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25 Apr 2007
A series of invited articles in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics offers a unique insight into some of the most recent advances in the application of photonic crystals (J. Phys. D 40 9).
The cluster of articles, edited by Professor Pallab K Bhattacharya of the University of Michigan, US, provides a glimpse into some of the most exciting opportunities that are being enabled by heterostructure photonic crystals (PCs) and their devices.
A range of topics is discussed, including the modeling of PC defect-mode cavities, the design and realization of ultrahigh Q heterostructure PC nanocavities, and the development of PC microcavity lasers. Two articles discuss the emerging subject of generating, controlling and propagating slow light in PCs, while another describes negative refraction in PCs.
In "Slow light engineering in photonic crystals", Toshihiko Baba and Daisuke Mori of Yokohama National University, Japan, discuss the potential of slow light devices and review some of the critical issues governing their design and application. And in "Slow light in photonic crystal waveguides", Thomas Krauss of the University of St. Andrews, UK, explains the physical principles behind the phenomenon of slow light in photonic crystal waveguides, as well as the practical limitations of these devices.
Meanwhile, Ekmel Ozbay and colleagues of Bilkent University, Turkey, describe negative refraction phenomena in two-dimensional PCs in "Negative refraction, subwavelength focusing and beam formation by photonic crystals". The researchers also describe a photonic-crystal flat lens that has the ability to focus electromagnetic waves and provide subwavelength resolution laterally.
All the cluster articles can be found in the latest issue of J. Phys. D and will be free to access until 19 July 2007.
Cluster articles
EDITORIAL
Photonic Crystal Devices Pallab K Bhattacharya (Editor-in-Chief) J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/9/E01
INVITED PAPERS
Photonic crystal defect mode cavity modelling: a phenomenological dimensional reduction approach Weidong Zhou, Zexuan Qiang and Li Chen J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 2615-2623 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/9/S01
Experimental realization of a well-controlled 3D silicon spiral photonic crystal D-X Ye, Z-P Yang, A S P Chang, J Bur, S Y Lin, T-M Lu, R Z Wang and S John J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 2624-2628 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/9/S02
Heterostructures in two-dimensional photonic-crystal slabs and their application to nanocavities Bong-Shik Song, Takashi Asano and Susumu Noda J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 2629-2634 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/9/S03
Self-collimation in photonic crystal structures: a new paradigm for applications and device development Dennis W Prather, Shouyuan Shi, Janusz Murakowski, Garrett J Schneider, Ahmed Sharkawy, Caihua Chen, BingLin Miao and Richard Martin J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 2635-2651 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/9/S04
Negative refraction, subwavelength focusing and beam formation by photonic crystals Ekmel Ozbay, Koray Aydin, Irfan Bulu and Kaan Guven J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 2652-2658 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/9/S05
Slow light engineering in photonic crystals Toshihiko Baba and Daisuke Mori J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 2659-2665 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/9/S06
Slow light in photonic crystal waveguides T F Krauss J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 2666-2670 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/9/S07
Photonic crystal microcavity lasers John O'Brien, Wan Kuang, Jiang-Rong Cao, Min-Hsiung Shih, Po-Tsung Lee, Mahmood Bagheri, Adam Mock and W K Marshall J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 2671-2682 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/9/S08
Electrically injected quantum dot photonic crystal microcavity light emitters and microcavity arrays S Chakravarty, P Bhattacharya, J Topol'ancik and Z Wu J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 2683-2690 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/9/S09
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