George Tombras

Prof. George Tombras

Section of Electronic Physics and Systems, Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece

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Academic Career Length

42Years (1985-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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14 April 2009 in Journal of Lightwave Technology
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HNHector E. Nistazakis
Hector E. Nistazakis
EKEvangelia A. Karagianni
Evangelia A. Karagianni
ATAndreas D. Tsigopoulos
Andreas D. Tsigopoulos
MFMichael E. Fafalios
Michael E. Fafalios
GTGeorge Tombras
George Tombras
The optical wireless communication systems are rapidly gaining popularity as effective means of transferring data at high rates over short distances. These systems facilitate rapidly deployable, lightweight, high-capacity communication without licensing fees and tariffs. On the other hand, the performance of this new technology depends strongly on the atmospheric conditions and the parameters of the link such as the length and the operation wavelength. In this work, we extract closed form mathematical expression for the evaluation of the average (ergodic) capacity of such a system, using the log-normal and gamma-gamma distribution, in order to model the atmospheric turbulence conditions and we study the influence of the above parameters on it.

10 August 2009 in IET Communications
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HNH.E. Nistazakis
H.E. Nistazakis
TTT.A. Tsiftsis
T.A. Tsiftsis
GTGeorge Tombras
George Tombras
Turbulence fading is one of the main impairments affecting the operation of free-space optical (FSO) communication systems. The authors study the performance of FSO communication systems, also known as wireless optical communication systems, over log-normal and gamma–gamma atmospheric turbulence-induced fading channels. These fading models describe the atmospheric turbulence because of its very good agreement with experimental measurement data. Closed-form expressions for the average (ergodic) capacity and the outage probability are derived for both statistical models. Another contribution of this work is a study of how the performance metrics are affected by the atmospheric conditions and other parameters such as the length of the link and the receiver's aperture diameter. The derived analytical expressions are verified by various numerical examples and can be used as an alternative to time-consuming Monte-Carlo simulations.

22 July 2010 in Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
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CDChristos K. Datsikas
Christos K. Datsikas
Kostas PeppasKostas Peppas
Kostas Peppas
Nikolaos SagiasNikolaos Sagias
Nikolaos Sagias
GTGeorge Tombras
George Tombras
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23 August 2013 in Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
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Kostas PeppasKostas Peppas
Kostas Peppas
ASArgyris Stasinakis
Argyris Stasinakis
Hector NistazakisHector Nistazakis
Hector Nistazakis
GTGeorge Tombras
George Tombras
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2 February 2017 in Complexity
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A. S.
Christos VolosChristos Volos
Christos Volos
NGNikolaos A. Gerodimos
Nikolaos A. Gerodimos
GTGeorge Tombras
George Tombras
VPViet-Thanh Pham
Viet-Thanh Pham
Jesus Munoz-PachecoJesus Munoz-Pacheco
Jesus Munoz-Pacheco
A few special chaotic systems without unstable equilibrium points have been investigated recently. It is worth noting that these special systems are different from normal chaotic ones because the classical Shilnikov criterion cannot be used to prove chaos of such systems. A novel unusual chaotic system without equilibrium is proposed in this work. We discover dynamical properties as well as the synchronization of the new system. Furthermore, a physical realization of the system without equilibrium is also implemented to illustrate its feasibility.

9 May 2005 in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
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George K. KaragiannidisGeorge K. Karagiannidis
George K. Karagiannidis
DZD.A. Zogas
D.A. Zogas
Nikolaos SagiasNikolaos Sagias
Nikolaos Sagias
SKS.A. Kotsopoulos
S.A. Kotsopoulos
GTGeorge Tombras
George Tombras
We study the performance of L-branch equal-gain combining (EGC) and maximal-ratio combining (MRC) receivers operating over nonidentical Weibull-fading channels. Closed-form expressions are derived for the moments of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the output of the combiner and significant performance criteria, for both independent and correlative fading, such as average output SNR, amount of fading and spectral efficiency at the low power regime, are studied. We also evaluate the outage and the average symbol error probability (ASEP) for several coherent and noncoherent modulation schemes, using a closed-form expression for the moment-generating function (mgf) of the output SNR for MRC receivers and the Pade/spl acute/ approximation to the mgf for EGC receivers. The ASEP of dual-branch EGC and MRC receivers is also obtained in correlative fading. The proposed mathematical analysis is complimented by various numerical results, which point out the effects of fading severity and correlation on the overall system performance. Computer simulations are also performed to verify the validity and the accuracy of the proposed theoretical approach.