Photonic crystals and light localization in the 21st century : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Photonic Crystals and Light Localization, Limin Hersonissou, Crete, Greece, June 18-30, 2000

This volume contains papers presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) Photonic Crystals and Light Localization held at the Creta Maris Hotel in Limin Hersonissou, Crete, June 18-30, 2000. Photonic crystals offer unique ways to tailor light and the propagation of electromagnetic waves (EM). 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 where propagating states are forbidden. There have been proposals for novel applications ofthese photonic band gap (PBG) crystals, with operating frequencies ranging from microwave to the optical regime, that include zero­ threshold lasers, low-loss resonators and cavities, and efficient microwave antennas. Spontaneous emission, suppressed for photons in the photonic band gap, offers novel approaches to manipulate the EM field and create high-efficiency light-emitting structures. Innovative ways to manipulate light can have a profound iofluence on science and technology. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Novelties of Light with Photonic Crystals....Pages 1-24 3D Photonic Crystals: From Microwaves to Optical Frequencies....Pages 25-40 Tunable Photonic Crystals....Pages 41-57 Acoustic Band Gap Materials....Pages 59-68 The Finite Difference Time Domain Method for the Study of Two-Dimensional Acoustic and Elastic Band Gap Materials....Pages 69-82 Micro-fabrication and Nano-fabrication of Photonic Crystals....Pages 83-91 Semiconductor Photonic Crystals....Pages 93-103 Light Propagation Characteristics of Defect Waveguides in a Photonic Crystal Slab....Pages 105-116 Applications of Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals to Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices....Pages 117-128 Patterned Photonic Crystal Waveguides....Pages 129-142 Photonic Crystals from Macroporous Silicon....Pages 143-154 Characterization of a Three-Dimensional Microwave Photonic Band-Gap Crystal....Pages 155-171 One-Dimensional Periodic Structures under a New Light....Pages 173-180 Defect Modes in Quasi-One-Dimensional Photonic Waveguides — Application to the Resonant Tunneling between Two Continua....Pages 181-189 Experimental Probes of the Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals....Pages 191-218 Inverse Opals Fabrication....Pages 219-227 The Complete Photonic Band Gap in Inverted Opals: How Can We Prove it Experimentally?....Pages 229-237 Manipulating Colloidal Crystallization for Photonic Applications: From Self-Organization to Do-it-Yourself Organization....Pages 239-251 Thin Opaline Photonic Crystals....Pages 253-262 Tunable Shear-Ordered Face-Centered Cubic Photonic Crystals....Pages 263-278 Physics and Applications of Photonic Crystals....Pages 279-303 Photonic Crystal Fibers: Effective-Index and Band-Gap Guidance....Pages 305-320 Applications of Photonic Crystals to Directional Antennas....Pages 321-328 Intense Focusing of Light Using Metals....Pages 329-349 Left-Handed Metamaterials....Pages 351-371 Towards Complete Photonic Band Gap Structures Below Infrared Wavelengths....Pages 373-382 Effect of Moderate Disorder on the Absorbance of Plasma Spheres Distributed in a Host Dielectric Medium....Pages 383-387 Random Lasers with Coherent Feedback....Pages 389-404 Analysis of Random Lasers in Thin Films of π-Conjugated Polymers....Pages 405-415 Theory and Simulations of Random Lasers....Pages 417-433 Cavity Approach Towards a Coherent Random Laser....Pages 435-446 Propagation of Light in Disordered Semiconductor Materials....Pages 447-473 Radiative Transfer of Localized Waves....Pages 475-487 Dynamics of localization in a waveguide....Pages 489-508 From Proximity Resonances to Anderson Localization....Pages 509-518 Band-Structure and Transmittance Calculations for Phononic Crystals by the LKKR Method....Pages 519-525 Multipole Methods for Photonic Crystal Calculations....Pages 527-534 Understanding some Photonic Band Gap Problems by Using Perturbation....Pages 535-544 Tight-Binding Wannier Function Method for Photonic Band Gap Materials....Pages 545-553 1, 2 and 3 Dimensional Photonic Materials Made Using Ion Beams: Fabrication and Optical Density-of-States....Pages 555-566 Percolation Composites: Localization of Surface Plasmons and Enhanced Optical Nonlinearities....Pages 567-575 Quadratic Nonlinear Interactions in 1-Dimensional Photonic Crystals....Pages 577-587 Quadratic Nonlinear Interactions in 3-Dimensional Photonic Crystals....Pages 589-599 Back Matter....Pages 601-605 The field of photonic band gap (PGB) materials, also called photonic crystals, is one of the most exciting new areas in physics and engineering. The materials play a unique role in controlling the propagation of electromagnetic waves, and innovative ways to manipulate such waves can have a profound influence on science and technology. The present book provides an excellent survey of the field of photonic crystals, random lasers and light localization, covering theoretical and experimental aspects as well as applications. The introductory lectures are accessible to non-specialists. New fabrication techniques and structures are presented with either dielectric or metallic components. Microwave, far-IR and optical applications are discussed (filters, mirrors, switches, waveguides, bends, splitters, antennas, etc.). Transmission, band structure and finite difference-time domain techniques are presented. Reviews of the random laser area and light localization are also presented. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Photonic Crystals and Light Localization, Crete, Greece, June 18-30, 2000