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    Novelties of Light with Photonic Crystals

    Within the past several years “photonic crystals” have emerged as a new class of materials providing capabilities along new dimensions for the control and manipulation of light. These materials are viewed idea...

    J. D. Joannopoulos, S. Fan, A. Mekis in Photonic Crystals and Light Localization i… (2001)

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    An Introduction to Photonic Crystals

    During the past five years, there has emerged a new class of materials called photonic band gap materials or, more simply, photonic crystals. The underlying concept behind these materials stems from early noti...

    J. D. Joannopoulos in Photonic Band Gap Materials (1996)

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    Microcavities in Channel Waveguides

    We introduce and analyse a new type of resonant microcavity consisting of a channel waveguide and a one-dimensional photonic crystal. A band gap for the guided modes is opened and a state is created within the...

    Pierre R. Villeneuve, Shanhui Fan, J. D. Joannopoulos in Photonic Band Gap Materials (1996)