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Photonic Band Gap Materials

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Costas M. Soukoulis

    1. Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
      Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 315)

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Table of contents (42 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Photonic Band Gaps: Introduction

    1. An Introduction to Photonic Crystals

      • J. D. Joannopoulos
      Pages 1-21

    2. Photonic Band Gap Materials

      • R. Biswas, C. T. Chan, M. Sigalas, C. M. Soukoulis, K. M. Ho
      Pages 23-40

    3. Micromachined Photonic Band Gap Crystals: From Microwave to the Far-Infrared

      • Ekmel Özbay
      Pages 41-61

    4. Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Photonic Band Gap Material by Deep X-Ray Lithography

      • G. Feiertag, W. Ehrfeld, H. Freimuth, G. Kiriakidis, H. Lehr, T. Pedersen et al.
      Pages 63-69

    5. Bloch Wave Optics in Photonic Crystals: Physics and Applications

      • P. S. T. J. Russell, T. A. Birks
      Pages 71-91

    6. Optical Measurements of Photonic Band Structure in Colloidal Crystals

      • İ. İnanc Tarhan, George H. Watson
      Pages 93-106

    7. Influence of Optical Band Structures on the Diffraction of Photonic Colloidal Crystals

      • Willem L. Vos, Rudolf Sprik, Ad Lagendijk, Gerard H. Wegdam, Alfons Van Blaaderen, Arnout Imhof
      Pages 107-118

    8. From Micromaser to Microlaser

      • O. Benson, G. Raithel, H. Walther
      Pages 119-141

    9. Elastic Waves in Periodic Composite Materials

      • M. Kafesaki, E. N. Economou, M. M. Sigalas
      Pages 143-164

  3. Photonic Band Gaps: Metallic Structures and Transmission

    1. 3-D Metallic Photonic Bandgap Structures

      • D. F. Sievenpiper, M. E. Sickmiller, E. Yablonovitch
      Pages 165-171

    2. Photonic Band Gap Structures: Studies of the Transmission Coefficient

      • M. Sigalas, C. M. Soukoulis, C. T. Chan, K. M. Ho
      Pages 173-202

    3. Transfer Matrix Techniques for Electromagnetic Waves

      • J. B. Pendry, P. M. Bell
      Pages 203-228

    4. Layer-by-Layer Methods in the Study of Photonic Crystals and Related Problems

      • A. Modinos, N. Stefanou, V. Karathanos
      Pages 229-251

    5. Electromagnetic Field Distributions in Complex Dielectric Structures

      • P. M. Bell, L. Martin Moreno, F. J. Garcia Vidal, J. B. Pendry
      Pages 253-260

    6. Photonic Band Structures and Resonant Modes

      • P. J. Roberts, P. R. Tapster, T. J. Shepherd
      Pages 261-270

    7. Photonic Band Structures of Systems with Components Characterized by Frequency-Dependent Dielectric Functions

      • A. A. Maradudin, V. Kuzmiak, A. R. McGurn
      Pages 271-318

    8. Photonic Band Structures of 1D and 2D Periodic Systems with Metallic Components in the Presence of Dissipation

      • V. Kuzmiak, A. A. Maradudin
      Pages 319-339

    9. Band Structure and Transmission of Photonic Media: A Real-Space Finite-Difference Calculation with the R-Matrix Propagator

      • J. Merle Elson, Phuc Tran
      Pages 341-354

  4. Photonic Band Gaps: Applications

    1. Microwave Applications of Photonic Crystals

      • E. R. Brown, O. B. McMahon, C. D. Parker, C. Dill III, K. Agi, K. J. Malloy
      Pages 355-375
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Photonic band gap crystals offer unique ways to tailor light and the propagation of electromagnetic waves. In analogy to electrons in a crystal, EM waves propagating in a structure with a periodically-modulated dielectric constant are organized into photonic bands separated by gaps in which propagating states are forbidden. Proposed applications of such photonic band gap crystals, operating at frequencies from microwave to optical, include zero- threshold lasers, low-loss resonators and cavities, and efficient microwave antennas. Spontaneous emission is suppressed for photons in the photonic band gap, offering novel approaches to manipulating the EM field and creating high-efficiency light-emitting structures.
Photonic Band Gap Materials identifies three most promising areas of research. The first is materials fabrication, involving the creation of high quality, low loss, periodic dielectric structures. The smallest photonic crystals yet fabricated have been made by machining Si wafers along (110), and some have lattice constants as small as 500 microns. The second area is in applications. Possible applications presented are microwave mirrors, directional antennas, resonators (especially in the 2 GHz region), filters, waveguides, Y splitters, and resonant microcavities. The third area covers fundamentally new physical phenomena in condensed matter physics and quantum optics.
An excellent review of recent development, covering theoretical, experimental and applied aspects. Interesting and stimulating reading for active researchers, as well as a useful reference for non-specialists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

    Costas M. Soukoulis

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

    Costas M. Soukoulis

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