D. Backes

2.4k citations

64 papers · 1.9k · 1 hit paper · h-index 27

Impact in

Condensed Matter Physics top 2%
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Theoretical and Computational Physics
Structural Biology top 5%

Papers in

Condensed Matter Physics 33
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism 18
- Advanced Condensed Matter Physics 9
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 52
- Magnetic properties of thin films 43
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena 13
- Topological Materials and Phenomena 7

Co-authors: Mathias Kläui (29 shared papers)Laura J. Heyderman (25 shared papers)Andrew D. Kent (9 shared papers)U. Rüdiger (21 shared papers)J. A. C. Bland (11 shared papers)C. A. F. Vaz (11 shared papers)Ferran Macià (5 shared papers)F. Nolting (12 shared papers)
Journals: Applied Physics Letters (12 papers)Physical review. B. (7 papers)Physical Review Letters (7 papers)Physical Review B (6 papers)Journal of Applied Physics (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Germany Switzerland

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D. Backes

62 papers receiving 1.9k citations

D. Backes's Hit Papers

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X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Altermagnetic α -MnTe 2024 · 108 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2024 Physical Review Letters

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1	Ultrafast switching in magnetic tunnel junction based orthogonal spin transfer devices Applied Physics Letters ·H. Liu, Daniel Bedau, D. Backes, J. A. Katine, Juergen Langer, Andrew D. Kent	2010	134
2	Direct observation of domain-wall pinning at nanoscale constrictions Applied Physics Letters ·Mathias Kläui, Henri Ehrke, U. Rüdiger, Takeshi Kasama, Rafal E. Dunin‐Borkowski, D. Backes, Laura J. Heyderman, C. A. F. Vaz	2005	116
3	X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Altermagnetic α -MnTe Physical Review Letters ·Atsushi Hariki, A. Dal Din, O. J. Amin, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Antonín Baďura, Dominik Kriegner, K. W. Edmonds, R. P. Campion Hit paper breakdown →	2024	108
4	Magnetization reversal in cobalt antidot arrays Physical Review B ·Laura J. Heyderman, F. Nolting, D. Backes, S. Czekaj, Luis Lopez-Diaz, Mathias Kläui, U. Rüdiger, C. A. F. Vaz	2006	88
5	Stable magnetic droplet solitons in spin-transfer nanocontacts Nature Nanotechnology ·Ferran Macià, D. Backes, Andrew D. Kent	2014	86
6	Observation of thermally activated domain wall transformations Applied Physics Letters ·M. Laufenberg, D. Backes, Willy Bührer, Daniel Bedau, Mathias Kläui, U. Rüdiger, C. A. F. Vaz, J. A. C. Bland	2006	85
7	Current-induced vortex nucleation and annihilation in vortex domain walls Applied Physics Letters ·Mathias Kläui, M. Laufenberg, L. Heyne, D. Backes, U. Rüdiger, C. A. F. Vaz, J. A. C. Bland, Laura J. Heyderman	2006	81
8	Relationship between Nonadiabaticity and Damping in Permalloy Studied by Current Induced Spin Structure Transformations Physical Review Letters ·L. Heyne, Mathias Kläui, D. Backes, Thomas Moore, S. Krzyk, U. Rüdiger, Laura J. Heyderman, Arantxa Fraile Rodríguez	2008	76
9	Ferromagnetic nanorings Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·C. A. F. Vaz, Thomas J. Hayward, Justin Llandro, F D O Schackert, D. Morecroft, J. A. C. Bland, Mathias Kläui, M. Laufenberg	2007	68
10	Spatially Resolved Dynamic Eigenmode Spectrum of Co Rings Physical Review Letters ·I. Neudecker, Mathias Kläui, Korbinian Perzlmaier, D. Backes, Laura J. Heyderman, C. A. F. Vaz, J. A. C. Bland, U. Rüdiger	2006	68
11	Direct observation and imaging of a spin-wave soliton with p-like symmetry Nature Communications ·Stefano Bonetti, Roopali Kukreja, Z Chen, Ferran Macià, J. M. Hernández, Anders J. Eklund, D. Backes, J. Frisch	2015	59
12	Spin torque and heating effects in current-induced domain wall motion probed by transmission electron microscopy Applied Physics Letters ·F. Junginger, Mathias Kläui, D. Backes, U. Rüdiger, Takeshi Kasama, Rafal E. Dunin‐Borkowski, Laura J. Heyderman, C. A. F. Vaz	2007	57
13	Direct Observation of a Localized Magnetic Soliton in a Spin-Transfer Nanocontact Physical Review Letters ·D. Backes, Ferran Macià, Stefano Bonetti, Roopali Kukreja, Hendrik Ohldag, A. D. Kent	2015	56
14	Imaging of Domain Wall Inertia in Permalloy Half-Ring Nanowires by Time-Resolved Photoemission Electron Microscopy Physical Review Letters ·J. Rhensius, L. Heyne, D. Backes, S. Krzyk, Laura J. Heyderman, Loïc Joly, F. Nolting, Mathias Kläui	2010	48
15	Emergent and robust ferromagnetic-insulating state in highly strained ferroelastic LaCoO3 thin films Nature Communications ·Dong Li, Hongguang Wang, Kaifeng Li, Bonan Zhu, Kai Jiang, D. Backes, Larissa S. I. Veiga, Jueli Shi	2023	46
16	Ultrafast X-ray imaging of the light-induced phase transition in VO2 Nature Physics ·Allan Stewart Johnson, Daniel Pérez-Salinas, Khalid M. Siddiqui, Sungwon Kim, Sungwook Choi, Klara Volckaert, Paulina Ewa Majchrzak, Søren Ulstrup	2022	39
17	Observation of droplet soliton drift resonances in a spin-transfer-torque nanocontact to a ferromagnetic thin film Physical Review B ·Sergi Lendínez, Nahuel Statuto, D. Backes, Andrew D. Kent, Ferran Macià	2015	38
18	X-ray Detection of Transient Magnetic Moments Induced by a Spin Current in Cu Physical Review Letters ·Roopali Kukreja, Stefano Bonetti, Z. Chen, D. Backes, Yves Acremann, J. A. Katine, Andrew D. Kent, Hermann Dürr	2015	37
19	Reconfigurable reservoir computing in a magnetic metamaterial Communications Physics ·Ian T. Vidamour, Charles Swindells, Guru Venkat, Luca Manneschi, P. W. Fry, Alexander Welbourne, Richard M. Rowan-Robinson, D. Backes	2023	36
20	Domain-Wall Depinning Assisted by Pure Spin Currents Physical Review Letters ·Dennis Ilgaz, J. Nievendick, L. Heyne, D. Backes, J. Rhensius, Thomas Moore, Miguel Ángel Niño, Andrea Locatelli	2010	35

About D. Backes

D. Backes is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 64 papers that have together received 1.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic properties of thin films (43 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (18 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (13 papers), Magnetic Properties and Applications (12 papers), Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications (11 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (9 papers), Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (8 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Condensed Matter Physics (717 citations), Structural Biology (76 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.6k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (717 citations) and Materials Chemistry (466 citations). D. Backes has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Mathias Kläui, Laura J. Heyderman, Andrew D. Kent, U. Rüdiger, J. A. C. Bland, C. A. F. Vaz, Ferran Macià, F. Nolting, Daniel Bedau and J. A. Katine. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Physical review. B., Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B and Journal of Applied Physics.

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