Two-photon direct laser writing of ultracompact multi-lens objectives

    Timo Gissibl;Simon Thiele;Alois Herkommer;Harald Giessen

  • Chiral plasmonics

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  • Linear refractive index and absorption measurements of nonlinear optical liquids in the visible and near-infrared spectral region

    Stefan Kedenburg;Marius Vieweg;Timo Gissibl;Harald Giessen

  • Waveguide-plasmon polaritons: strong coupling of photonic and electronic resonances in a metallic photonic crystal slab.

    A. Christ;S. G. Tikhodeev;N. A. Gippius;J. Kuhl

  • Transition from Isolated to Collective Modes in Plasmonic Oligomers

    Mario Hentschel;Michael Saliba;Michael Saliba;Ralf Vogelgesang;Harald Giessen

  • Three-Dimensional Plasmon Rulers

    Na Liu;Mario Hentschel;Thomas Weiss;A. Paul Alivisatos

  • A Switchable Mid-Infrared Plasmonic Perfect Absorber with Multispectral Thermal Imaging Capability.

    Andreas Tittl;Ann-Katrin U. Michel;Martin Schäferling;Xinghui Yin

  • Surface-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy Using Resonant Nanoantennas.

    Frank Neubrech;Christian Huck;Ksenia Weber;Annemarie Pucci

  • Correlated electron emission in multiphoton double ionization

    Th. Weber;H. Giessen;M. Weckenbrock;G. Urbasch

  • Tailoring enhanced optical chirality : design principles for chiral plasmonic nanostructures

    Martin Schäferling;Daniel Dregely;Mario Hentschel;Harald Giessen

  • Palladium-based plasmonic perfect absorber in the visible wavelength range and its application to hydrogen sensing.

    Andreas Tittl;Patrick Mai;Richard Taubert;Daniel Dregely

  • Nonreciprocal plasmonics enables giant enhancement of thin-film Faraday rotation

    Jessie Yao Chin;Tobias Steinle;Thomas Wehlus;Daniel Dregely

  • Synthesis and Characterization of InP, GaP, and GaInP2 Quantum Dots

    O. I. Micic;J. R. Sprague;C. J. Curtis;K. M. Jones

  • Interpreting Chiral Nanophotonic Spectra: The Plasmonic Born−Kuhn Model

    Xinghui Yin;Martin Schäferling;Bernd Metzger;Harald Giessen

  • Three-dimensional chiral plasmonic oligomers.

    Mario Hentschel;Martin Schäferling;Thomas Weiss;Na Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Hentschel
Mario Hentschel University of Stuttgart
J. Kuhl
J. Kuhl Max Planck Society
Na Liu
Na Liu University of Stuttgart
Rainer F. Mahrt
Rainer F. Mahrt IBM (United States)
Stephan W. Koch
Stephan W. Koch Philipp University of Marburg
Paul V. Braun
Paul V. Braun University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stefan Linden
Stefan Linden University of Bonn
Nasser Peyghambarian
Nasser Peyghambarian University of Arizona
Carsten Rockstuhl
Carsten Rockstuhl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Falk Lederer
Falk Lederer Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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