• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
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Gerakis Alexandros

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Physics, University College London, England - 2015
  • M.Sc., Photonics & Optoelectronic Devices, University of St Andrews & Heriot-Watt University, Scotland - 2009
  • Diploma (eq. to M.Sc.), School of Applied Mathematical & Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Greece - 2008

Research Interests

    • Laser diagnostics development
    • Laser-matter interaction (neutral and plasma)
    • Atomic and molecular scattering
    • Laser-aided gas flow measurements
    • Non-linear optics
    • Cold and ultra-cold matter

Selected Publications

  • B. C. Stratton, A. Gerakis, I. Kaganovich, M. Keidar, A. Khrabrov, J. M. Mitrani, Y. Raitses, M.N. Shneider, V. Vekselman, S. Yatom, ”In Situ Diagnostics for Plasma Synthesis of Nanomaterials”,Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27, 084001 (2018)
  • A. Gerakis,Y.-W. Yeh, M. N. Shneider, J. M. Mitrani, B. C. Stratton and Y. Raitses, "Four-wave mixing approach to in-situ detection of nanoparticles", Phys. Rev. Applied 9, 014031 (2018)
  • A. Gerakis, M. N. Shneider, B. C. Stratton and Y. Raitses, "An all-optical, in situ diagnostic for large molecule and nanoparticle detection" Proc. SPIE 10093, Synthesis and Photonics of Nanoscale Materials XIV, 100930O (2017)
  • A. Gerakis, M. N. Shneider, and B. C. Stratton, "Remote-sensing gas measurements with coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering" Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 031112 (2016)} (featured as an Editor's pick)
  • A. Gerakis, M. N. Shneider, and P. F. Barker, "Single shot coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering using a chirped optical lattice" Opt. Letters 38, 4449-4452 (2013)
  • A. Gerakis, M. N. Shneider, and P. F. Barker, "Coherent Brillouin scattering" Opt. Express 19, 24046-24054 (2011)
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