Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff

Chair of Laser Physics

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Knipfer M., Meier S., Heimerl J., López Hoffmann F., Volk T., Gleyzer S., Hommelhoff P.:
Enhanced deep-learning approach to spatiotemporal multi-hit reconstruction with delay-line detectors
In: Physical Review Applied 25 (2026), Article No.: 034062
ISSN: 2331-7019
DOI: 10.1103/4rqm-y1l9
Schmidt-Kaler F., Bode N., Seidling M., Zimmermann R., Walther J., Hommelhoff P.:
Characterization of the 1st Mathieu stability regime in auto-ponderomotive Paul-trap-like electron guides
In: Applied Physics Letters 128 (2026), Article No.: 031102
ISSN: 0003-6951
DOI: 10.1063/5.0279055

Classen A., Corrêa R., Fleischmann F., Semmler S., Pleinert MO., Hommelhoff P., von Zanthier J.:
Hanbury Brown and Twiss interference of electrons in free space from independent needle tip sources
In: New Journal of Physics 27 (2025), Article No.: 064105
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/addc8c
Freier J., Brückner L., Löhrl B., Shariff M., Distel L., Bert C., Hommelhoff P.:
Dosimetry for low energy electrons in the range of 12-45 keV with EBT3 GafChromic films
In: Physics in Medicine and Biology 70 (2025), Article No.: 125001
ISSN: 0031-9155
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/adde28
García de Abajo FJ., Polman A., Velasco CI., Kociak M., Tizei LH., Stéphan O., Meuret S., Sannomiya T., Akiba K., Auad Y., Feist A., Ropers C., Baum P., Gaida JH., Sivis M., Lourenço-Martins H., Serafini L., Verbeeck J., Konečná A., Talebi N., Ferrari BM., Duncan CJ., Bravi MG., Ostroman I., Vanacore GM., Nussinson E., Ruimy R., Adiv Y., Niedermayr A., Kaminer I., Di Giulio V., Kfir O., Zhao Z., Shiloh R., Morimoto Y., Kozák M., Hommelhoff P., Barantani F., Carbone F., Chahshouri F., Albrecht W., Rey S., Coenen T., Kieft E., Lalandec Robert HL., de Jong F., Solà-Garcia M.:
Roadmap for Quantum Nanophotonics with Free Electrons
In: ACS Photonics 12 (2025), p. 4760-4817
ISSN: 2330-4022
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00585
Heimerl J., Meier S., Herzig A., López Hoffmann F., Seiffert L., Lesko D., Hillmann S., Wittigschlager S., Weitz T., Fennel T., Hommelhoff P.:
Attosecond physics in optical near fields
In: Nature Physics (2025)
ISSN: 1745-2473
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03093-3
Heimerl J., Meier S., López Hoffmann F., Wittigschlager S., Lesko D., Hommelhoff P.:
Nonlinear scaling of strong field-driven multielectron emission
In: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Nanotechnology and Microelectronics 43 (2025), Article No.: 054201
ISSN: 2166-2754
DOI: 10.1116/6.0004759
Heimerl J., Rasputnyi A., Pölloth J., Meier S., Chekhova M., Hommelhoff P.:
Quantum light drives electrons strongly at metal needle tips
In: Nature Physics (2025)
ISSN: 1745-2473
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03087-1
Monajem M., Ott B., Heimerl J., Meier S., Hommelhoff P., Felfer P.:
PyCCAPT: A Python Package for Open-Source Atom Probe Instrument Control and Data Calibration
In: Microscopy Research and Technique (2025)
ISSN: 1059-910X
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.70011
Morimoto Y., Hommelhoff P., Madsen LB.:
Scattering-asymmetry control with ultrafast electron wave packet shaping
In: New Journal of Physics 27 (2025), Article No.: 103201
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ae0755
Rasputnyi A., Heimerl J., Pölloth J., Meier S., Tani F., Chekhova M., Hommelhoff P.:
Strong field electron emission driven by a bright squeezed vacuum
2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025 (Munich, DEU, 23. June 2025 - 27. June 2025)
In: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025 2025
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC65582.2025.11110135
Schmidt-Kaler F., Walther J., Seidling M., Zimmermann R., Hommelhoff P.:
Auto-ponderomotive beam guiding up to 9.5 keV
In: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 43 (2025)
ISSN: 2166-2746
DOI: 10.1116/6.0004293

Brückner L., Chlouba T., Morimoto Y., Schönenberger N., Shibuya T., Siefke T., Zeitner UD., Hommelhoff P.:
Mid-infrared dielectric laser acceleration in a silicon dual pillar structure
In: Optics Express 32 (2024), p. 28348-28355
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/OE.531071
Brückner L., Chlouba T., Shiloh R., Kraus S., Litzel J., Hommelhoff P.:
Coherent Particle Acceleration on a Nanophotonic Chip
37th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC 2024) (Brno, 15. July 2024 - 19. July 2024)
In: 2024 37th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC) 2024
DOI: 10.1109/IVNC63480.2024.10652344
Brückner L., Nauk C., Dienstbier P., Gerner C., Löhrl B., Paschen T., Hommelhoff P.:
A Gold Needle Tip Array Ultrafast Electron Source with High Beam Quality
37th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC 2024) (Brno, 15. July 2024 - 19. July 2024)
In: 2024 37th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC) 2024
DOI: 10.1109/IVNC63480.2024.10652446
Brückner L., Nauk C., Dienstbier P., Gerner C., Löhrl B., Paschen T., Hommelhoff P.:
A Gold Needle Tip Array Ultrafast Electron Source with High Beam Quality
In: Nano Letters (2024)
ISSN: 1530-6984
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00870
Heimerl J., Mikhaylov A., Meier S., Höllerer H., Kaminer I., Chekhova M., Hommelhoff P.:
Multiphoton electron emission with non-classical light
In: Nature Physics (2024)
ISSN: 1745-2473
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-024-02472-6
Knipfer M., Meier S., Volk T., Heimerl J., Hommelhoff P., Gleyzer S.:
Deep learning-based spatiotemporal multi-event reconstruction for delay line detectors
In: Machine Learning: Science and Technology 5 (2024), p. 025019
ISSN: 2632-2153
DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/ad3d2d
Lesko D., Weitz T., Wittigschlager S., Hommelhoff P.:
Lightwave-Driven Valley Control in Graphene
CLEO: Fundamental Science 2024 (Charlotte, NC, 5. May 2024 - 10. May 2024)
In: CLEO 2024, Technical Digest Series, Washington, DC: 2024
DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_FS.2024.FW3I.3
Meier S., Heimerl J., Hommelhoff P.:
Correlations in strong-field-emitted ultrashort electron pulses from metal needle tips
In: Laser Physics Letters 21 (2024), p. 045301
ISSN: 1612-2011
DOI: 10.1088/1612-202X/ad2b5a
Schmidt-Kaler F., Seidling M., Zimmermann R., Bode N., Bammes F., Radtke L., Hommelhoff P.:
Planar On-Chip Auto-Ponderomotive Devices for Electron Beam Control
2024 37th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC) (Brno, 15. July 2024 - 19. July 2024)
In: 2024 37th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC), New York City: 2024
DOI: 10.1109/IVNC63480.2024.10652402
Seidling M., Schmidt-Kaler F., Zimmermann R., Simonaitis JW., Keathley PD., Berggren KK., Hommelhoff P.:
Resonating Electrostatically Guided Electrons
In: Physical Review Letters 132 (2024), Article No.: 255001
ISSN: 0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.255001
Weitz T., Heide C., Hommelhoff P.:
Strong-Field Bloch Electron Interferometry for Band-Structure Retrieval
In: Physical Review Letters 132 (2024), Article No.: 206901
ISSN: 0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.206901
Zhao Z., Black DS., Sun XQ., Hughes TW., Leedle KJ., Tan S., Joel England R., Solgaard O., Byer RL., Fan S., Hommelhoff P.:
Dielectric laser accelerators: photonic control, electron compression, and quantum sensing
CLEO: Science and Innovations in CLEO 2024, CLEO: S and I 2024 - Part of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Charlotte, NC, USA, 5. May 2024 - 10. May 2024)
In: CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO: S and I 2024 in Proceedings CLEO 2024, Part of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2024

Chlouba T., Shiloh R., Kraus S., Brückner L., Litzel J., Hommelhoff P.:
Coherent nanophotonic electron accelerator
In: Nature 622 (2023), p. 476-480
ISSN: 0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06602-7
Dienstbier P., Seiffert L., Paschen T., Liehl A., Leitensdorfer A., Fennel T., Hommelhoff P.:
Tracing attosecond electron emission from a nanometric metal tip
In: Nature 616 (2023), p. 702-706
ISSN: 0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05839-6
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05839-6
Fishman T., Haeusler U., Dahan R., Yannai M., Adiv Y., Abudi TL., Shiloh R., Eyal O., Yousefi P., Eisenstein G., Hommelhoff P., Kaminer I.:
Imaging the field inside nanophotonic accelerators
In: Nature Communications 14 (2023), Article No.: 3687
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38857-z
Heimerl J., Meier S., Kirchner A., Weitz T., Hommelhoff P.:
Strong-field electron emission from gold needle tips
In: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Nanotechnology and Microelectronics 41 (2023), Article No.: 052803
ISSN: 2166-2754
DOI: 10.1116/6.0002916
Meier S., Heimerl J., Dienstbier P., Hommelhoff P.:
Optical measurement of the work function and the field reduction factor of metallic needle tips
In: Review of Scientific Instruments 94 (2023)
ISSN: 0034-6748
DOI: 10.1063/5.0165802
Meier S., Heimerl J., Hommelhoff P.:
Few-electron correlations after ultrafast photoemission from nanometric needle tips
In: Nature Physics (2023)
ISSN: 1745-2473
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-023-02059-7
Morimoto Y., Shinohara Y., Ishikawa KL., Hommelhoff P.:
Corrigendum: Atomic real-space perspective of light-field-driven currents in graphene (2022 New J. Phys. 24 033051)
In: New Journal of Physics 25 (2023), p. 099501
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/acf2b8
Pan Y., Cohen E., Karimi E., Gover A., Schönenberger N., Chlouba T., Wang K., Nehemia S., Hommelhoff P., Kaminer I., Aharonov Y.:
Weak measurements and quantum-to-classical transitions in free electron–photon interactions
In: Light: Science & Applications 12 (2023), Article No.: 267
ISSN: 2047-7538
DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01292-2
Paschen T., Brückner L., Wu M., Spiecker E., Hommelhoff P.:
Highly Localized Optical Field Enhancement at Neon Ion Sputtered Tungsten Nanotips
In: Nano Letters (2023)
ISSN: 1530-6984
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01985
Paschen T., Roussel R., Seiffert L., Kruse B., Heide C., Dienstbier P., Mann J., Rosenzweig J., Fennel T., Hommelhoff P.:
Ultrafast Strong-Field Electron Emission and Collective Effects at a One-Dimensional Nanostructure
In: ACS Photonics 10 (2023), p. 447-455
ISSN: 2330-4022
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c01551
Shiloh R., Chlouba T., Kraus S., Brückner L., Litzel J., Hommelhoff P.:
Nanophotonic on-chip electron acceleration
2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023 (Munich, 26. June 2023 - 30. June 2023)
In: 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023 2023
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC57999.2023.10231666
URL: https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=EQEC-2023-pd_1_7
Sirotin M., Chlouba T., Shiloh R., Hommelhoff P.:
Tunable Single-Photon Generation in a Scanning Electron Microscope based on Silicon Photonics
2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023 (Munich, 26. June 2023 - 30. June 2023)
In: 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023 2023
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC57999.2023.10232356

Blöchl J., Schoetz J., Maliakkal A., Šreibere N., Wang Z., Rosenberger P., Hommelhoff P., Staudte A., Corkum PB., Bergues B., Kling MF.:
Spatiotemporal sampling of near-petahertz vortex fields
In: Optica 9 (2022), p. 755-761
ISSN: 2334-2536
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.459612
URL: https://opg.optica.org/optica/fulltext.cfm?uri=optica-9-7-755&id=477728
Boolakee T., Heide C., Garzón-Ramírez A., Weber HB., Franco I., Hommelhoff P.:
Light-field control of real and virtual charge carriers
In: Nature 605 (2022), p. 251–255
ISSN: 0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04565-9
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04565-9
Chlouba T., Shiloh R., Forsberg P., Hamberg M., Karlsson M., Kozak M., Hommelhoff P.:
Diamond-based dielectric laser acceleration
In: Optics Express 30 (2022), p. 505-510
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/OE.442752
URL: https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-30-1-505&id=466290
Chlouba T., Shiloh R., Hommelhoff P.:
Quantum-Coherent Light-Electron Interaction in an SEM
CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2022 (San Jose, CA, 15. May 2022 - 20. May 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022
Chlouba T., Shiloh R., Illmer J., Kraus S., Yousefi P., Schönenberger N., Niedermayer U., Mittelbach A., Hommelhoff P.:
Ultrafast Electron Phase-space Control in a Nanophotonic Structure
International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, UP 2022 (Montreal, QC, CAN, 18. July 2022 - 22. July 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022
England RJ., Filippetto D., Torrisi G., Bacci A., Della Valle G., Mascali D., Mauro GS., Sorbello G., Musumeci P., Scheuer J., Cowan B., Schachter L., Huang YC., Niedermayer U., Kimura WD., Li R., Ishebeck R., Simakov E., Hommelhoff P., Byer R.:
Laser-Driven Structure-Based Accelerators
In: arXiv (2022), Article No.: 2203.08981
ISSN: 2331-8442
URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.08981
Fishman T., Häusler U., Dahan R., Yannai M., Adiv Y., Abudy TL., Eyal O., Yousefi P., Shiloh R., Eisenstein G., Hommelhoff P., Kaminer I.:
Imaging the field profile inside dielectric laser acceleration nanostructures
CLEO: Science and Innovations, S and I 2022 (San Jose, CA, USA, 15. May 2022 - 20. May 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022
Haeusler U., Seidling M., Yousefi P., Hommelhoff P.:
Boosting the Efficiency of Smith-Purcell Radiators Using Nanophotonic Inverse Design
In: ACS Photonics (2022)
ISSN: 2330-4022
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01687
Heimerl J., Mikhaylov A., Meier S., Höllerer H., Kaminer I., Chekhova M., Hommelhoff P.:
Statistics of multiphoton photoemission under coherent and non-classical illumination
CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2022 (San Jose, CA, USA, 15. May 2022 - 20. May 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022
Hermann B., Häusler U., Yadav G., Kirchner A., Feurer T., Welsch C., Hommelhoff P., Ischebeck R.:
Inverse-Designed Narrowband THz Radiator for Ultrarelativistic Electrons
In: ACS Photonics (2022)
ISSN: 2330-4022
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01932
URL: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01932
Kraus S., Shiloh R., Illmer J., Chlouba T., Yousefi P., Schönenberger N., Niedermayer U., Mittelbach A., Hommelhoff P.:
Electron phase-space control in photonic chip-based particle acceleration
CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2022 (San Jose, CA, USA, 15. May 2022 - 20. May 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022
URL: https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=CLEO_QELS-2022-FTh5B.4
Meier S., Hommelhoff P.:
Coulomb Interactions and the Spatial Coherence of Femtosecond Nanometric Electron Pulses
In: ACS Photonics (2022)
ISSN: 2330-4022
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00839
Morimoto Y., Shinohara Y., Ishikawa KL., Hommelhoff P.:
Atomic real-space perspective of light-field-driven currents in graphene
In: New Journal of Physics 24 (2022), Article No.: 033051
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac5c18
URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/ac5c18
Shiloh R., Chlouba T., Hommelhoff P.:
Experimental considerations in electron beam transport on a nanophotonic chip using alternating phase focusing
In: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Nanotechnology and Microelectronics 40 (2022)
ISSN: 2166-2754
DOI: 10.1116/6.0001598
Shiloh R., Chlouba T., Hommelhoff P.:
Quantum-Coherent Light-Electron Interaction in a Scanning Electron Microscope
In: Physical Review Letters 128 (2022), Article No.: 235301
ISSN: 0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.235301
Shiloh R., Schönenberger N., Adiv Y., Ruimy R., Karnieli A., Hughes T., England RJ., Leedle KJ., Black DS., Zhao Z., Musumeci P., Byer RL., Arie A., Kaminer I., Hommelhoff P.:
Miniature light-driven nanophotonic electron acceleration and control
In: Advances in Optics and Photonics 14 (2022), p. 862-930
ISSN: 1943-8206
DOI: 10.1364/AOP.461142

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