AIT Community / Faculty / Research Scientists / Emmanouil-Panagiotis Fitrakis

CONTACT INFORMATION Athens Information Technology 19.5 Km Markopoulo Avenue, 19002 Peania, Attiki, Greece Phone: +302106682721 E-mail: mfitrakis@ait.gr

SUMMARY
 Dr Emmanouil-Panagiotis Fitrakis is a Senior Researcher at Athens Information Technology. He received his PhD in Physical Sciences from University of Athens (UoA, Greece, 2009). Previously, he had received his BSc in Physics from UoA (Greece, 2000) and his MSc in Electrical Engineering from California Institute of Technology (Ca, USA, 2002). He has worked as a researcher at the Optical Communications Lab at UoA and as a nanotechnology lab technician at the Institute of Optics (Rochester, NY, USA). He has worked on the EU-funded project "Omega-Home Gigabit Access-ICT" as well as on a number of greek national projects. He is currently leading the EU-funded project NAVOLCHI for AIT. Dr Fitrakis has 5 publications in international scientific journals and has received more than 30 citations. His research interests include, but are not limited to: plasmonics, photonic waveguides, nonlinear optics and slow light. While the main body of his research has been of analytical and numerical nature, he also has a few years of experimental experience in optical labs. Dr Fitrakis speaks greek (native) and english (excellent).

EDUCATION

• PhD in Physical Sciences, University of Athens, Greece (2009). Thesis: Vector Solitons in Optical Media (analytical/numerical).
• MSc in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, USA (2002). GPA: 3.9/4.0. Thesis: Holographic Add-Drop multiplexers (experimental).
• BSc in Physics, University of Athens, Greece (2000). GPA: 7.71/10.00. Thesis: Perturbation theory for the study of solitons in optical fibers (analytical). 

WORK

• Senior Researcher, Athens Information Technology, Networks & Optical communications Group, Greece (2011-). AIT project leader for EU-funded project NAVOLCHI on plasmonic interconnects.
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Athens, Optical Communications Lab, Greece (2009-2011). Participation in the Omega-Home Gigabit Access EU-funded project, as well as in a number of greek national projects.
• Meteorologist/Observer (mandatory service), Greek Airforce, Greece (2008).
• Nanotechnology Lab Technician, Institute of Optics, Rochester, NY, USA (2002). Project: White light generation in metals (experimental).

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. E.P. Fitrakis, H.E. Nistazakis, B.A. Malomed, D.J. Frantzeskakis, and P.G. Kevrekidis, "Spatiotemporal solitons in birefringent media near the zero-dispersion point", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 1911 (2006).
2. E.P. Fitrakis, P.G. Kevrekidis, B.A. Malomed, and D.J. Frantzeskakis, "Discrete vector solitons in one-dimensional lattices in photorefractive media", Phys. Rev. E 74, 026605 (2006).
3. E.P.Fitrakis, P.G. Kevrekidis, H. Susanto, and D.J. Frantzeskakis,"Dark solitons in discrete lattices: Saturable versus cubic nonlinearities", Phys. Rev. E 75, 066608 (2007).
4. E.P. Fitrakis, Thomas Kamalakis, and Thomas Sphicopoulos,"Slow-light dark solitons in insulator-insulator-metal plasmonic waveguides", J. Opt. Soc. Am B 27, 1701-1706 (2010).
5. E.P. Fitrakis, Thomas Kamalakis, and Thomas Sphicopoulos,"Slow light in insulator-metal-insulator plasmonic waveguides", J. Opt. Soc. Am B 28, 2159-2164 (2011).
    

CONFERENCES

• Lead co-chair, NAVOLCHI Special Session on Plasmonics-based components, ICTON 2012.

TEACHING

• Adjuct Lecturer, Introduction to Telecommunications (grad.), University of Athens, Greece (2010).
• Adjuct Lecturer, Communications Lab (undergr.), University of Athens, Greece (2005 & 2006).
• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Solid State Physics (undergr.), California Institute of Technology, USA (2002).
• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (undergr.), California Institute of Technology, USA (2001).

HONORS / AWARDS

• Fellowship for graduate students, California Institute of Technology, USA (2000-2001).
• Referee for Optics Express.