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Faculty Profile - Elias N Glytsis

Professor
Optics and Photonics

Phone: 404.894.8415
Fax: 404.894.2979
Office: VL W405

Biography

Prof. Glytsis was born in Suez, Egypt, and grew up in Athens, Greece. He earned the BSEE and the Electrical Engineering Diploma from the National Technical University of Athens in Greece in 1982. He then moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology where he earned his MSEE and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1984 and 1987, respectively.

His studies focused on integrated optics devices and anisotropic gratings. Then he joined the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Georgia Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor in January 1988. He has been a Professor since July 2000. Dr. Glytsis has made significant contributions in the fields of diffractive optics and quantum optoelectronic devices.

His hobbies include attending movie theaters, walking, stamp collecting, and sports.

Selected Publications, Patents

Research Interests
  • Diffractive Optics
  • Optical Interconnections
  • Integrated and Fiber Optic Devices
  • Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetic Problems
Distinctions
  • Topical Editor, Journal of Optical Society of America, on Diffraction and Gratings (1992-1997)
  • Guest Editor on Special Issues of the Journal of the Optical Society of America A on ""Grating Diffraction"" Aug. 1990, Sept. 1990.
  • Guest Editor on the Special Issue of Microsystems Journal on ""Quasibound States in Semiconductor Quantum Devices"" Oct. 1999.
  • Fellow of the Optical Society of America
  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • 1995 Best Paper Award, Sigma Xi

Last revised on July 25, 2006.