Ebook: Photonic Crystals: Towards Nanoscale Photonic Devices

Just like the periodical crystalline potential in solid-state crystals determines their properties for the conduction of electrons, the periodical structuring of photonic crystals leads to envisioning the possibility of achieving a control of the photon flux in dielectric and metallic materials.

The use of photonic crystals as a cage for storing, filtering or guiding light at the wavelength scale thus paves the way to the realisation of optical and optoelectronic devices with ultimate properties and dimensions. This should contribute toward meeting the demands for a greater miniaturisation that the processing of an ever increasing number of data requires.

Photonic Crystals intends at providing students and researchers from different fields with the theoretical background needed for modelling photonic crystals and their optical properties, while at the same time presenting the large variety of devices, from optics to microwaves, where photonic crystals have found applications. As such, it aims at building bridges between optics, electromagnetism and solid-state physics.

This book was written by six specialists of nanophotonics, and was coordinated by Jean-Michel Lourtioz, head of the Institut d'?lectronique Fondamentale in Orsay and coordinator of the French Research Network in Nanophotonics.

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Just like the periodical crystalline potential in solid-state crystals determines their properties for the conduction of electrons, the periodical structuring of photonic crystals leads to envisioning the possibility of achieving a control of the photon flux in dielectric and metallic materials.

The use of photonic crystals as a cage for storing, filtering or guiding light at the wavelength scale thus paves the way to the realisation of optical and optoelectronic devices with ultimate properties and dimensions. This should contribute toward meeting the demands for a greater miniaturisation that the processing of an ever increasing number of data requires.

Photonic Crystals intends at providing students and researchers from different fields with the theoretical background needed for modelling photonic crystals and their optical properties, while at the same time presenting the large variety of devices, from optics to microwaves, where photonic crystals have found applications. As such, it aims at building bridges between optics, electromagnetism and solid-state physics.

This book was written by six specialists of nanophotonics, and was coordinated by Jean-Michel Lourtioz, head of the Institut d'?lectronique Fondamentale in Orsay and coordinator of the French Research Network in Nanophotonics.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Part I....Pages 3-4
Models for Infinite Crystals....Pages 5-61
Models for Finite Crystals....Pages 63-103
Quasi-Crystals and Archimedean Tilings....Pages 105-117
Specific Features of Metallic Structures....Pages 119-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Introduction to Part II. The Many ‘Facets’ of Photonic Crystals....Pages 157-159
Control of Electromagnetic Waves....Pages 161-192
Refractive Properties....Pages 193-209
Confinement of Light in Zero-Dimensional Microcavities....Pages 211-242
Frequency Conversion....Pages 243-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Introduction to Part III....Pages 263-263
Planar Integrated Optics....Pages 265-304
Microsources....Pages 305-323
Photonic Crystal Fibres....Pages 325-338
Three-Dimensional Structures in Optics....Pages 339-358
Microwave and Terahertz Antennas and Circuits....Pages 359-386
Conclusion and Perspectives....Pages 387-389
Back Matter....Pages 391-426

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Just like the periodical crystalline potential in solid-state crystals determines their properties for the conduction of electrons, the periodical structuring of photonic crystals leads to envisioning the possibility of achieving a control of the photon flux in dielectric and metallic materials.

The use of photonic crystals as a cage for storing, filtering or guiding light at the wavelength scale thus paves the way to the realisation of optical and optoelectronic devices with ultimate properties and dimensions. This should contribute toward meeting the demands for a greater miniaturisation that the processing of an ever increasing number of data requires.

Photonic Crystals intends at providing students and researchers from different fields with the theoretical background needed for modelling photonic crystals and their optical properties, while at the same time presenting the large variety of devices, from optics to microwaves, where photonic crystals have found applications. As such, it aims at building bridges between optics, electromagnetism and solid-state physics.

This book was written by six specialists of nanophotonics, and was coordinated by Jean-Michel Lourtioz, head of the Institut d'?lectronique Fondamentale in Orsay and coordinator of the French Research Network in Nanophotonics.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Part I....Pages 3-4
Models for Infinite Crystals....Pages 5-61
Models for Finite Crystals....Pages 63-103
Quasi-Crystals and Archimedean Tilings....Pages 105-117
Specific Features of Metallic Structures....Pages 119-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Introduction to Part II. The Many ‘Facets’ of Photonic Crystals....Pages 157-159
Control of Electromagnetic Waves....Pages 161-192
Refractive Properties....Pages 193-209
Confinement of Light in Zero-Dimensional Microcavities....Pages 211-242
Frequency Conversion....Pages 243-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Introduction to Part III....Pages 263-263
Planar Integrated Optics....Pages 265-304
Microsources....Pages 305-323
Photonic Crystal Fibres....Pages 325-338
Three-Dimensional Structures in Optics....Pages 339-358
Microwave and Terahertz Antennas and Circuits....Pages 359-386
Conclusion and Perspectives....Pages 387-389
Back Matter....Pages 391-426
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