2026 Stefan Nolte: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	98	1741	1657	149	143	856	41872

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Research.com Recognitions

2020 - SPIE Fellow
2016 - OSA Fellows Stefan Nolte Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and Fraunhofer IOF, Germany For seminal contributions to the interaction of ultrashort laser pulses with matter, with respect to precise micromachining of metals and transparent materials and transferring this technology into industrial applications.

Overview

Stefan Nolte is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany. Their research spans primarily the fields of engineering and physics and astronomy, with a strong focus on atomic and molecular physics, optics, electrical and electronic engineering, and computational mechanics. Biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering are also notable subfields in their body of work.

The scientific contributions of Stefan Nolte include topics such as laser material processing techniques, advanced fiber laser technologies, photonic and optical devices, advanced fiber optic sensors, photonic crystal and fiber optics, laser-matter interactions and applications, and photonic crystals and applications.

Among their recent peer-reviewed papers are:

"Geometric Phase in Optics: From Wavefront Manipulation to Waveguiding" (2021) published in Laser & Photonics Review
"In-Volume Laser Direct Writing of Silicon-Challenges and Opportunities" (2021) published in Laser & Photonics Review
"In-fibre second-harmonic generation with embedded two-dimensional materials" (2022) published in Nature Photonics
"Taming Ultrafast Laser Filaments for Optimized Semiconductor-Metal Welding" (2020) published in Laser & Photonics Review
"Extremely robust femtosecond written fiber Bragg gratings for an ytterbium-doped fiber oscillator with 5 kW output power" (2020) published in Optics Letters

Their frequent coauthors include Alessandro Alberucci, Ria G. Krämer, Daniel Richter, Chandroth P. Jisha, and Maxime Chambonneau.

Stefan Nolte's work is published extensively in several publication venues, most notably:

Optics Express
arXiv (Cornell University)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Laser & Photonics Review
Optics Letters

The scientist has been recognized for their contributions through awards such as the SPIE Fellow in 2020 and the OSA Fellow in 2016. The OSA Fellowship citation references their work related to ultrashort laser pulses interacting with matter, focusing on precise micromachining of metals and transparent materials, as well as transferring these technologies into industrial applications.

Best Publications

Femtosecond, picosecond and nanosecond laser ablation of solids

B. N. Chichkov;C. Momma;S. Nolte;F. von Alvensleben

3909
Citations
Photonic Floquet topological insulators

Mikael C. Rechtsman;Julia M. Zeuner;Yonatan Plotnik;Yaakov Lumer

3268
Citations
Ablation of metals by ultrashort laser pulses

S. Nolte;C. Momma;H. Jacobs;A. Tünnermann

1578
Citations
Topologically protected bound states in photonic parity–time-symmetric crystals

S. Weimann;M. Kremer;Y. Plotnik;Y. Lumer

839
Citations
Experimental boson sampling

Max Tillmann;Max Tillmann;Borivoje Dakić;René Heilmann;Stefan Nolte

821
Citations
Short-pulse laser ablation of solid targets

Carsten Momma;Boris N Chichkov;Stefan Nolte;Ferdinand von Alvensleben

773
Citations
Femtosecond waveguide writing: a new avenue to three-dimensional integrated optics

S. Nolte;M. Will;J. Burghoff;A. Tuennermann

733
Citations
Observation of a Topological Transition in the Bulk of a Non-Hermitian System.

Julia M. Zeuner;Mikael C. Rechtsman;Yonatan Plotnik;Yaakov Lumer

730
Citations
Experimental Observation of Optical Bound States in the Continuum

Yonatan Plotnik;Or Peleg;Felix Dreisow;Matthias Heinrich

690
Citations
High-power air-clad large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber laser.

Jens Limpert;T. Schreiber;S. Nolte;H. Zellmer

600
Citations
Discrete optics in femtosecond-laser-written photonic structures

Alexander Szameit;Stefan Nolte

598
Citations
Ultrafast Processes for Bulk Modification of Transparent Materials

Kazuyoshi Itoh;Wataru Watanabe;Stefan Nolte;Chris B. Schaffer

540
Citations
Observation of photonic anomalous Floquet topological insulators

Lukas J. Maczewsky;Julia M. Zeuner;Stefan Nolte;Alexander Szameit

501
Citations
Precise laser ablation with ultrashort pulses

C Momma;S Nolte;B N. Chichkov;F v. Alvensleben

451
Citations
Low-nonlinearity single-transverse-mode ytterbium-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifier.

J. Limpert;A. Liem;M. Reich;T. Schreiber

449
Citations
Strain-induced pseudomagnetic field and photonic Landau levels in dielectric structures

Mikael C. Rechtsman;Julia M. Zeuner;Andreas Tünnermann;Stefan Nolte

446
Citations
Polarization-dependent high-order two-color mixing.

H. Eichmann;A. Egbert;S. Nolte;C. Momma

425
Citations
High-power rod-type photonic crystal fiber laser.

J. Limpert;N. Deguil-Robin;I. Manek-Hönninger;F. Salin

381
Citations
Observation of unconventional edge states in ‘photonic graphene’

Yonatan Plotnik;Mikael C. Rechtsman;Daohong Song;Matthias Heinrich

363
Citations
Optical properties of waveguides fabricated in fused silica by femtosecond laser pulses

Matthias Will;Stefan Nolte;Boris N. Chichkov;Andreas Tünnermann

326
Citations