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Maria Kafesaki

Maria Kafesaki

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Materials Science

D-Index
56
Citations
13693
World Ranking
8172
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - OSA Fellows Maria Kafesaki Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas and University of Crete, Greece For the ground-breaking numerical demonstration of large gaps for optical and acoustic materials and for seminal contributions to photonic crystals, metamaterials science and nanophotonics.

Overview

Maria Kafesaki is affiliated with the University of Crete in Greece. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions in electrical and electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics within these fields, including:

  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Antenna Design and Analysis
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Maria Kafesaki are:

  • Toward Intelligent Metasurfaces: The Progress from Globally Tunable Metasurfaces to Software-Defined Metasurfaces with an Embedded Network of Controllers, 2020, Advanced Optical Materials
  • Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces, 2024, Applied Physics Letters
  • Passive radiative cooling and other photonic approaches for the temperature control of photovoltaics: a comparative study for crystalline silicon-based architectures, 2020, Optics Express
  • Combined nano and micro structuring for enhanced radiative cooling and efficiency of photovoltaic cells, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • All-graphene perfect broadband THz absorber, 2021, Carbon

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Anna C. Tasolamprou
  • E. N. Economou
  • Odysseas Tsilipakos
  • Costas M. Soukoulis
  • George Kenanakis

The venues in which Maria Kafesaki has published most frequently include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Scientific Reports
  • ACS Photonics
  • Physical Review B
  • Physical Review Applied

Maria Kafesaki has been recognized as an OSA Fellow in 2014 for foundational work involving numerical demonstrations related to optical and acoustic materials and contributions to photonic crystals, metamaterials science, and nanophotonics.

Best Publications

  • Saturation of the Magnetic Response of Split-Ring Resonators at Optical Frequencies

    J. Zhou;Th. Koschny;M. Kafesaki;E. N. Economou

  • Electric coupling to the magnetic resonance of split ring resonators

    N. Katsarakis;T. Koschny;M. Kafesaki;E. N. Economou

  • Negative refractive index due to chirality

    Jiangfeng Zhou;Jianfeng Dong;Jianfeng Dong;Bingnan Wang;Thomas Koschny;Thomas Koschny

  • Left-handed metamaterials: The fishnet structure and its variations

    M. Kafesaki;M. Kafesaki;I. Tsiapa;N. Katsarakis;N. Katsarakis;Th. Koschny;Th. Koschny

  • A comparison of graphene, superconductors and metals as conductors for metamaterials and plasmonics

    Philippe Tassin;Thomas Koschny;Maria Kafesaki;Costas M. Soukoulis;Costas M. Soukoulis

  • Effective medium theory of left-handed materials.

    T. Koschny;M. Kafesaki;E. N. Economou;C. M. Soukoulis

  • Investigation of magnetic resonances for different split-ring resonator parameters and designs

    Koray Aydin;Irfan Bulu;Kaan Guven;Maria Kafesaki

  • Chiral metamaterials: simulations and experiments

    Bingnan Wang;Jiangfeng Zhou;Thomas Koschny;Thomas Koschny;Maria Kafesaki

  • Optically Implemented Broadband Blueshift Switch in the Terahertz Regime

    Nian-Hai Shen;Maria Massaouti;Mutlu Gokkavas;Jean-Michel Manceau

  • Dielectric metamaterials with toroidal dipolar response

    Alexey A. Basharin;Alexey A. Basharin;Maria Kafesaki;Maria Kafesaki;Eleftherios N. Economou;Eleftherios N. Economou;Costas M. Soukoulis;Costas M. Soukoulis

  • Frequency modulation in the transmittivity of wave guides in elastic-wave band-gap materials.

    M Kafesaki;M M Sigalas;N García

  • Theory and experiments on elastic band gaps

    D. García-Pablos;M. Sigalas;M. Sigalas;F. R. Montero de Espinosa;M. Torres

  • Negative-index materials : New frontiers in optics

    Costas M. Soukoulis;Costas M. Soukoulis;Costas M. Soukoulis;Maria Kafesaki;Maria Kafesaki;Eleftherios N. Economou

  • Chiral metamaterials with negative refractive index based on four "U" split ring resonators

    Zhaofeng Li;Rongkuo Zhao;Thomas Koschny;Maria Kafesaki

  • Magnetic response of split-ring resonators in the far-infrared frequency regime.

    N. Katsarakis;G. Konstantinidis;A. Kostopoulos;R. S. Penciu

  • Extremely high Q -factor metamaterials due to anapole excitation

    Alexey A. Basharin;Vitaly Chuguevsky;Nikita Volsky;Maria Kafesaki

  • Experimental observation of true left-handed transmission peaks in metamaterials

    Koray Aydin;Kaan Guven;Maria Kafesaki;Lei Zhang

  • Chiral metamaterials with negative refractive index based on four "U" split ring resonators

    Zhaofeng Li;Rongkuo Zhao;Thomas Koschny;Maria Kafesaki

  • Toward Intelligent Metasurfaces: The Progress from Globally Tunable Metasurfaces to Software-Defined Metasurfaces with an Embedded Network of Controllers

    Odysseas Tsilipakos;Anna C. Tasolamprou;Alexandros Pitilakis;Fu Liu

  • A Multi-Functional Reconfigurable Metasurface: Electromagnetic Design Accounting for Fabrication Aspects

    Alexandros Pitilakis;Odysseas Tsilipakos;Fu Liu;Kypros M. Kossifos

  • Elastic wave band gaps in 3-D periodic polymer matrix composites

    M. Kafesaki;M.M. Sigalas;E.N. Economou

  • Supplementary Information to A comparison of graphene, superconductors and metals as conductors for metamaterials and plasmonics

    Philippe Tassin;Thomas Koschny;Maria Kafesaki;Costas M. Soukoulis

Frequent Co-Authors

Costas M. Soukoulis
Costas M. Soukoulis Iowa State University
Eleftherios N. Economou
Eleftherios N. Economou Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Sergei A. Tretyakov
Sergei A. Tretyakov Aalto University
Ekmel Ozbay
Ekmel Ozbay Bilkent University
Eduard Alarcon
Eduard Alarcon Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Vahid Sandoghdar
Vahid Sandoghdar Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Albert Cabellos-Aparicio
Albert Cabellos-Aparicio Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Andreas Pitsillides
Andreas Pitsillides University of Cyprus
Ian F. Akyildiz
Ian F. Akyildiz Technology Innovation Institute
Mihail M. Sigalas
Mihail M. Sigalas University of Patras

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