Photon Management Assisted by Surface Waves on Photonic Crystals

✍ Scribed by Angelo Angelini (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 82
• Series: PoliTO Springer Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book illustrates original pathways to manipulate light at the nanoscale by means of surface electromagnetic waves (here, Bloch surface waves, BSWs) on planar dielectric multilayers, also known as one-dimensional photonic crystals. This approach is particularly valuable as it represents an effective alternative to the widely exploited surface plasmon paradigm. After a brief overview on the fundamentals of BSWs, several significant applications of BSW-sustaining structures are described. Particular consideration is given to the propagation, guiding, and diffraction of BSW-coupled radiation. Further, the interaction of organic emitters with BSWs on planar and corrugated multilayers is investigated, including fluorescence beaming in free space. To provide greater insight into sensing applications, an illustrative example of fluorescent microarray-based detection is presented. The book is intended for scientists and researchers working on photon management opportunities in fields such as biosensing, optical circuitry, and lighting.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Bloch Surface Waves on A One Dimensional Photonic Crystal....Pages 1-28
Coupling of Spontaneous Emitters with Bloch Surface Waves....Pages 29-44
Ring Antennae: Resonant Focusing and Collimated Extraction of Luminescence....Pages 45-60
Back Matter....Pages 61-64

✦ Subjects

Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices;Nanoscale Science and Technology;Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering;Nanotechnology;Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films;Optical and Electronic Materials