Nanophotonic Materials: Photonic Crystals, Plasmonics, and Metamaterials

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Nanophotonic Materials: Photonic Crystals, Plasmonics, and Metamaterials

Editor(s): Ralf B. Wehrspohn, H.-S. Kitzerow, Kurt Busch

Published Online: 4 MAR 2008

Print ISBN: 9783527408580

Online ISBN: 9783527621880

DOI: 10.1002/9783527621880

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`Nanophotonic Materials - Photonic Crystals, Plasmonics, and Metamaterials' summarizes the work and results of a consortium consisting of more than 20 German research groups concentrated on photonics crystals research over the last seven years. Illustrated throughout in full color, the book provides an overview of these novel materials, spanning the entire range from fundamentals to applications.

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      Front Matter (pages I–XXVII)

  2. Part I: Linear and Non-linear Properties of Photonic Crystals

    1. Chapter 1

      Solitary Wave Formation in One-dimensional Photonic Crystals (pages 1–13)

      Sabine Essig, Jens Niegemann, Lasha Tkeshelashvili and Kurt Busch

    2. Chapter 2

      Microscopic Analysis of the Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Photonic-Crystal Structures (pages 15–38)

      Bernhard Pasenow, Matthias Reichelt, Tineke Stroucken, Torsten Meier and Stephan W. Koch

    3. Chapter 3

      Functional 3D Photonic Films from Polymer Beads (pages 39–61)

      Birger Lange, Friederike Fleischhaker and Rudolf Zentel

    4. Chapter 4

      Bloch Modes and Group Velocity Delay in Coupled Resonator Chains (pages 63–76)

      Björn M. Möller, Mikhail V. Artemyev and Ulrike Woggon

    5. Chapter 5

      Coupled Nanopillar Waveguides: Optical Properties and Applications (pages 77–96)

      Dmitry N. Chigrin, Sergei V. Zhukovsky, Andrei V. Lavrinenko and Johann Kroha

    6. Chapter 6

      Investigations on the Generation of Photonic Crystals using Two-Photon Polymerization (2PP) of Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Polymers with Ultra-Short Laser Pulses (pages 97–114)

      R. Houbertz, P. Declerck, S. Passinger, A. Ovsianikov, J. Serbin and B. N. Chichkov

    7. Chapter 7

      Ultra-low Refractive Index Mesoporous Substrates for Waveguide Structures (pages 115–130)

      D. Konjhodzic, S. Schröter and F. Marlow

    8. Chapter 8

      Linear and Nonlinear Effects of Light Propagation in Low-index Photonic Crystal Slabs (pages 131–155)

      R. Iliew, C. Etrich, M. Augustin, E.-B. Kley, S. Nolte, A. Tünnermann and F. Lederer

    9. Chapter 9

      Linear and Non-linear Optical Experiments Based on Macroporous Silicon Photonic Crystals (pages 157–181)

      Prof. Ralf B. Wehrspohn, Stefan L. Schweizer and Vahid Sandoghdar

    10. Chapter 10

      Dispersive Properties of Photonic Crystal Waveguide Resonators (pages 183–198)

      T. Sünner, M. Gellner, M. Scholz, A. Löffler, M. Kamp and A. Forchel

  3. Part II: Tuneable Photonic Crystals

    1. Chapter 11

      Polymer Based Tuneable Photonic Crystals (pages 199–219)

      J. H. Wülbern, M. Schmidt, U. Hübner, R. Boucher, W. Volksen, Y. Lu, R. Zentel and M. Eich

    2. Chapter 12

      Tuneable Photonic Crystals obtained by Liquid Crystal Infiltration (pages 221–237)

      Prof. H.-S. Kitzerow, A. Lorenz and H. Matthias

    3. Chapter 13

      Lasing in Dye-doped Chiral Liquid Crystals: Influence of Defect Modes (pages 239–249)

      Wolfgang Haase, Fedor Podgornov, Yuko Matsuhisa and Masanori Ozaki

    4. Chapter 14

      Photonic Crystals based on Chiral Liquid Crystal (pages 251–267)

      M. Ozaki, Y. Matsuhisa, H. Yoshida, R. Ozaki and A. Fujii

    5. Chapter 15

      Tunable Superprism Effect in Photonic Crystals (pages 269–288)

      F. Glöckler, S. Peters, U. Lemmer and M. Gerken

  4. Part III: Photonic Crystal Fibres

    1. Chapter 16

      Preparation and Application of Functionalized Photonic Crystal Fibres (pages 289–311)

      H. Bartelt, J. Kirchhof, J. Kobelke, K. Schuster, A. Schwuchow, K. Mörl, U. Röpke, J. Leppert, H. Lehmann, S. Smolka, M. Barth, O. Benson, S. Taccheo and C. D'Andrea

    2. Chapter 17

      Finite Element Simulation of Radiation Losses in Photonic Crystal Fibers (pages 313–331)

      Jan Pomplun, Lin Zschiedrich, Roland Klose, Frank Schmidt and Sven Burger

  5. Part IV: Plasmonic and Metamaterials

    1. Chapter 18

      Optical Properties of Photonic/Plasmonic Structures in Nanocomposite Glass (pages 333–347)

      H. Graener, A. Abdolvand, S. Wackerow, O. Kiriyenko and W. Hergert

    2. Chapter 19

      Optical Properties of Disordered Metallic Photonic Crystal Slabs (pages 349–367)

      D. Nau, A. Schönhardt, A. Christ, T. Zentgraf, Ch. Bauer, J. Kuhl and H. Giessen

    3. Chapter 20

      Superfocusing of Optical Beams Below the Diffraction Limit by Media with Negative Refraction (pages 369–388)

      A. Husakou and J. Herrmann

    4. Chapter 21

      Negative Refraction in 2D Photonic Crystal Super-Lattice: Towards Devices in the IR and Visible Ranges (pages 389–398)

      Y. Neve-Oz, M. Golosovsky, A. Frenkel and D. Davidov

    5. Chapter 22

      Negative Permeability around 630 nm in Nanofabricated Vertical Meander Metamaterials (pages 399–416)

      Heinz Schweizer, Liwei Fu, Hedwig Gräbeldinger, Hongcang Guo, Na Liu, Stefan Kaiser and Harald Giessen

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      Index (pages 417–418)

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