Photonic Band Gaps and Localization

✍ Scribed by Sajeev John (auth.), C. M. Soukoulis (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 509
• Series: NATO ASI Series 308
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume contains the papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Localization and Propagation o[ Classical Waves in Random and Periodic Media held in Aghia Pelaghia, Heraklion, Crete, May 26- 30, 1992. The workshop's goal was to bring together theorists and experimentalists from two related areas, localization and photonic band gaps, to highlight their common interests. The objectives of the workshop were (i) to assess the state­ of-the-art in experimental and theoretical studies of structures exhibiting classical wave band gaps and/or localization, (ii) to discuss how such structures can be fabricated to improve technologies in different areas of physics and engineering, and (iii) to identify problems and set goals for further research. Studies of the propagation of electromagnetic (EM) waves in periodic and/or disordered dielectric structures (photonic band gap structures) have been and continue to be a dynamic area of research. Anderson localization of EM waves in disordered dielectric structures is of fundamental interest where the strong ei-ei interaction efFects entering the eIectron-localization are absent.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
The Localization of Light....Pages 1-22
Photon Diffusion, Correlation and Localization....Pages 23-55
The Speed of Diffusing Light: Rigorous Solutions....Pages 57-62
Diffusion of Classical Waves in Random Media....Pages 63-74
Accurate Measurement of Backscattered Light from Random Media....Pages 75-80
Optical Speckle Patterns and Coherent Backscattering in Strong Magnetic Fields....Pages 81-97
Polarization Statistics in Multiple Scattering of Light: A Monte Carlo Approach....Pages 99-114
Dynamic Correlations of Multiply Scattered Light from Strongly Interacting Suspensions....Pages 115-129
Factors That Influence Photon Transport Measurements in Dense Random Media....Pages 131-149
Light Propagation in Porous Media....Pages 151-164
Preliminary Experiments on the Transmission of Light Through Non-Linear Disordered Media....Pages 165-169
Photon Diffusion and Internal Reflectivity....Pages 171-179
Internal Reflections in Diffusive Media....Pages 181-185
Fundamental Differenc Ebetween the Role of Absorption and Inelastic Scattering in Random System....Pages 187-194
Higher Order Interference Effects in the Reflection of Coherent Waves from Random Media....Pages 195-199
Disordered Fabry-Perot Interferometer: Diffusive Wave Spectroscopy....Pages 201-206
Photonic Band Structure....Pages 207-234
Photonic Gaps for Electromagnetic Waves in Periodic Dielectric Structures: Discovery of the Diamond Structure....Pages 235-245
Photonic Band Structures of Two-Dimensional Dielectric Media....Pages 247-268
Plane-Wave Calculation of Photonic Band Structure....Pages 269-281
Photonic Band Gaps in Two-Dimensional Square and Triangular Lattices....Pages 283-288
Photonic Band Gaps in Periodic Dielectric Structures: Relation to the Single-Scatterer Mie Resonances....Pages 289-297
Periodic Dielectric Structures: The Long Wavelength Effective Dielectric Constant....Pages 299-304
Measurements of Localization and Photonic Band Gap Systems in Two-Dimensions....Pages 305-316
Spectral Gaps for Classical Waves in Periodic Structures....Pages 317-338
Experimental Observation of Bending Wave Localization....Pages 339-353
Molecular and Free Electron Spontaneous Emission in Periodic Three Dimensional Dielectric Structures ....Pages 355-368
The Single-Mode Light-Emitting-Diode....Pages 369-378
Localization Transition in Anisotropic and Inhomogeneous Systems....Pages 379-405
Statistical Inversion of Stratified Media from Acoustic Pulses Scattered at Two Angles of Incidence....Pages 407-419
Wave Propagation and Random Media Beyond Effective Medium Theories: The Theory of Aggregates....Pages 421-437
Scattering and Localization of Classical Waves Along a Wave Guide with Disorder and Dissipation....Pages 439-451
Second Harmonic Generation in Periodically Modulated Media....Pages 453-458
A Transport Equation for Random Electromagnetic Wave Propagation....Pages 459-464
Symmetrized Transverse Vector Fields....Pages 465-470
1-D Disordered System with Absorption as a Model of Real Media of Propagation....Pages 471-478
Transient Wave Propagation in Periodically Layered Media....Pages 479-485
A Method for Analyzing Waves in Layered Structures with Periodic Discontinuities Like Strips or Slots....Pages 487-497
Synchronous Forward to Backward Surface Acoustic Wave Coupling in Reversing Multistrip Coupler....Pages 499-508
Band Tails in a Disordered System....Pages 509-513
Back Matter....Pages 515-520

✦ Subjects

Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices; Acoustics; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Classical Continuum Physics; Solid State Physics; Spectroscopy and Microscopy