Fundamentals of Photonic Crystal Guiding

Including end-of-chapter exercise problems with detailed analytical and numerical solutions that allow you to monitor your understanding, this accessible text presents the field of photonic crystals using analytically solvable problems.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Hamiltonian Formulation of Maxwell s Equations (Frequency Consideration)

2.1: Plane-Wave Solution for Uniform Dielectrics

2.2: Methods of Quantum Mechanics in Electromagnetism

2.3: Properties of the Harmonic Modes of Maxwell s Equations

2.4: Symmetries of Electromagnetic Eigenmodes

2.5: Problems

Chapter 3: One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Multilayer Stacks

Chapter 4: Bandgap Guidance in Planar Photonic Crystal Waveguides

Chapter 5: Hamiltonian Formulation of Maxwell s Equations for Waveguides (Propagation-Constant Consideration)

Chapter 6: Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals

Chapter 7: Quasi-2D Photonic Crystals

Chapter 8: Nonlinear Effects and Gap Soliton Formation in Periodic Media

Problem Solutions

Fundamentals of Photonic Crystal Guiding

Fundamentals of Photonic Crystal Guiding

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