Photonic Crystals Physics and Practical Modeling /

• Main Authors: Sukhoivanov, Igor A. (Author), Guryev, Igor V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 152
• Subjects: Physics.; Optical materials.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02646-1

The great interest in photonic crystals and their applications in the past decade requires a thorough training of students and professionals who can practically apply the knowledge of physics of photonic crystals together with skills of independent calculation of basic characteristics of photonic cr...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Fundamentals of the wave optics
• Fundamentals of photonic crystal characteristics computation
• Band structure computation for 1D photonic crystal
• Band structure computation for 2D and 3D photonic crystals
• Computation methods for field distribution inside photonic crystal devices
• Peculiarities of the FDTD method application for the PhC band structures computation (the band structures computation by the FDTD method)
• Microstructured optical fibers
• Photonic crystal optical waveguides
• Application for simulation of the optical WDM demultiplexer.