Аннотация:Photonic crystals (PCs) are structures characterized by periodic change in dielectric constant
in the space. PСs allow to obtain the permitted and forbidden areas for photon energy,
thanks to periodic change of the refractive index. Therefore, PC is an optical filter. PCs have
a great perspective for use: the creation of light-conducting channels, spectral separation of
channels, devices that protect against interference of light channels, etc. That is why, issues
related to the methods of forming a PC, developing methods for calculating their parameters,
and developing various devices based on PCs are of importance and need to be dealt
with urgency.
This book is devoted to the description of research on these problems. Topics included in
the book cover a wide range of research in the field of theoretical analysis and experimental
investigation: the electromagnetic field in the photonic crystal, propagation of TM and TE
waves in the one-dimensional gyrotropic magnetophotonic crystals, low one-photon absorption,
one- and two-dimensional ultratransparent photonic crystals, colloidal assembly, photonic
crystal application for development of all-optical computational system, design of
novel photonic crystal devices as artificially engineered materials, design strategies for PC
devices, self-organization of liquid crystalline nanostructures, and optical diodes and the
basic formulas for their calculations.
A collection of 10 scientific chapters on theoretical and practical advances of PC research is
presented. Each chapter represents a comprehensive study. According to the predominance
of theoretical or practical research, the article is placed in two sections of the book. The first
part of the book is entitled “Theory and Calculations,” and the second part is called “Design
and Application.”