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Thomas Elsaesser

Thomas Elsaesser

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Materials Science

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83
Citations
25240
World Ranking
2366
National Ranking
137

Physics

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87
Citations
27478
World Ranking
2465
National Ranking
223

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to ultrafast phenomena in condensed matter, including generation and application of ultrashort pulses from THz to hard xrays, combining ultrafast techniques with optical nearfield methods and xray diffraction, nonequilibrium dynamics of elementary excitations in solids, and ultrafast processes in molecular systems
  • 2009 - OSA Fellows For pioneering contributions to the development of mid-infrared and X-ray ultrashort pulses and to their use in understanding molecular dynamics and semiconductor nanostructures.

Overview

Thomas Elsaesser is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering. Their work spans various subfields, particularly Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology, and Materials Chemistry.

Elsaesser's research primarily focuses on topics such as Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Terahertz technology and applications, Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, and Solid State Laser Technologies.

The scientist has published frequently in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • The International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (UP) 2022
  • Optics Letters

Representative recent papers by Elsaesser include:

  • Multi-millijoule, few-cycle 5 µm OPCPA at 1 kHz repetition rate, 2020, Optics Letters
  • Two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy of condensed-phase molecular systems, 2021, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • 2.05 µm chirped pulse amplification system at a 1 kHz repetition rate-2.4 ps pulses with 17 GW peak power, 2020, Optics Letters
  • Compact high-flux hard X-ray source driven by femtosecond mid-infrared pulses at a 1 kHz repetition rate, 2020, Optics Letters
  • Magnesium Contact Ions Stabilize the Tertiary Structure of Transfer RNA: Electrostatics Mapped by Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectra and Theoretical Simulations, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Elsaesser include:

  • M. Woerner
  • K. Reimann
  • Benjamin P. Fingerhut
  • Achintya Kundu
  • Uwe Griebner

Over the course of their career, Elsaesser has been recognized with awards such as the OSA Fellowship in 2009 for contributions to mid-infrared and X-ray ultrashort pulse development and their applications in molecular dynamics and semiconductor nanostructures.

In 2011, Elsaesser was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for work on ultrafast phenomena in condensed matter, including ultrashort pulse generation and application from terahertz to hard X-rays, combining ultrafast methods with optical near-field techniques and X-ray diffraction, exploration of nonequilibrium dynamics of elementary excitations in solids, and ultrafast processes in molecular systems.

Best Publications

  • Ultrafast memory loss and energy redistribution in the hydrogen bond network of liquid H2O

    M. L. Cowan;B. D. Bruner;N. Huse;J. R. Dwyer

  • Water Dynamics in the Hydration Shells of Biomolecules

    Damien Laage;Thomas Elsaesser;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes

  • Vibrational and Vibronic Relaxation of Large Polyatomic Molecules in Liquids

    T. Elsaesser;W. Kaiser

  • Ultrafast vibrational dynamics of hydrogen bonds in the condensed phase.

    Erik T.J. Nibbering;Thomas Elsaesser

  • Grating-coupling of surface plasmons onto metallic tips : A nanoconfined light source

    C. Ropers;C. C. Neacsu;T. Elsaesser;M. Albrecht

  • Generation of single-cycle THz transients with high electric-field amplitudes.

    T. Bartel;P. Gaal;K. Reimann;Michael Woerner

  • Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in Graphite

    Markus Breusing;Claus Ropers;Thomas Elsaesser

  • Ultrafast nonequilibrium carrier dynamics in a single graphene layer

    M. Breusing;S. Kuehn;T. Winzer;E. Malić

  • Localized multiphoton emission of femtosecond electron pulses from metal nanotips.

    C. Ropers;D. R. Solli;C. P. Schulz;C. Lienau

  • Initial thermalization of photoexcited carriers in GaAs studied by femtosecond luminescence spectroscopy.

    Thomas Elsaesser;Jagdeep Shah;Lucio Rota;Paolo Lugli

  • Coherent atomic motions in a nanostructure studied by femtosecond X-ray diffraction.

    M. Bargheer;N. Zhavoronkov;Y. Gritsai;J. C. Woo

  • Temperature dependence of the two-dimensional infrared spectrum of liquid H2O

    D. Kraemer;M. L. Cowan;A. Paarmann;N. Huse

  • Ultrafast Vibrational Dephasing of Liquid Water

    Jens Stenger;Dorte Madsen;Peter Hamm;Erik T. J. Nibbering

  • Ultrafast structural dynamics of water induced by dissipation of vibrational energy.

    Satoshi Ashihara;Nils Huse;Agathe Espagne;Erik T. J. Nibbering

  • Vibrational coherence in ultrafast excited state proton transfer

    C. Chudoba;Eberhard Riedle;M. Pfeiffer;T. Elsaesser

  • Optical Control of Excitons in a Pair of Quantum Dots Coupled by the Dipole-Dipole Interaction

    Thomas Unold;Kerstin Mueller;Christoph Lienau;Thomas Elsaesser

  • Ultrafast Mid-Infrared Response of YBa2Cu3O7-δ

    R. A. Kaindl;M. Woerner;T. Elsaesser;D. C. Smith

  • High-brightness table-top hard X-ray source driven by sub-100-femtosecond mid-infrared pulses

    Jannick Weisshaupt;Vincent Juvé;Marcel Holtz;ShinAn Ku

  • A Photon Echo Peak Shift Study of Liquid Water

    Jens Stenger;Dorte Madsen;Peter Hamm;Erik T. J. Nibbering

  • Ultrafast spatiotemporal dynamics of terahertz generation by ionizing two-color femtosecond pulses in gases

    I. Babushkin;W. Kuehn;C. Köhler;S. Skupin

  • Site-Specific Excited-State Solute-Solvent Interactions Probed by Femtosecond Vibrational Spectroscopy

    C. Chudoba;E. T. J. Nibbering;T. Elsaesser

  • VIBRATIONAL AND VIBRONIC RELAlXATION OF LARGE POL-yrATOMIC MOLECULES IN LIQUIDS

    Thomas Elsaesser;Wolfgang Kaiser

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik T. J. Nibbering
Erik T. J. Nibbering Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy
Uwe Griebner
Uwe Griebner Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy
R Richard Nötzel
R Richard Nötzel South China Normal University
Peter Gaal
Peter Gaal Qualcomm (United States)
Wolfgang Stolz
Wolfgang Stolz Philipp University of Marburg
Marin Alexe
Marin Alexe University of Warwick
Dietrich Hesse
Dietrich Hesse Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
Alfred Leitenstorfer
Alfred Leitenstorfer University of Konstanz
Fausto Rossi
Fausto Rossi Polytechnic University of Turin
Peter Hamm
Peter Hamm University of Zurich

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