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ANDREAS LYRAS

Associate Professor

FACULTY, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS and ASTRONOMY

Sciences
2A 61 , Department ofPhysics & Astronomy

announcement

announcement
18
Jan 2026

SUNDAY 10:00 - 13:00 TUESDAY 10:00 - 13:00 

introduction/brief CV

LIGHT and MATTER

areas of expertise

Light - Matter Interaction

Multiphoton Processes

Autoionization

Nonlinear Optics

Quantum Optics

publications
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publications

Recent studies on twisted-light-matter interactions have highlighted the importance of the longitudinal electric field component, which had previously been overlooked. Together with the transverse…

by A. F. Alharbi, A. Lyras
2025
Published in:
OPTICA
publications

It is well established that the longitudinal component of paraxial optical vortices has a key role in specific atomic quadrupole transitions near the beam axis when the spin and orbital angular…

by A. F. Alharbi, A. Lyras, V. E. Lembessis
2023
Published in:
OPTICA
publications

We investigate the interaction of atoms with a Laguerre-Gaussian beam near the vortex center where an annular nodal area exists on and around the…

by A. F. Alharbi, A. Lyras, V. E. Lembessis, O. M. Aldossary
2023
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course

The Lagrangian & Hamiltonian of the classical EM field. Canonical Quantizaation of the EM field. Gauge invariance. The Coulomb and the Lorentz gauge. The minimal coupling Hamiltonian in the…

course

Semiclassical Theory of Light-Matter interaction: absorption, stimulated emission. Fermi's golden rule. The transition rate between bound atomic states (absorption, stimulated emission).…

course

Nonlinear polarization & nonlinear susceptibility. A classical model of the nonlinear susceptibility. Second-order nonlinear effects: (a) Second Harmonic Generation, (b) Sum-Frequency…

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from _ 01:00 PM _ 01:00 PM _ _ _
to _ 10:00 AM _ 10:00 AM _ _ _
location _ 2A 61 BUILDING 4 2A 61 BUILDING 4 _ 2A 61 BUILDING 4 _ _ _ _