Kurt Busch & Stefan Lölkes 
Photonic Crystals 
Advances in Design, Fabrication, and Characterization

The majority of the contributions in this topically edited book stems from the priority program SPP 1113 ‘Photonische Kristalle’ run by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), resulting in a survey of the current state of photonic crystal research in Germany. The first part of the book describes methods for the theoretical analysis of their optical properties as well as the results. The main part is dedicated to the fabrication, characterization and modeling of two- and three-dimensional photonic crystals, while the final section presents a wide spectrum of applications: gas sensors, micro-lasers, and photonic crystal fibers.
Illustrated in full color, this book is not only of interest to advanced students and researchers in physics, electrical engineering, and material science, but also to company R&D departments involved in photonic crystal-related technological developments.

Table of Content

THEORY
On the solid-state theoretical description of photonic crystals
Spontaneous emission in photonic structures: theory and simulation
Semiconductor optics in photonic crystal structures

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
Electrochemically-prepared 2D and 3D photonic crystals
Optical properties of planar metallo-dielectric photonic crystals
Preparation of 3D photonic crystals from opals
Light emitting opal-based photonic crystal heterojunctions
Three-dimensional lithography of photonic crystals
Tunable photonic crystals using liquid crystals
Microwave modelling of photonic crystals
Near-field visualization of light in photonic devices

APPLICATIONS
Application of photonic crystals for gas detection and sensing
Polymeric photonic crystal laser
Photonic crystal fibers
Photonic crystal optical circuits in moderate index materials
Planar high index-contrast photonic crystals for Telecom applications
Photonic crystals based active optoelectronic devices

About the author

Editors:
-Dr. Ralf B. Wehrspohn is group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle, Germany.
-Dr. Kurt Busch is assistant professor at the Institute for Theory of Condensed Matter (University of Karlsruhe, Germany).
-Stefan Lölkes is finishing his Ph D in Materials Science at the University of Kiel, Germany.
-Prof. Dr. H. Föll, Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Materialwissenschaft der Technischen Fakultät, University of Kiel, Germany.

Authors:
Dr. Kurt Busch, Universität Karlsruhe

Dr. Carsten Henkel, Universität Potsdam

Dr. Torsten Meier, Philipps-Universität Marburg

Prof. Dr. Ralf Wehrspohn, Universität Paderborn

Prof. Dr. Harald Giessen, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Zentel, Universität Mainz

Dr. Sergei G. Romanov, University of Glasgow

Prof. Dr. Martin Wegener, Universität Karlsruhe

Prof. Dr. Heinz-Siegfried Kitzerow, Universität Paderborn

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Woggon, Universität Dortmund

Dr. Wiltraud Wischmann, Alcatel Deutschland Gmb H

Martin Kamp, Universität Würzburg

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Freude, Universität Karlsruhe

Prof. Dr. Vahid Sandoghdar, ETH Zürich

Dr. Armin Lambrecht, Fraunhofer IPM

Prof. Dr. Uli Lemmer, Universität Karlsruhe

Prof. Dr. Hartmut Bartelt, Institut für Physikalische Hochtechnologie

Dr. Reinhard März, Infineon Technologies