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Henrik Stapelfeldt

Henrik Stapelfeldt

Aarhus University
Denmark

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
12737
World Ranking
10563
National Ranking
88

Henrik Stapelfeldt publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Henrik Stapelfeldt sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 197 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Henrik Stapelfeldt D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his pioneering work in the use of ultrashort laser pulses to align molecules and to study their dissociation dynamics

Overview

Henrik Stapelfeldt is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark, focusing primarily on research within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their main research contributions fall under Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, with additional work in Spectroscopy, Mechanics of Materials, Radiation, and Geophysics.

Their research topics span multiple areas, prominently including:

  • Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma

Stapelfeldt has authored publications in a range of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Representative recent papers include:

  • Laser-Induced Coulomb Explosion Imaging of Aligned Molecules and Molecular Dimers, 2022, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
  • X-ray diffractive imaging of controlled gas-phase molecules: Toward imaging of dynamics in the molecular frame, 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Rotational Coherence Spectroscopy of Molecules in Helium Nanodroplets: Reconciling the Time and the Frequency Domains, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Laser-induced Coulomb-explosion imaging of the CS2 dimer: The effect of non-Coulombic interactions, 2020, Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • Femtosecond Rotational Dynamics of D2 Molecules in Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets, 2022, Physical Review Letters

Stapelfeldt's frequent co-authors include:

  • Constant A. Schouder
  • Adam S. Chatterley
  • Henrik H. Kristensen
  • Jeppe K. Christensen
  • Lorenz Kranabetter

Their work has been recognized by professional societies, notably becoming a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2007, with a citation highlighting pioneering work in the use of ultrashort laser pulses to align molecules and study their dissociation dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Photoelectron angular distributions from strong-field ionization of oriented molecules

    Lotte Holmegaard;Jonas L. Hansen;Line Kalhøj;Sofie Louise Kragh

  • Three dimensional alignment of molecules using elliptically polarized laser fields

    Jakob Juul Larsen;Kasper Hald;Nis Bjerre;Henrik Stapelfeldt

  • Light and heat sensitivity of red cabbage extract in soft drink model systems

    Marianne Dyrby;Nanna Westergaard;Henrik Stapelfeldt

  • Laser-induced alignment and orientation of quantum-state-selected large molecules

    Lotte Holmegaard;Jens H. Nielsen;Iftach Nevo;Henrik Stapelfeldt

  • Controlling the alignment of neutral molecules by a strong laser field

    Hirofumi Sakai;C. P. Safvan;Jakob Juul Larsen;Karen Marie Hilligso

  • Observation of Enhanced Ionization of Molecular Ions in Intense Laser Fields

    E. Constant;E. Constant;H. Stapelfeldt;P. B. Corkum

  • Aligning molecules with intense nonresonant laser fields

    Jakob Juul Larsen;Hirofumi Sakai;C. P. Safvan;Ida Wendt-Larsen

  • X-ray diffraction from isolated and strongly aligned gas-phase molecules with a free-electron laser

    Jochen Küpper;Stephan Stern;Lotte Holmegaard;Frank Filsinger

  • Effect of heat treatment, water activity and storage temperature on the oxidative stability of whole milk powder

    Henrik Stapelfeldt;Bo R. Nielsen;Leif H. Skibsted

  • Observation of enhanced field-free molecular alignment by two laser pulses.

    Christer Z. Bisgaard;Mikael D. Poulsen;Emmanuel Péronne;Simon S. Viftrup

  • Quantum-state selection, alignment, and orientation of large molecules using static electric and laser fields

    Frank Filsinger;Jochen Küpper;Gerard Meijer;Lotte Holmegaard

  • Controlling the Branching Ratio of Photodissociation Using Aligned Molecules

    Jakob Juul Larsen;Ida Wendt-Larsen;Henrik Stapelfeldt

  • Ultrafast charge rearrangement and nuclear dynamics upon inner-shell multiple ionization of small polyatomic molecules.

    Benjamin Erk;Daniel Rolles;Lutz Foucar;Benedikt Rudek

  • Nonadiabatic Alignment of Asymmetric Top Molecules: Field-Free Alignment of Iodobenzene

    Emmanuel Péronne;Mikael D. Poulsen;Christer Z. Bisgaard;Henrik Stapelfeldt

  • Light-induced changes in packaged cheeses—a review

    Grith Mortensen;Grete Bertelsen;Børge K Mortensen;Henrik Stapelfeldt

  • Manipulating the torsion of molecules by strong laser pulses.

    C. B. Madsen;L. B. Madsen;S. S. Viftrup;M. P. Johansson

  • Redistribution of Rydberg states by intense picosecond pulses.

    LD Noordam;H Stapelfeldt;DI Duncan;TF Gallagher

  • Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on the enzymic hydrolysis of β-lactoglobulin B by trypsin, thermolysin and pepsin

    Henrik Stapelfeldt;Per Hjort Petersen;Kristian Rotvig Kristiansen;Karsten Bruun Qvist

  • Multiphoton Electron Angular Distributions from Laser-Aligned CS 2 Molecules

    Vinod Kumarappan;Lotte Holmegaard;Christian Martiny;Christian B. Madsen

  • Time-resolved Coulomb explosion imaging: A method to measure structure and dynamics of molecular nuclear wave packets

    Henrik Stapelfeldt;Eric Constant;Eric Constant;Hirofumi Sakai;Paul B. Corkum

  • OPTICAL DEFLECTION OF MOLECULES

    Hirofumi Sakai;A. Tarasevitch;A. Tarasevitch;J. Danilov;J. Danilov;H. Stapelfeldt

  • Laser-induced 3D alignment and orientation of quantum state-selected molecules

    Iftach Nevo;Lotte Holmegaard;Jens H. Nielsen;Jonas L. Hansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul B. Corkum
Paul B. Corkum University of Ottawa
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Leif H. Skibsted
Leif H. Skibsted University of Copenhagen
Tamar Seideman
Tamar Seideman Northwestern University
Mark Brouard
Mark Brouard University of Oxford
Christoph Bostedt
Christoph Bostedt Paul Scherrer Institute
Henry N. Chapman
Henry N. Chapman Universität Hamburg
Marc Messerschmidt
Marc Messerschmidt SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Philip H. Bucksbaum
Philip H. Bucksbaum SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Anton Barty
Anton Barty Universität Hamburg

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