Joint Publications

The members of the group have published over 300 articles in international refereed journals and books. These include publications in high impact journals such as Nature Physics, Reviews of Modern Physics, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A & B, Nano Letters, Nanotechnology, and many others. You may find the complete publication list of each member of the group either in his/her personal web page or in Google Scholar. Below we present the joint publications of the members of the group. In every publication at least two current or former members of the group have been involved.

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  1. N. Iliopoulos, A.F. Terzis, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Entanglement dynamics near a periodic plasmonic nanostructure’, submitted, (2016).

  2. F. Carreño, M.A. Antón, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Controlled resonance fluorescence of a four-level quantum system near a periodic plasmonic nanostructure’, submitted, (2016).

  3. I. Thanopulos, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Non-Markovian dynamics in plasmon-induced spontaneous emission interference’, submitted, (2016).

  4. F. Carreño, M.A. Antón, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Resonance fluorescence spectrum of a Λ-type quantum emitter close to a metallic nanoparticle’, Physical Review A 94, 013834 (2016).

  5. A.F. Terzis, S.G. Kosionis, J. Boviatsis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Nonlinear optical susceptibilities of semiconductor quantum dot – metal nanoparticle hybrids’, Journal of Modern Optics 63, 451-461 (2016).

  6. N. Iliopoulos, A.F. Terzis, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Two-qubit correlations via a periodic plasmonic nanostructure’, Annals of Physics 365, 38-53 (2016).

  7. I. Chatzopoulos, J. Boviatsis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Optical properties of a symmetric coupled quantum dot nanostructure’, International Journal of Materials 2, 29-33 (2015).

  8. V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Giant enhancement of dipole-forbidden transitions via lattices of plasmonic nanoparticles’, Journal of Modern Optics 62, 1435-1441 (2015).

  9. I. Katsantonis, E. Stathatos and E. Paspalakis, ‘Ultrashort pulse interaction with intersubband transitions of semiconductor quantum wells’, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 633, 012074 (2015).

  10. E. Paspalakis, E. Kallos and V. Yannopapas, ‘Coherent interaction of a four-level quantum emitter with a plasmonic nanostructure’, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 633, 012063 (2015).

  11. I. Chremmos, E. Kallos, M. Giamalaki, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Effective medium theory for two-dimensional non-magnetic metamaterial lattices up to quadrupole expansions’, Journal of Optics 17, 075102 (2015).

  12. S.G. Kosionis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Pump-probe optical response of an asymmetric double quantum dot molecule’, Physica E 73, 126-134 (2015).

  13. N. Iliopoulos and A.F. Terzis, ‘Chemical bond and entanglement of electrons in the hydrogen molecule’, International Journal of Quantum Information 12, 1450025 (2014).

  14. K. Blekos, N. Iliopoulos, M.E. Stasinou, E. Vlachos and A.F. Terzis, ‘Polarization-entangled photon generation by a semiconductor quantum dot coupled to a cavity interacting with external fields’, Quantum Information Processing 13, 2633-2643 (2014).

  15. S. Evangelou, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Modification of Kerr nonlinearity in a four-level quantum system near a plasmonic nanostructure’, Journal of Modern Optics 61, 1458-1464 (2014).

  16. E. Paspalakis, S. Evangelou, S.G. Kosionis and A.F. Terzis, ‘Strongly modified four-wave mixing in a coupled quantum dot – metal nanoparticle system’, Journal of Applied Physics 115, 083106 (2014).

  17. E. Voutsinas, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Control of indirect exciton population in an asymmetric quantum dot molecule’, Physics Letters A 378, 219-225 (2014).

  18. S. Evangelou, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Transient properties of transparency of a quantum system near a plasmonic nanostructure’, Optics Communications (Special Issue Energy Efficient Nanophotonics: Engineered Light-Matter Interaction in Sub-wavelength Structures) 314, 36-40 (2014).

  19. E. Paspalakis, S. Evangelou, V. Yannopapas, and A.F. Terzis, ‘Phase-dependent optical effects in a four-level quantum system near a plasmonic nanostructure’, Physical Review A 88, 053832 (2013).

  20. E. Paspalakis, J. Boviatsis and S. Baskoutas, ‘Effects of probe field intensity in nonlinear optical processes in asymmetric semiconductor quantum dots’, Journal of Applied Physics 114, 153107 (2013).

  21. E. Paspalakis, S. Evangelou and A.F. Terzis, ‘Control of excitonic population inversion in a coupled semiconductor quantum dot - metal nanoparticle system’, Physical Review B 87, 235302 (2013).

  22. A. Fountoulakis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Coherent electron transfer in a coupled quantum dot nanostructure using stimulated Raman adiabatic passage’, Journal of Applied Physics 113, 174301 (2013).

  23. S.G. Kosionis, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Transient four-wave mixing in intersubband transitions of semiconductor quantum wells’, Journal of Luminescence, 140, 130-134 (2013).

  24. P. Androvitsaneas, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Localizable entanglement in antiferromagnetic and mixed Heisenberg chains: A quantum Monte Carlo study’, Quantum Information Processing 12, 831-840 (2013).

  25. S.G. Kosionis, A.F. Terzis, S.M. Sadeghi and E. Paspalakis, ‘Optical response of a quantum dot – metal nanoparticle hybrid interacting with a weak probe field’, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 25, 045304 (2013).

  26. P. Androvitsaneas, N.G. Fytas, E. Paspalakis and A.F. Terzis, ‘Quantum Monte Carlo simulations revisited: The case of anisotropic Heisenberg chains’, Philosophical Magazine 92, 4649-4656 (2012).

  27. S. Evangelou, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Transparency and slow light in a four-level quantum system near a plasmonic nanostructure’, Physical Review A 86, 053811 (2012).

  28. S.G. Kosionis, A.F. Terzis, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Nonlocal effects in energy absorption of coupled quantum dot – metal nanoparticle systems’, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, 23663 – 23670 (2012).

  29. A.F. Terzis, P. Androvitsaneas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Thermal quantum discord and classical correlations in a two-qubit Ising model under a site-dependent magnetic field’, Quantum Information Processing 11, 1931-1950 (2012).

  30. S.G. Kosionis, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Transient effects of pump-probe optical response in intersubband transitions of semiconductor quantum wells’, Journal of Applied Physics 112, 073117 (2012).

  31. I. Thanopulos, E. Paspalakis and V. Yannopapas, ‘Plasmon-induced enhancement of nonlinear optical rectification in organic materials’, Physical Review B 85, 035111 (2012).

  32. P. Androvitsaneas, E. Paspalakis and A.F. Terzis, ‘A quantum Monte Carlo study of the localizable entanglement in anisotropic ferromagnetic Heisenberg chains’, Annals of Physics 327, 212-223 (2012).

  33. S.G. Kosionis, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Pump-probe optical response and four-wave mixing in intersubband transitions of a semiconductor quantum well’, Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 104, 33-43 (2011).

  34. S. Evangelou, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Simulating quantum interference in spontaneous decay near plasmonic nanostructures: Population dynamics’, Physical Review A 83, 055805 (2011).

  35. S. Evangelou and E. Paspalakis, ‘Pulsed four-wave mixing in intersubband transitions of a symmetric semiconductor quantum well’, Photonics and Nanostructures: Fundamentals and Applications 9, 168-173 (2011).

  36. S.G. Kosionis, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Kerr nonlinearity in a driven two-subband system in a semiconductor quantum well’, Journal of Applied Physics 109, 084312 (2011).

  37. S.G. Kosionis, A.F. Terzis, C. Simserides and E. Paspalakis, ‘Instrinsic optical bistability in a two-subband system in a semiconductor quantum well’, Journal of Applied Physics 109, 063109 (2011).

  38. I. Thanopulos, E. Paspalakis and V. Yannopapas, ‘Enhancement of ultraviolet photo-induced energy transfer near plasmonic nanostructures’, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115, 4370-4374 (2011).

  39. S. Evangelou, V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Modifying free space spontaneous emission near a plasmonic nanostructure’, Physical Review A 83, 023819 (2011).

  40. S. Kazazis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Effects of nonlinearity in asymmetric adiabatic three-waveguide directional couplers’, Journal of Modern Optics 57, 2123-2129 (2010).

  41. V. Yannopapas and E. Paspalakis, ‘Backward-propagating slow light in Mie resonance-based metamaterials’, Journal of Optics 12, 104017 (2010). Selected in Highlights of 2010. The Highlights are a showcase of the top contributions of 2010.

  42. S.G. Kosionis, A.F. Terzis, C. Simserides and E. Paspalakis, ‘Linear and nonlinear optical properties of a two-subband system in a symmetric semiconductor quantum well’, Journal of Applied Physics 108, 034316 (2010).

  43. A. Fountoulakis, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘All-optical modulation based on electromagnetically induced transparency’, Physics Letters A 374, 3354-3364 (2010).

  44. E. Paspalakis, C. Simserides and A.F. Terzis, ‘Control of intersubband quantum well transitions with chirped electromagnetic pulses’, Journal of Applied Physics 107, 064306 (2010).

  45. A. Fountoulakis, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Coherent single-electron transfer in coupled quantum dots’, Journal of Applied Physics 106, 074305 (2009).

  46. V. Yannopapas, E. Paspalakis and N.V. Vitanov, ‘Plasmon-induced enhancement of quantum interference near metallic nanostructures’, Physical Review Letters 103, 063602 (2009). Selected at: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 20 (7), 34 (2009).

  47. A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Emission spectrum of a two-electron quantum dot molecule driven by a strong electromagnetic field’, Physical Review B 80, 035307 (2009) . Selected at: Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science 8 (8), 204 (2009).

  48. V. Yannopapas, E. Paspalakis and N.V. Vitanov, ‘Electromagnetically induced transparency and slow light in an array of metallic nanoparticles’, Physical Review B 80, 035104 (2009). Selected at: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 20 (2), 47 (2009).

  49. I. Thanopulos, P. Král, M. Shapiro and E. Paspalakis, ‘Optical control of molecular switches’, Journal of Modern Optics 56, 686-703 (2009). Selected in Top 10 Articles of 2009.

  50. I. Thanopulos, E. Paspalakis and V. Yannopapas, ‘Optical switching of electric charge transfer pathways in porphyrin: A light-controlled nanoscale current router’, Nanotechnology 19, 445202 (2008).

  51. M. Ioannou, J. Boviatsis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Transient properties of voltage-controlled transparency in an asymmetric double quantum dot’, Physica E 40, 2010-2012 (2008).

  52. E. Paspalakis, C. Simserides, S. Baskoutas and A.F. Terzis, ‘Electromagnetically-induced population transfer between two quantum well subbands’, Physica E 40, 1301-1304 (2008).

  53. A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Local field effects on population dynamics in a driven quantum dot system: General initial conditions’, Journal of Modern Optics (Special Issue in Honor of Sir Peter L. Knight) 54, 1901-1910 (2007).

  54. S. Baskoutas, E. Paspalakis and A.F. Terzis, ‘Electronic structure and nonlinear optical rectification in a quantum dot: Effects of impurities and external electric field’, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 19, 395024 (2007). 8th most cited paper (19th if review papers are accounted for) for the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter from 2007 to 2012 (Source: ISI Web of Science).

  55. I. Thanopulos and E. Paspalakis, ‘Laser-operated porphyrin-based molecular current router’, Physical Review B 76, 035317 (2007). Selected at: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 16 (5), 90 (2007).

  56. V. Yannopapas, A. Kanaki, J. Boviatsis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Coherent effects in coupled resonator optical waveguides’, Physica Status Solidi © 4, 537-539 (2007).

  57. S. Baskoutas, E. Paspalakis and A.F. Terzis, ‘Excitonic effects in nonlinear optical rectification in small semi-parabolic quantum dots’, Physica Status Solidi © 4, 292-294 (2007).

  58. A.F. Terzis, S.G. Kosionis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Two-electron localization in a quantum dot molecule driven by bichromatic electric fields’, Journal of Physics B (Special Issue in Light Control at the Nanoscale) 40, S331-S343 (2007).

  59. S.G. Kosionis, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Optimal control of a symmetric double quantum dot nanostructure: Analytical results’, Physical Review B 75, 193305 (2007). Επιλεγμένο στo: Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science 6 (6), 149 (2007).

  60. S. Baskoutas, E. Paspalakis and A.F. Terzis, ‘Effects of excitons in nonlinear optical rectification in semi-parabolic quantum dots’, Physical Review B 74, 153306 (2006).

  61. E. Paspalakis, M. Tsaousidou and A.F. Terzis, ‘Rabi oscillations in a strongly driven semiconductor quantum well’, Journal of Applied Physics 100, 044312 (2006). Selected at: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 14 (10), 38 (2006).

  62. E. Paspalakis and A.F. Terzis, ‘Excitonic population dynamics in a driven quantum dot: local field effects’, WSEAS Transactions on Electronics 4, 143-149 (2006).

  63. A. Fountoulakis, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Controlled electron dynamics in a triple semiconductor quantum well structure’, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 3, 412-416 (2006).

  64. E. Paspalakis, M. Tsaousidou and A.F. Terzis, ‘Coherent manipulation of a strongly driven semiconductor quantum well’, Physical Review B 73, 125344 (2006). Selected at: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 13 (14), 100 (2006). Virtual Journal of Quantum Information 6 (4), 78 (2006). Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science 5 (4), 120 (2006).

  65. A. Fountoulakis, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Coherent phenomena due to double dark states in a system with decay interference’, Physical Review A 73, 033811 (2006).

  66. E. Paspalakis and A.F. Terzis, ‘Switching properties of nonlinear electron-wave directional couplers’, Journal of Applied Physics 99, 043704 (2006). Selected at: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 13 (9), 117 (2006).

  67. E. Paspalakis, A. Kalini and A.F. Terzis, ‘Local field effects in excitonic population transfer in a driven quantum dot system’, Physical Review B 73, 073305 (2006). Selected at: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 13 (7), 72 (2006).

  68. E. Paspalakis and A.F. Terzis, ‘Creation of entangled states of excitons in coupled quantum dots’, Physics Letters A 350, 396-399 (2006).

  69. K.G. Kalonakis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Optical switching of a symmetric three-waveguide nonlinear directional coupler’, Journal of Modern Optics 52, 1885-1892 (2005).

  70. E. Paspalakis, A.F. Terzis and P.L. Knight, `Quantum interference induced sub-wavelength atomic localization’, Journal of Modern Optics 52, 1685-1694 (2005).

  71. N. Aravantinos-Zafiris and E. Paspalakis, `Influence of the asymmetry of the potential in the dynamics of a two-level SQUID qubit’, Physical Review A 72, 014303 (2005). Selected at: Virtual Journal of Quantum Information 5 (7), 128 (2005). Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 12 (4), 120 (2005). Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity 9 (2), 4 (2005).

  72. C. Dedes, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, `Effects of dephasing on electron localization in a coupled quantum dot system’, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 10, 81-84 (2005).

  73. A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Localization of an exciton in a double quantum dot molecule by an AC-DC electric field’, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 2, 154-160 (2005).

  74. A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, `High-order harmonic generation in a two-electron quantum dot molecule’, Journal of Applied Physics 97, 023523 (2005). Selected at: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 11 (1), 52 (2005). Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science 4 (1), 48 (2005).

  75. A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, `Thermal entanglement in a two-qubit Ising model under a site-dependent external magnetic field’, Physics Letters A 333, 438-445 (2004).

  76. I. Thanopulos, E. Paspalakis and Z. Kis, `Laser driven coherent manipulation of molecular chirality’, Chemical Physics Letters 390, 228-235 (2004).

  77. E. Paspalakis, Z. Kis, E. Voutsinas and A.F. Terzis, `Controlled rotation in α double quantum dot structure’, Physical Review B 69, 155316 (2004). Selected at: Virtual Journal of Quantum Information 4 (5), 79 (2004). Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 9 (17), 69 (2004). Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science 3 (5), 123 (2004).

  78. E. Paspalakis and A.F. Terzis, `Localization effects in a two-electron quantum dot molecule: the case of AC-DC driving fields’, Journal of Applied Physics (Communication) 95, 1603-1605 (2004). Selected at: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 9 (4), 10 (2004).

  79. E. Voutsinas, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, `Control of electron localization in a coupled quantum dot structure’, Journal of Modern Optics 51, 479-489 (2004).


  1. S.G. Kosionis, A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, ‘Nonlinear optical effects in intersubband transitions of semiconductor quantum wells: Effects of electron-electron interactions’, in Horizons in World Physics. Volume 280, (Nova Science Publishers, 2012), p. 141-170.

  2. E. Paspalakis, M. Tsaousidou and A.F. Terzis, ‘Quantum control of the dynamics of a semiconductor quantum well’, in Future Trends in Microelectronics: Up to the Nanocreek, edited by S. Luryi, J. Xu and A. Zaslavsky, (Wiley - IEEE Press, 2007), p. 432-439.


  1. E. Paspalakis and I. Thanopulos, ‘Preface’, Journal of Modern Optics 56, 685 (2009).

  2. A.F. Terzis and E. Paspalakis, Preface of Recent Research Topics and Developments in Chemical Physics: From Quantum Scale to Macroscale, (Transworld Research Network, 2009).

  3. E. Paspalakis and I. Thanopulos, `Quantum control and light-matter interactions: Recent computational and theoretical results’ in Computation in Modern Science and Engineering, edited by T.E. Simos and G. Maroulis, AIP Conference Proceedings 963 (Vol. 2B), p. 733-735 (2007).