Photonic Crystals

In Photonic Crystals: Towards Nanoscale Photonic Devices, Jean-Michel Lourtioz and his colleagues have come out with an impressive major valume that covers many of the main themes of photonic crystals... The English version, thanks to translator Pierre-Noel Favennec, has been worth the wait... Overall, Photonic Crystals is an excellent book that can serve as an introductory text and a reference for graduate students and researchers. --Eli Yablonovitch, UCLA, in Physics Today, August 2006 From the reviews of the second edition: "This comprehensive book is the excellent picture of modern view on the photonic crystals then today day and future. The wide covering of corresponding theoretical, model and experimental methods, and also broad spectrum applications of the photonic crystals allow one to recommend this book for students, engineers and specialists studying and working in different regions of nanotechnologies, nanomaterials and related scientific areas." (I. A. Parinov, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1169, 2009)

• Theoretical Models for Photonic Crystals.- Models for Infinite Crystals.- Models for Finite Crystals.- Quasi-Crystals and Archimedean Tilings.- Specific Features of Metallic Structures.- Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals.- Control of Electromagnetic Waves.- Refractive Properties of Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials.- Confinement of Light in Zero-Dimensional Microcavities.- Nonlinear Optics with Photonic Crystals.- Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Photonic Bandgap Structures.- Planar Integrated Optics.- Microsources.- Photonic Crystal Fibres.- Three-Dimensional Structures in Optics.- Microwave and Terahertz Antennas and Circuits.- Conclusion and Perspectives.