2005

1. K.G. Makris, H. Sarkissian, D.N. Christodoulides, and G. Assanto 

Nonlocal incoherent spatial solitons in liquid crystals

JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS 22, 1371 (2005).

2. K.G. Makris, S. Suntsov, D.N. Christodoulides, G.I. Stegeman, and A. Hache 

Discrete surface solitons

OPTICS LETTERS 30, 2466 (2005).

2006

3. S. Suntsov, K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, G.I Stegeman, A. Hache, R. Morandotti, H. Yang, G. Salamo, and M. Sorel

Observation of discrete surface solitons 

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 96, 063901 (2006), (highlighted in the April 2006 issue of Physics Today)

4. R. El-Ganainy, S. Mokhov, K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, and R. Morandotti 

Solitons in dispersion-inverted AlGaAs nanowires

OPTICS EXPRESS 14, 2277 (2006).

5. K.G. Makris, and D.N. Christodoulides 

Method of images in optical discrete systems 

PHYSICAL REVIEW E 73, 036616 (2006).

6. A. Betlej, S. Suntsov, K.G. Makris, L. Jankovic, D.N. Christodoulides, G.I. Stegeman, J. Fini, R.T. Bise, and J. DiGiovanni

All-optical switching and multifrequency generation in a dual-core photonic crystal fiber

OPTICS LETTERS 31, 1480 (2006).

7. G.A. Siviloglou, K.G. Makris, R. Iwanow, R. Schiek, D.N. Christodoulides, G.I. Stegeman, Y. Min, and W. Sohler, 

Observation of discrete quadratic surface solitons 

OPTICS EXPRESS 14, 5508 (2006).

8. K.G. Makris, J. Hudock, D.N. Christodoulides, G.I. Stegeman, D.N. Christodoulides, O. Manela, and M. Segev 

Surface lattice solitons 

OPTICS LETTERS 31, 2774 (2006).

 2007

9. X. S. Wang, A. Bezryadina, ZG. Chen, K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, and G.I. Stegeman

Observation of two-dimensional surface solitons

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 98, 123903 (2007).

10. S. Suntsov, K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, G.I. Stegeman, R. Morandotti, M. Volatier, V. Aimez, R. Ares, C.E. Ruter, and D. Kip

Optical modes at the interface between two dissimilar discrete meta-materials 

OPTICS EXPRESS 15, 4663 (2007).

11. R. El-Ganainy, K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, and Z.H. Musslimani 

Theory of coupled optical PT-symmetric structures

OPTICS LETTERS 32, 2632 (2007).

12. S. Suntsov, K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, G.I. Stegeman, R. Morandotti, H. Yang, G. Salamo, and M. Sorel

Power thresholds of families of discrete surface solitons

OPTICS LETTERS 32, 3098 (2007).

13. S. Suntsov, K.G. Makris, G.A. Siviloglou, R. Iwanow, R. Schiek, D.N. Christodoulides, G.I. Stegeman, R. Morandotti, H. Yang, G. Salamo, M. Volatier, V. Aimez, R. Ares, M. Sorel, Y. Min, W. Sohler, X.S. Wang, A. Bezryadina, and Z.G. Chen 

Observation of one- and two-dimensional discrete surface spatial solitons

JOURNAL OF NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHYSICS & MATERIALS 16, 401 (2007).

 2008

14. Z. H. Musslimani, K.G. Makris, R. El-Ganainy, and D.N. Christodoulides

Optical solitons in PT periodic potentials

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 100, 030402 (2008). 

15. K.G. Makris, R. El-Ganainy, D.N. Christodoulides, and Z.H. Musslimani 

Beam dynamics in PT symmetric optical lattices 

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 100, 103904 (2008) (Cover Article). 

16. Z.H. Musslimani, K.G. Makris, R. El-Ganainy, and D.N. Christodoulides 

Analytical solutions to a class of nonlinear Schrodinger equations with PT-like potentials 

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL 41, 244019 (2008).

17. S. Suntsov, K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, G. Stegeman, R. Morandotti, M. Volatier, V. Aimez, R. Ares, E. Yang, and G. Salamo

Optical spatial solitons at the interface between two dissimilar periodic media: Theory and experiment

OPTICS EXPRESS 16, 10480 (2008). 

18. K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, O. Peleg, M. Segev, and D. Kip 

Optical transitions and Rabi oscillations in waveguide arrays 

OPTICS EXPRESS 16, 10309 (2008). 

 2009

19. K. Shandarova, C.E. Ruter, D. Kip, K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, O. Peleg, and M. Segev

Experimental observation of Rabi oscillations in photonic lattices 

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 102, 123905 (2009).

20. A. Salandrino, K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, Y. Lahini, Y. Silberberg, and R. Morandotti

Analysis of a three-core adiabatic directional coupler

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS 282, 4524 (2009). 

 2010

21. C. E. Ruter, K.G. Makris, R. El-Ganainy, D.N. Christodoulides, M. Segev, and D. Kip

Observation of parity-time symmetry in optics

NATURE PHYSICS 6, 192 (2010). 

22. K.G. Makris, R. El-Ganainy, D.N. Christodoulides, and Z.H. Musslimani

PT-symmetric optical lattices

PHYSICAL REVIEW A 81, 063807 (2010).

 2011

23. K.G. Makris, R. El-Ganainy, D.N. Christodoulides, and Z.H. Musslimani

PT-symmetric periodic optical potentials

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS 50, 1019 (2011).

24. K.G. Makris, and D. Psaltis

Huygens-Fresnel diffraction and evanescent waves

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS 284, 1686 (2011).

25. R. El-Ganainy, K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, and Z.H. Musslimani 

Discrete beam acceleration in uniform waveguide arrays

PHYSICAL REVIEW A 84, 023842 (2011).

26. K.G. Makris, and D. Psaltis

Superoscillatory diffracion-free beams

OPTICS LETTERS 36, 4335 (2011) (Within the top 10 most downloaded articles of November 2011).

 2012

27. R. El-Ganainy, K.G. Makris, and D.N. Christodoulides

Local PT invariance and supersymmetric parametric oscillators

PHYSICAL REVIEW A 86, 033813 (2012).

 2013

28. Kaminer, J. Nemirovsky, K.G. Makris, and M. Segev 

Self-accelerating beams in photonic crystals

OPTICS EXPRESS 21, 8886 (2013).

29. E. Greenfield, R. Schley, I. Hurwitz, J. Nemirovsky, K.G. Makris, and M. Segev

Experimental generation of arbitrarily shaped diffractionless superoscillatory optical beams

OPTICS EXPRESS 21, 13425 (2013).

30. P. Ambichl, K.G. Makris, L. Ge, Y. Chong, A. D. Stone, and S. Rotter

Breaking of PT-symmetry in bounded and unbounded scattering systems

PHYSICAL REVIEW X 3, 041030  (2013).

2014

31. X. Qi, K.G. Makris, R. El-Ganainy, P. Zhang, J. Bai, D. N. Christodoulides, and Z. Chen 

Observation of accelerating Wannier-Stark beams in optically induced photonic lattices

OPTICS LETTERS 39, 1065 (2014).

32. K.G. Makris, I. Kaminer, R. El-Ganainy, N.K. Efremidis, Z. Chen, M. Segev, and D.N. Christodoulides

Accelerating diffraction-free beams in photonics lattices

OPTICS LETTERS 39, 2129 (2014).

33. S. Esterhazy, D. Liu, M. Liertzer, A. Cerjan, L. Ge, K.G. Makris, A. D. Stone, J. M. Melenk, S. G. Johnson, and S. Rotter

A scalable numerical approach for the Steady-State Ab-Initio Laser Theory

PHYSICAL REVIEW A 90, 023816 (2014).

34. K.G. Makris, L. Ge, and H. Tureci

Anomalous transient amplification of waves in non-normal photonic media

PHYSICAL REVIEW X 4, 041044  (2014).

2015

35. A. Goy, K.G. Makris, and D. Psaltis

Improving the quality of filament-impaired images in Kerr media by statistical averaging

OPTICS EXPRESS 23, 431 (2015).

36. K.G. Makris, Z. H. Musslimani, D.N. Christodoulides, and S. Rotter

Constant-intensity waves and their modulation instability in non-Hermitian potentials

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 6, 7257 (2015).

37. O. Malik, K.G. Makris, and H. Tureci

Spectral method for efficient computation of time-dependent phenomena in complex lasers

PHYSICAL REVIEW A 92, 063829 (2015).

38. L. Ge, K.G. Makris, D.N. Christodoulides, and L. Feng

Scattering in PT and RT symmetric multimode waveguides: generalized conservation 

laws and spontaneous symmetry breaking beyond one dimension 

PHYSICAL REVIEW A 92, 062135 (2015).

2016

39. J. Cole, K.G. Makris, Z. H. Musslimani, D.N. Christodoulides, and S. Rotter

Twofold PT-symmetry in doubly exponential lattices

PHYSICAL REVIEW A 93, 013803 (2016).

40. R. Penciu, K.G. Makris, and N. K. Efremidis

Nonparaxial abruptly autofocusing beams 

OPTICS LETTERS 41, 1042 (2016).

41. K.G. Makris, Z. H. Musslimani, D.N. Christodoulides, and S. Rotter

Constant intensity supermodes in non-Hermitian lattices

IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS 22, 42 (2016). 

42. K. V. Kepesidis, T. J. Milburn, K.G. Makris, S. Rotter, and P. Rabl

PT-symmetry breaking in the steady state of microscopic gain-loss systems

NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 18, 095003 (2016).

43. J. Cole, K.G. Makris, Z. Musslimani, D. N. Christodoulides, and S. Rotter

Modulation instability in a PT-symmetric Manakov system

PHYSICA D: NONLINEAR PHENOMENA 336, 53 (2016).

2017

44. K.G. Makris, D. G. Papazoglou, and S. Tzortzakis

Invariant superoscillatory electromagnetic fields in 3D-space

JOURNAL OF OPTICS 19, 014003 (2017).

45. S. Weimann, M. Kremer, Y. Plotnik, Y. Lumer, S. Nolte, K.G. Makris, M. Segev, M. C. Rechtsman, and A. Szameit

Topologically protected bound states in photonic parity-time-symmetric crystals

NATURE MATERIALS 16, 433 (2017).

46. L. Ge, K.G. Makris, and L. Zhang

Optical fluxes in coupled PT-symmetric photonic structures

PHYSICAL REVIEW A 96, 023820 (2017).

47. K.G. Makris, A. Brandstotter, P. Ambichl, Z. Musslimani, and S. Rotter

Wave propagation through disordered media without backscattering and intensity variations

LIGHT: SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS  6, e17035 (2017)

2018

48. R. El-Ganainy, K.G. Makris, M. Khajavikhan, Z. H. Musslimani, S. Rotter, and D. N. Christodoulides

Non-Hermitian Physics and PT-symmetry

NATURE PHYSICS 14, 11 (2018).

49. O. Shramkova, K.G. Makris, D. N. Christodoulides, and G. P. Tsironis

Dispersive non-Hermitian optical heterostructures

PHOTONICS RESEARCH 6, A1 (2018).

50. Q. Zhong, D. N. Christodoulides, M. Khajavikhan, K.G. Makris, and R. El-Ganainy

Power-law scaling of extreme dynamics near higher-order exceptional points

PHYSICAL REVIEW A 97, 020105(R) (2018).

51. G. Gbur, and, K.G. Makris

Introduction to non-Hermitian photonics in complex media: PT-symmetry and beyond

PHOTONICS RESEARCH 6, PTS1 (2018).

52. E. Rivet, A. Brandstotter, K.G. Makris, H. Lissek, S. Rotter, and R. Fleury

Constant pressure sound waves in non-Hermitian disordered media 

NATURE PHYSICS 14, 942 (2018).

2019

53. A. Brandstotter, K.G. Makris, and S. Rotter

Scattering-free pulse propagation through invisible non-Hermitian media 

PHYSICAL REVIEW B 99, 115402 (2019).

54. M. Parto, F. O. Wu, P.S. Jung, K.G. Makris, and D. N. Christodoulides

Thermodynamic conditions governing the optical temperature and chemical potential in nonlinear highly multimoded photonic systems

OPTICS LETTERS 44, 3936 (2019).

2020

55. A. Tzortzakakis, K.G. Makris, and E. N. Economou

Non-Hermitian disorder in two-dimensional optical lattices

PHYSICAL REVIEW B 101, 014202 (2020).

56. A. Brimis, K.G. Makris, and D. Papazoglou

Tornado Waves

OPTICS LETTERS 45, 280 (2020).

57. K.G. Makris, F.O. Wu, P.S. Jung and D. N. Christodoulides

Statistical mechanics of weakly nonlinear optical multimode gases 

OPTICS LETTERS 45, 1651 (2020).

58. K.G. Makris, I. Kresic, A. Brandstotter and S. Rotter

Scattering-free channels of invisibility across non-Hermitian media 

OPTICA 7, 619 (2020).

59. A. Tzortzakakis, K.G. Makris, S. Rottter and E. N. Economou

Shape-preserving beam transmission through non-Hermitian disordered lattices

PHYSICAL REVIEW A 102, 033504 (2020).

60. I. Komis, S. Sardelis, Z. H. Musslimani, and K.G. Makris

Equal-Intensity waves in non-Hermitian media 

PHYSICAL REVIEW E 102, 032203 (2020).

2021

61. A. Tzortzakakis, K.G. Makris, A. Szameit, and E. N. Economou

Transport and spectral features in Non-Hermitian open systems

PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH 3, 013208 (2021).

62. S. Xia, D.Kaltsas, D. Song, I. Komis, J. Xu, A. Szameit, H. Buljan, K.G. Makris, and Z. Chen

Nonlinear tuning of PT-symmetry and non-Hermitian topological states

SCIENCE 372, 72 (2021).

63. J.D.H.Rivero, M. Pan, K.G. Makris, L. Feng,  and L. Ge

Non-Hermiticity generated active photonic resonances with a unique quantization condition

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 126, 163901 (2021).

64. O. Shramkova, K.G. Makris, D. N. Christodoulides, and G. Tsironis

Nonlinear scattering by non-Hermitian multilayers with saturation effects

PHYSICAL REVIEW E 103, 052205 (2021).

65. I. Kresic, K.G. Makris, and S. Rotter

Light confinment by local index tailoring in inhomogeneous dielectrics 

LASER AND PHOTONICS REVIEWS 15, 2100115 (2021).

66. K.G. Makris

Transient growth and dissipative exceptional points

PHYSICAL REVIEW E 104, 054218 (2021).

2022

67. A. Bogris, N. A. Burger, K.G. Makris, B. Loppinet and G. Fytas

Intermixed time-depedent self-focusing and defocusing nonlinearities in polymer solutions 

ACS Photonics  9, 722 (2022).

68. N. Ossi, S. Chandramouli, Z. H. Musslimani, and  K.G. Makris

Topological constant intensity waves

OPTICS LETTERS  47, 1001 (2022).

69. F. Wu, Q. Zhong, H. Ren, P. Jung, K.G. Makris, and D. N. Christodoulides

Thermalization of light's orbital angular momentum in nonlinear multimode waveguide systems

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 128, 123901 (2022).

70. I. Kresic, K.G. Makris, U. Leonhardt, and S. Rotter

Transforming space with non-Hermitian dielectrics 

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 128, 183901 (2022).

71. D. Mansour, A. Brimis, K.G. Makris  and D. Papazoglou

Generating spiraling light: Optical Tornados

PHYSICAL REVIEW A 105, 053514 (2022).

72. A. Steinfurth, I. Kresic, S. Weidemann, M. Kremer, K.G. Makris, M. Heinrich, S. Rotter and A. Szameit

Observation of photonic constant-intensity waves and induced transparency in tailored non-Hermitian lattices

SCIENCE ADVANCES, 8, eabl7412 (2022).

73. A. Leventis, K.G. Makris, and E. N. Economou

Non-Hermitian jumps in disordered lattices

PHYSICAL REVIEW B 106, 064205 (2022).

74. D. Kaltsas, I. Komis, and K.G. Makris

Higher order Exceptional points in optical lattices

OPTICS LETTERS  47, 4447 (2022).

75. I. Komis, D. Kaltsas, S. Xia, H. Buljan, Z. Chen, and  K.G. Makris

Robustness versus sensitivity in non-Hermitian topological lattices probed by pseudospectra

PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH 4, 043219 (2022).

2023

76. M. A. Selim, G. G. Pyrialakos, F. O. Wu, Z. Musslimani, K. G. Makris, M. Khajavikhan, and D. Christodoulides

Thermalization of the Ablowitz-Ladik lattice in the presence of non-integrable perturbations  

OPTICS LETTERS  47, 4447 (2023).

77. A. Brimis, K. G. Makris, and D. G. Papazoglou

Optical vortices shape optical tornados  

OPTICS EXPRESS  31, 27582 (2023).

78. S. Chandramouli, N. Ossi, Z. H. Musslimani, and  K.G. Makris

Dispersive hydrodynamics in non-Hermitian nonlinear Schrödinger equation with complex external potential 

NONLINEARITY  36, 6798 (2023).

79. A. Brimis, K. G. Makris, and D. G. Papazoglou

Twisted polarization domains and their dynamics

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS  549, 129886 (2023).

80. I. Komis, Z. Musslimani, and K. G. Makris

Skin Solitons

OPTICS LETTERS  48, 6525 (2023).

2024

81. I. Komis, A. Brimis, D. G. Papazoglou, and K. G. Makris

Inverse method for tailoring optical beams

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS  550, 129986 (2024).

82. G. G. Pyrialakos, F. O. Wu, P. S. Jung, H. Ren, K. G. Makris, Z. H. Musslimani, M. Khajavikhan, T. Kottos, and D. N. Christodoulides

Slowdown of thermalization and the emergence of prethermal dynamics in disordered optical lattices

PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH  6, 013072 (2024).

83. K. Skarsoulis, K. G. Makris, C. Moser, and D. Psaltis

Ptychographic imaging with a fiber endoscope via wavelength scanning 

OPTICA 11, 782 (2024).

84.  K. G. Makris

Transient amplification due to non-Hermitian interference of dissipative supermodes 

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS  to appear (2024).

85. I. Komis, and K. G. Makris

Angular excitation of exceptional points and pseudospetra of photonic lattices

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: PHOTONICS  under review (2024).

86. A. Ghatak, D. Kaltsas, M. Kulkarni and K. G. Makris

Diffraction and pseudospectra in non-Hermitian quasi-periodic lattices 

PHYSICAL REVIEW E under review (2024).