Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light (Second Edition)Since it was first published in 1995, Photonic Crystals has remained the definitive text for both undergraduates and researchers on photonic band-gap materials and their use in controlling the propagation of light. This newly expanded and revised edition covers the latest developments in the field, providing the most up-to-date, concise, and comprehensive book available on these novel materials and their applications. Starting from Maxwell's equations and Fourier analysis, the authors develop the theoretical tools of photonics using principles of linear algebra and symmetry, emphasizing analogies with traditional solid-state physics and quantum theory. They then investigate the unique phenomena that take place within photonic crystals at defect sites and surfaces, from one to three dimensions. This new edition includes entirely new chapters describing important hybrid structures that use band gaps or periodicity only in some directions: periodic waveguides, photonic-crystal slabs, and photonic-crystal fibers. The authors demonstrate how the capabilities of photonic crystals to localize light can be put to work in devices such as filters and splitters. A new appendix provides an overview of computational methods for electromagnetism. Existing chapters have been considerably updated and expanded to include many new three-dimensional photonic crystals, an extensive tutorial on device design using temporal coupled-mode theory, discussions of diffraction and refraction at crystal interfaces, and more. Richly illustrated and accessibly written, Photonic Crystals is an indispensable resource for students and researchers.
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... Polarization 127 Point Defects in Periodic Dielectric Waveguides 130 Quality Factors of Lossy Cavities 131 Further Reading 134. 8. Photonic-Crystal Slabs 135 Rod and Hole Slabs 135 Polarization and Slab Thickness 137 Linear Defects in ...
... polarization—an omnidirectional reflector—despite the common intuition that reflection can be arranged only for near-normal incidence. If, for some frequency range, a photonic crystal prohibits the propagation of electromagnetic waves ...
... polarization (Chen, 1981; Kawakami, 2002; Watts et al., 2002). In these special cases, the Maxwell equations can be written in a Schrödinger-like form. [The separable cases of the Schrödinger equation were enumerated by Eisenhart (1948) ...
... polarized in the direction of H0. Imposing the transversality requirement—equation (5) of chapter 2—gives the further restriction k ·H0 = 0. The reader can also verify that these plane waves are in fact solutions of the master equation ...
... polarization, for which H is perpendicular to both the zand k directions. Another way to state the significance of continuous translational symmetry is that the components of the wave vector k along the symmetry directions are conserved ...
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