Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light - Second EditionSince 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.
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... Harmonic Modes Electromagnetic Energy and the Variational Principle Magnetic vs. Electric Fields The Effect of Small Perturbations Scaling Properties of the Maxwell Equations Discrete vs. Continuous Frequency Ranges Electrodynamics and ...
... harmonic modes (which are often referred to by other names, such as eigenmodes, normal modes, and Fourier modes). From these building blocks, we develop all of the needed mathematical and physical tools. We hope that interested ...
... harmonic modes . In this and the following sections we will examine the restrictions that the Maxwell equations impose on a field pattern that varies 3 4 Some authors use ɛ , ( or K , or k , or ê ) for the relative permittivity and ɛ ...
... ( harmonically ) with time . This is no great limitation , since we know by Fourier analysis that we can build any solution with an appropriate combination of these harmonic modes . Often we will refer to them simply as modes or states of ...
... harmonic mode in a mixed dielectric medium is a differential equation for H ( r ) , given by equation ( 7 ) . The ... modes , and the eigenvalues ( w / c ) 2 are proportional to the squared frequencies of those modes . An important thing ...
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