Writing Greek letters in tick labels?

Hello,

I wanted to type a few Greek letters in XTickLabel and I used \alpha as an example, but it didn't work out that way. I wonder anyone has an idea?

Thanks,

[Jan]

Please do not post two threads about the same problem. See http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/82300-how-can-i-add-subscripts-superscripts-or-greek-characters-to-my-tick-labels. You can edit the text of the questions to add further details.

I suggest, that you delete this duplicate thread before somebody adds an answer.