Photonic Crystals Physics, Fabrication and Applications [Hardcover]

Photonic crystals are a very hot topic in photonics. The basics, fabrication, application and new theoretical developments in the field of photonic crystals are presented in a comprehensive way, together with a survey of the advanced state-of-the-art report.

Photonic Crystals details recent progress in the study of photonic crystals, ranging from fundamental aspects to up-to-date applications, in one unified treatment. It covers most of the worldwide frontier fields in photonic crystals, including up-to-date fabrication techniques, recent and future technological applications, and our basic understanding of the various optical properties of photonic crystals. Brand-new theoretical and experimental data are also presented. The book is intended for graduate course students and specialists actively working in this field, but it will also be useful for newcomers, especially the extensive chapter dealing with fundamental aspects of photonic crystals, which paves the way to a full appreciation of the other topics addressed.

Introduction.- Survey of Fundamental Features of Photonic Crystals.- Theory I: Basic Aspects of Photonic Bands.- Theory II: Advanced Topics of Photonic Crystals.- Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals.- Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Slabs.- Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals.- Other Types of Photonic Crystals.- Spectroscopic Methods for Characterization.- Interaction between Light and Matter in Photonic Crystals.- Photonic Crystal Devices.- Application to Ultrafast Optical Planar Integrated Circuit.- Photonic Crystals in the Terahertz Region.- Perspective.- Appendix A: Reciprocal Lattic Vector and Discrete Wavevector.- Appendix B: Phase Shift of Light and Density of State.

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