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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... contrast, the guidance mechanism in this case is the band gap of the surrounding crystal, which is independent of ... contrast) index-guided mode can have the majority of its energy in the exponential tails outside the higher-e region ...
... index substrate material instead of suspending it in air, then the z = 0 mirror symmetry is broken. However, the y ... contrast of roughly 12:2.7 The substrate acts to lower the frequencies of the light cone (and the guided modes, since ...
... index is increased, the light cone is pulled down, causing a greater portion of these tails to fall within it and ... contrast, there is a limit where the radiative losses decrease (Benisty et al., 2000); see also the subsection ...
... index contrast between the slab and the surrounding medium is maximized , but also because they have z = 0 reflection symmetry . Placing the slab on a substrate will break the reflection symmetry , causing the TE - like and TM - like ...
... contrast until the late 1990s , however . As experimental work began to probe higher - contrast regimes ( e.g. , Krauss et al . , 1996 ) , a rigorous three - dimensional theory became necessary . The use of band gaps in the index ...