Stelios Tzortzakis

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
155 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Stelios Tzortzakis is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stelios Tzortzakis has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stelios Tzortzakis's work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (72 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (48 papers) and Terahertz technology and applications (34 papers). Stelios Tzortzakis is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (72 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (48 papers) and Terahertz technology and applications (34 papers). Stelios Tzortzakis collaborates with scholars based in Greece, France and Qatar. Stelios Tzortzakis's co-authors include D. G. Papazoglou, A. Couairon, A. Mysyrowicz, B. Prade, Daryoush Abdollahpour, Vladimir Yu. Fedorov, M. Franco, Sergiy Suntsov, Anastasios D. Koulouklidis and Πάρις Παναγιωτόπουλος and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Stelios Tzortzakis

150 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Observation of abruptly autofocusing waves

2011 392 citations D. G. Papazoglou, Stelios Tzortzakis et al. Optics Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stelios Tzortzakis Greece	45	5.4k	2.3k	1.7k	1.2k	986	155	7.5k
Daniele Faccio United Kingdom	46	5.7k 1.1×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	352 0.3×	377 0.4×	299	7.7k
Peixiang Lu China	59	10.6k 2.0×	4.8k 2.1×	2.3k 1.3×	665 0.6×	2.4k 2.5×	746	14.9k
Michael D. Feit United States	49	7.8k 1.4×	3.5k 1.5×	3.4k 2.0×	2.5k 2.1×	1.4k 1.4×	230	14.7k
Zhizhan Xu China	50	8.3k 1.5×	2.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.9×	1.4k 1.4×	676	11.8k
Venu Gopal Achanta India	35	3.0k 0.6×	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	892 0.7×	211 0.2×	187	5.0k
D. von der Linde Germany	50	6.2k 1.1×	4.0k 1.7×	1.7k 1.0×	2.7k 2.2×	459 0.5×	207	11.0k
Heping Zeng China	42	5.1k 0.9×	3.5k 1.5×	869 0.5×	359 0.3×	1.0k 1.0×	409	7.4k
A. Couairon France	53	10.3k 1.9×	3.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	2.3k 1.9×	1.8k 1.8×	197	12.0k
Christian Spielmann Germany	47	10.5k 1.9×	3.7k 1.6×	794 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.8×	200	12.1k
R. Merlín United States	48	5.2k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.0×	867 0.7×	268 0.3×	185	10.8k

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Wang, Andong, et al.. (2025). In-chip critical plasma seeds for laser writing of reconfigurable silicon photonics systems. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6733–6733. 2 indexed citations

Manousidaki, Maria, Elmina Kabouraki, George Kenanakis, et al.. (2023). Laser direct writing of efficient 3D TiO2 nano-photocatalysts. Journal of Applied Physics. 134(23). 2 indexed citations

Xomalis, Angelos, Odysseas Tsilipakos, Maria Manousidaki, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Refractive Index Sensing with Direction-Selective Three-Dimensional Infrared Metamaterials. ACS Applied Optical Materials. 1(1). 10–16. 8 indexed citations

Manousidaki, Maria, et al.. (2022). Taming femtosecond laser filamentation and supercontinuum generation in liquids using neural networks. Optics Letters. 47(21). 5445–5445. 3 indexed citations

Koulouklidis, Anastasios D., Jean‐Michel Manceau, Bruno Paulillo, et al.. (2021). Femtosecond Broadband Frequency Switch of Terahertz Three-Dimensional Meta-Atoms. ACS Photonics. 8(4). 1097–1102. 12 indexed citations

Makris, Konstantinos G., D. G. Papazoglou, & Stelios Tzortzakis. (2016). Invariant superoscillatory electromagnetic fields in 3D-space. Journal of Optics. 19(1). 14003–14003. 1 indexed citations

Fedorov, Vladimir Yu., Margaux Chanal, David Grojo, & Stelios Tzortzakis. (2016). Accessing Extreme Spatiotemporal Localization of High-Power Laser Radiation through Transformation Optics and Scalar Wave Equations. Physical Review Letters. 117(4). 43902–43902. 35 indexed citations

Mattheakis, Marios, et al.. (2016). Extreme events in complex linear and nonlinear photonic media. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 84. 73–80. 17 indexed citations

Παναγιωτόπουλος, Πάρις, A. Couairon, Miroslav Kolesik, et al.. (2016). Nonlinear plasma-assisted collapse of ring-Airy wave packets. Physical review. A. 93(3). 20 indexed citations

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Massaouti, Maria & Stelios Tzortzakis. (2014). Controlling Laser Filamentation Induced Strong THz Fields. Chinese Journal of Physics. 52(1). 490–503. 1 indexed citations

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Papadakis, Vassilis, et al.. (2013). Monitoring adsorption and sedimentation using evanescent-wave cavity ringdown ellipsometry. Applied Optics. 52(5). 1086–1086. 10 indexed citations

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Faccio, Daniele, G. Tamošauskas, E. Rubino, et al.. (2012). Cavitation dynamics and directional microbubble ejection induced by intense femtosecond laser pulses in liquids. Physical Review E. 86(3). 36304–36304. 26 indexed citations

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Abdollahpour, Daryoush, D. G. Papazoglou, & Stelios Tzortzakis. (2011). Four-dimensional visualization of single and multiple laser filaments using in-line holographic microscopy. Physical Review A. 84(5). 19 indexed citations

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Suntsov, Sergiy, Daryoush Abdollahpour, D. G. Papazoglou, & Stelios Tzortzakis. (2009). Efficient third-harmonic generation through tailored IR femtosecond laser pulse filamentation in air. Optics Express. 17(5). 3190–3190. 42 indexed citations

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Averchi, A., Daniele Faccio, Antonio Lotti, et al.. (2008). Demonstration of spontaneously generated conical waves during ultrashort laser pulse filamentation in air. IrInSubria (University of Insubria). 1–2. 3 indexed citations

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Faccio, Daniele, Antonio Lotti, Miroslav Kolesik, et al.. (2008). Spontaneous emergence of pulses with constant carrier-envelope phase in femtosecond filamentation. Optics Express. 16(15). 11103–11103. 11 indexed citations

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Faccio, Daniele, A. Averchi, Antonio Lotti, et al.. (2008). Ultrashort laser pulse filamentation from spontaneous X Wave formation in air. Optics Express. 16(3). 1565–1565. 64 indexed citations

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Audebert, P., P. Renaudin, J. P. Geindre, et al.. (2005). Picosecond Time-Resolved X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Ultrafast Aluminum Plasmas. Physical Review Letters. 94(2). 25004–25004. 67 indexed citations

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Sudrie, L., A. Couairon, M. Franco, et al.. (2002). Femtosecond Laser-Induced Damage and Filamentary Propagation in Fused Silica. Physical Review Letters. 89(18). 186601–186601. 359 indexed citations

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Sauerbrey, R., S. Niedermeier, M. Franco, et al.. (2000). Long range propagation of terawatt laser pulses in the Earth's atmosphere. Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. 142–143. 1 indexed citations

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