Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff

Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
Chair of Laser Physics

Raum 0.154, 0.153
Staudtstr. 1
91058 Erlangen

Publications

Knipfer, M., Meier, S., Heimerl, J., López Hoffmann, F., Volk, T., Gleyzer, S., & Hommelhoff, P. (2026). Enhanced deep-learning approach to spatiotemporal multi-hit reconstruction with delay-line detectors. Physical Review Applied, 25(3). https://doi.org/10.1103/4rqm-y1l9
Koutenský, P., Laštovičková Streshkova, N., Kraus, S., Hommelhoff, P., & Kozák, M. (2026). Imaging the Transverse Component of Optical Near-Fields in Resonant Photonic Structures. ACS Photonics, 13(14), 4029-4036. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.6c00984
Lesko, D., Weitz, T., Wittigschlager, S., Nöcker, S., Li, W., Hommelhoff, P., & Neufeld, O. (2026). Probing Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry in 2D Materials with Tailored-Light Photocurrent Generation. ACS nano, 20(15), 11614-11623. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c17857
Schmidt-Kaler, F., Bode, N., Seidling, M., Zimmermann, R., Walther, J., & Hommelhoff, P. (2026). Characterization of the 1st Mathieu stability regime in auto-ponderomotive Paul-trap-like electron guides. Applied Physics Letters, 128(3). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0279055

Classen, A., Corrêa, R., Fleischmann, F., Semmler, S., Pleinert, M.-O., Hommelhoff, P., & von Zanthier, J. (2025). Hanbury Brown and Twiss interference of electrons in free space from independent needle tip sources. New Journal of Physics, 27(6). https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/addc8c
Freier, J., Brückner, L., Löhrl, B., Shariff, M., Distel, L., Bert, C., & Hommelhoff, P. (2025). Dosimetry for low energy electrons in the range of 12-45 keV with EBT3 GafChromic films. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 70(12). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/adde28
García de Abajo, F.J., Polman, A., Velasco, C.I., Kociak, M., Tizei, L.H., Stéphan, O.,... Solà-Garcia, M. (2025). Roadmap for Quantum Nanophotonics with Free Electrons. ACS Photonics, 12(9), 4760-4817. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00585
Heimerl, J., Meier, S., Herzig, A., López Hoffmann, F., Seiffert, L., Lesko, D.,... Hommelhoff, P. (2025). Attosecond physics in optical near fields. Nature Physics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-03093-3
Heimerl, J., Meier, S., López Hoffmann, F., Wittigschlager, S., Lesko, D., & Hommelhoff, P. (2025). Nonlinear scaling of strong field-driven multielectron emission. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 43(5). https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0004759
Heimerl, J., Rasputnyi, A., Pölloth, J., Meier, S., Chekhova, M., & Hommelhoff, P. (2025). Quantum light drives electrons strongly at metal needle tips. Nature Physics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-03087-1
Monajem, M., Ott, B., Heimerl, J., Meier, S., Hommelhoff, P., & Felfer, P. (2025). PyCCAPT: A Python Package for Open-Source Atom Probe Instrument Control and Data Calibration. Microscopy Research and Technique. https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.70011
Morimoto, Y., Hommelhoff, P., & Madsen, L.B. (2025). Scattering-asymmetry control with ultrafast electron wave packet shaping. New Journal of Physics, 27(10). https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ae0755
Rasputnyi, A., Heimerl, J., Pölloth, J., Meier, S., Tani, F., Chekhova, M., & Hommelhoff, P. (2025). Strong field electron emission driven by a bright squeezed vacuum. In 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025. Munich, DEU: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
Schmidt-Kaler, F., Walther, J., Seidling, M., Zimmermann, R., & Hommelhoff, P. (2025). Auto-ponderomotive beam guiding up to 9.5 keV. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 43. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0004293

Brückner, L., Chlouba, T., Morimoto, Y., Schönenberger, N., Shibuya, T., Siefke, T.,... Hommelhoff, P. (2024). Mid-infrared dielectric laser acceleration in a silicon dual pillar structure. Optics Express, 32(16), 28348-28355. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.531071
Brückner, L., Chlouba, T., Shiloh, R., Kraus, S., Litzel, J., & Hommelhoff, P. (2024). Coherent Particle Acceleration on a Nanophotonic Chip. In 2024 37th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC) (pp. 1-2). Brno, CZ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc..
Brückner, L., Nauk, C., Dienstbier, P., Gerner, C., Löhrl, B., Paschen, T., & Hommelhoff, P. (2024). A Gold Needle Tip Array Ultrafast Electron Source with High Beam Quality. In 2024 37th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC). Brno, CZ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc..
Brückner, L., Nauk, C., Dienstbier, P., Gerner, C., Löhrl, B., Paschen, T., & Hommelhoff, P. (2024). A Gold Needle Tip Array Ultrafast Electron Source with High Beam Quality. Nano Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00870
Heimerl, J., Mikhaylov, A., Meier, S., Höllerer, H., Kaminer, I., Chekhova, M., & Hommelhoff, P. (2024). Multiphoton electron emission with non-classical light. Nature Physics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02472-6
Knipfer, M., Meier, S., Volk, T., Heimerl, J., Hommelhoff, P., & Gleyzer, S. (2024). Deep learning-based spatiotemporal multi-event reconstruction for delay line detectors. Machine Learning: Science and Technology, 5(2), 025019. https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ad3d2d
Lesko, D., Weitz, T., Wittigschlager, S., & Hommelhoff, P. (2024). Lightwave-Driven Valley Control in Graphene. In CLEO 2024, Technical Digest Series (pp. paper FW3I.3). Charlotte, NC, US: Washington, DC: Optica Publishing Group.
Meier, S., Heimerl, J., & Hommelhoff, P. (2024). Correlations in strong-field-emitted ultrashort electron pulses from metal needle tips. Laser Physics Letters, 21, 045301. https://doi.org/10.1088/1612-202X/ad2b5a
Schmidt-Kaler, F., Seidling, M., Zimmermann, R., Bode, N., Bammes, F., Radtke, L., & Hommelhoff, P. (2024). Planar On-Chip Auto-Ponderomotive Devices for Electron Beam Control. In 2024 37th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC) (pp. 1-2). Brno, CZ: New York City: IEEE.
Seidling, M., Schmidt-Kaler, F., Zimmermann, R., Simonaitis, J.W., Keathley, P.D., Berggren, K.K., & Hommelhoff, P. (2024). Resonating Electrostatically Guided Electrons. Physical Review Letters, 132. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.255001
Weitz, T., Heide, C., & Hommelhoff, P. (2024). Strong-Field Bloch Electron Interferometry for Band-Structure Retrieval. Physical Review Letters, 132. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.206901
Zhao, Z., Black, D.S., Sun, X.Q., Hughes, T.W., Leedle, K.J., Tan, S.,... Hommelhoff, P. (2024). Dielectric laser accelerators: photonic control, electron compression, and quantum sensing. In CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO: S and I 2024 in Proceedings CLEO 2024, Part of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Charlotte, NC, USA: Optical Society of America.

Chlouba, T., Shiloh, R., Kraus, S., Brückner, L., Litzel, J., & Hommelhoff, P. (2023). Coherent nanophotonic electron accelerator. Nature, 622, 476-480. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06602-7
Dienstbier, P., Seiffert, L., Paschen, T., Liehl, A., Leitensdorfer, A., Fennel, T., & Hommelhoff, P. (2023). Tracing attosecond electron emission from a nanometric metal tip. Nature, 616(7958), 702-706. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05839-6
Fishman, T., Haeusler, U., Dahan, R., Yannai, M., Adiv, Y., Abudi, T.L.,... Kaminer, I. (2023). Imaging the field inside nanophotonic accelerators. Nature Communications, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38857-z
Heimerl, J., Meier, S., Kirchner, A., Weitz, T., & Hommelhoff, P. (2023). Strong-field electron emission from gold needle tips. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 41(5). https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0002916
Krüger, M., & Hommelhoff, P. (2023). Next-generation Electron Sources. In Kasra Amini, Arnaud Rouzée, Marc J J Vrakking (Eds.), (pp. 589-615). Royal Society of Chemistry.
Meier, S., Heimerl, J., Dienstbier, P., & Hommelhoff, P. (2023). Optical measurement of the work function and the field reduction factor of metallic needle tips. Review of Scientific Instruments, 94. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0165802
Meier, S., Heimerl, J., & Hommelhoff, P. (2023). Few-electron correlations after ultrafast photoemission from nanometric needle tips. Nature Physics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02059-7
Morimoto, Y., Shinohara, Y., Ishikawa, K.L., & Hommelhoff, P. (2023). Corrigendum: Atomic real-space perspective of light-field-driven currents in graphene (2022 New J. Phys. 24 033051). New Journal of Physics, 25, 099501. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/acf2b8
Pan, Y., Cohen, E., Karimi, E., Gover, A., Schönenberger, N., Chlouba, T.,... Aharonov, Y. (2023). Weak measurements and quantum-to-classical transitions in free electron–photon interactions. Light: Science & Applications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-023-01292-2
Paschen, T., Brückner, L., Wu, M., Spiecker, E., & Hommelhoff, P. (2023). Highly Localized Optical Field Enhancement at Neon Ion Sputtered Tungsten Nanotips. Nano Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01985
Paschen, T., Roussel, R., Seiffert, L., Kruse, B., Heide, C., Dienstbier, P.,... Hommelhoff, P. (2023). Ultrafast Strong-Field Electron Emission and Collective Effects at a One-Dimensional Nanostructure. ACS Photonics, 10(2), 447-455. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.2c01551
Shiloh, R., Chlouba, T., Kraus, S., Brückner, L., Litzel, J., & Hommelhoff, P. (2023). Nanophotonic on-chip electron acceleration. In 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023 (pp. 1-7). Munich: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
Sirotin, M., Chlouba, T., Shiloh, R., & Hommelhoff, P. (2023). Tunable Single-Photon Generation in a Scanning Electron Microscope based on Silicon Photonics. In 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023. Munich, DE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

Blöchl, J., Schoetz, J., Maliakkal, A., Šreibere, N., Wang, Z., Rosenberger, P.,... Kling, M.F. (2022). Spatiotemporal sampling of near-petahertz vortex fields. Optica, 9(7), 755-761. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.459612
Boolakee, T., Heide, C., Garzón-Ramírez, A., Weber, H.B., Franco, I., & Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Light-field control of real and virtual charge carriers. Nature, 605, 251–255. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04565-9
Chlouba, T., Shiloh, R., Forsberg, P., Hamberg, M., Karlsson, M., Kozak, M., & Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Diamond-based dielectric laser acceleration. Optics Express, 30(1), 505-510. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.442752
Chlouba, T., Shiloh, R., & Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Quantum-Coherent Light-Electron Interaction in an SEM. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. San Jose, CA, US: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).
Chlouba, T., Shiloh, R., Illmer, J., Kraus, S., Yousefi, P., Schönenberger, N.,... Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Ultrafast Electron Phase-space Control in a Nanophotonic Structure. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. Montreal, QC, CAN: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).
England, R.J., Filippetto, D., Torrisi, G., Bacci, A., Della Valle, G., Mascali, D.,... Byer, R. (2022). Laser-Driven Structure-Based Accelerators. arXiv.
Fishman, T., Häusler, U., Dahan, R., Yannai, M., Adiv, Y., Abudy, T.L.,... Kaminer, I. (2022). Imaging the field profile inside dielectric laser acceleration nanostructures. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. San Jose, CA, USA: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).
Haeusler, U., Seidling, M., Yousefi, P., & Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Boosting the Efficiency of Smith-Purcell Radiators Using Nanophotonic Inverse Design. ACS Photonics. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01687
Heimerl, J., Mikhaylov, A., Meier, S., Höllerer, H., Kaminer, I., Chekhova, M., & Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Statistics of multiphoton photoemission under coherent and non-classical illumination. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. San Jose, CA, USA: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).
Hermann, B., Häusler, U., Yadav, G., Kirchner, A., Feurer, T., Welsch, C.,... Ischebeck, R. (2022). Inverse-Designed Narrowband THz Radiator for Ultrarelativistic Electrons. ACS Photonics. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01932
Kraus, S., Shiloh, R., Illmer, J., Chlouba, T., Yousefi, P., Schönenberger, N.,... Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Electron phase-space control in photonic chip-based particle acceleration. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. San Jose, CA, USA: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).
Meier, S., & Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Coulomb Interactions and the Spatial Coherence of Femtosecond Nanometric Electron Pulses. ACS Photonics. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00839
Morimoto, Y., Shinohara, Y., Ishikawa, K.L., & Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Atomic real-space perspective of light-field-driven currents in graphene. New Journal of Physics, 24. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac5c18
Shiloh, R., Chlouba, T., & Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Experimental considerations in electron beam transport on a nanophotonic chip using alternating phase focusing. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 40(1). https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0001598
Shiloh, R., Chlouba, T., & Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Quantum-Coherent Light-Electron Interaction in a Scanning Electron Microscope. Physical Review Letters, 128(23). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.235301
Shiloh, R., Schönenberger, N., Adiv, Y., Ruimy, R., Karnieli, A., Hughes, T.,... Hommelhoff, P. (2022). Miniature light-driven nanophotonic electron acceleration and control. Advances in Optics and Photonics, 14(4), 862-930. https://doi.org/10.1364/AOP.461142

Boolakee, T., Heide, C., Weber, H.B., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Light field-driven electron dynamics in 2D-materials. In 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021. Munich, DEU: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
Dahan, R., Gorlach, A., Haeusler, U., Karnieli, A., Eyal, O., Yousefi, P.,... Kaminer, I. (2021). Imprinting the quantum statistics of photons on free electrons. Science, 373(6561). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj7128
Dahan, R., Gorlach, A., Häusler, U., Karnieli, A., Eyal, O., Yousefi, P.,... Kaminer, I. (2021). Imprinting the quantum statistics of photons on free electrons. In 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021 - Proceedings. Virtual, Online, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
Deng, H., Leedle, K.J., Miao, Y., Black, D.S., Urbanek, K., McNeur, J.,... Harris, J.S. (2021). Novel Materials-based Laser Acceleration. In 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021 - Proceedings. Online, US: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
Dienstbier, P., Paschen, T., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Coherent control at gold needle tips approaching the strong-field regime. Nanophotonics, 10, 3717–3721. https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0242
Dienstbier, P., Paschen, T., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Two-color coherent control in photoemission from gold needle tips. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 54(13). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ac0294
England, R.J., Hommelhoff, P., & Byer, R.L. (2021). Microchip accelerators. Physics Today, 74(8), 42. https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4815
Heide, C., Boolakee, T., Eckstein, T., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Optical current generation in graphene: CEP control vs. ω + 2ω control. Nanophotonics, 10, 3701–3707. https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0236
Heide, C., Boolakee, T., Higuchi, T., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Adiabaticity parameters for the categorization of light-matter interaction: From weak to strong driving. Physical Review A, 104. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.104.023103
Heide, C., Eckstein, T., Boolakee, T., Gerner, C., Weber, H.B., Franco, I., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Electronic Coherence and Coherent Dephasing in the Optical Control of Electrons in Graphene. Nano Letters, 21, 9403–9409. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02538
Li, A., Pan, Y., Dienstbier, P., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Quantum Interference Visibility Spectroscopy in Two-Color Photoemission from Tungsten Needle Tips. Physical Review Letters, 126. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.137403
Li, A., Zhang, H., Meier, S., Tafel, A., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Photoemission from an ultrabright and ultrafast LaB6 nanowire electron emitter studied at atomic scale. In 2021 34TH INTERNATIONAL VACUUM NANOELECTRONICS CONFERENCE (IVNC) (pp. 46-47). , ELECTR NETWORK: NEW YORK: IEEE.
Morimoto, Y., Hommelhoff, P., & Madsen, L.B. (2021). Coherent scattering of an optically modulated electron beam by atoms. Physical Review A, 103. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.043110
Paschen, T., Nauk, C., Dienstbier, P., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Strong-field spectra and optical near-field enhancement at aluminium needle tips. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ac13ff
Schoetz, J., Seiffert, L., Maliakkal, A., Blöchl, J., Zimin, D., Rosenberger, P.,... Kling, M.F. (2021). Onset of charge interaction in strong-field photoemission from nanometric needle tips. Nanophotonics, 10, 3769–3775. https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0276
Seidling, M., Zimmermann, R., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Chip-based electrostatic beam splitting of guided kiloelectron volt electrons. Applied Physics Letters, 118. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0030049
Shiloh, R., Chlouba, T., Li, A., Dienstbier, P., Tafel, A., Illmer, J.,... Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Ultrafast electron control with various means: from multiphoton physics at needle tips to nanophotonic particle acceleration. In 2021 34TH INTERNATIONAL VACUUM NANOELECTRONICS CONFERENCE (IVNC) (pp. 38-39). NEW YORK: IEEE.
Shiloh, R., Chlouba, T., Yousefi, P., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Particle acceleration using top-illuminated nanophotonic dielectric structures. Optics Express, 29(10), 14403-14411. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.420235
Shiloh, R., Illmer, J., Chlouba, T., Yousefi, P., Schonenberger, N., Niedermayer, U.,... Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Electron phase-space control in photonic chip-based particle acceleration. Nature, 597(7877), 498-502. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03812-9
Zimmermann, R., Seidling, M., & Hommelhoff, P. (2021). Charged particle guiding and beam splitting with auto-ponderomotive potentials on a chip. Nature Communications, 12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20592-4

Boolakee, T., Heide, C., Wagner, F., Ott, C., Schlecht, M.-T., Ristein, J.,... Hommelhoff, P. (2020). Length-dependence of light-induced currents in graphene. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ab9075
Deng, H., Leedle, K.J., Miao, Y., Black, D.S., Urbanek, K.E., McNeur, J.,... Harris, J.S. (2020). Gallium Oxide for High-Power Optical Applications. Advanced Optical Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201901522
Heide, C., Boolakee, T., Higuchi, T., & Hommelhoff, P. (2020). Sub-cycle temporal evolution of light-induced electron dynamics in hexagonal 2D materials. JPhys Photonics. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647
Heide, C., Hauck, M., Higuchi, T., Ristein, J., Ley, L., Weber, H.B., & Hommelhoff, P. (2020). Attosecond-fast internal photoemission. Nature Photonics, 14, 219–222. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-019-0580-6
Heimerl, J., Higuchi, T., Ammon, M.M., Schneider, M.A., & Hommelhoff, P. (2020). Gap-size dependence of optical near fields in a variable nanoscale two-tip junction. Physical Review B, 101(12). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.125403
Morimoto, Y., & Hommelhoff, P. (2020). Intracycle interference in the interaction of laser and electron beams. Physical Review Research, 2. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043089

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