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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... transmission A Waveguide Bend A Waveguide Splitter A Three-Dimensional Filter with Losses Resonant Absorption and Radiation Nonlinear Filters and Bistability Some Other Possibilities Reflection, Refraction, and Diffraction Reflection ...
... transmission through such a mirror will drop exponentially with the number of layers: the light will be perfectly reflected, insofar as material absorption can be neglected. Omnidirectional reflection is not a general property of one ...
... transmission, because if signals can propagate with more than one velocity, then they will become scrambled (modal dispersion). To estimate the requisite width of a single-mode waveguide, think of the waveguide as an empty space between ...
... transmission levels, the experimenters mapped the frequencies of the defects, which are shown along with the theoretical values in the right-hand panel of figure 16. Figure 16 shows that the defect frequency is an increasing. 13 Although ...
... transmission to be scrambled. However, this problem is reduced in a hollow-core fiber by differential attenuation: some modes (typically the lower-order modes) have much lower losses than others, and thus transmission in everything but ...
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Photonic Crystals: Innovative Systems, Lasers and Waveguides Alessandro Massaro Limited preview - 2012 |