A new class of composite materials has emerged which provides a means to control and
manipulate light. These materials, known as photonic crystals, are periodic arrays of …

Absolute photonic band gaps in two-dimensional square and honeycomb lattices of circular
cross-section rods can be increased by reducing the structure symmetry. The addition of a …

The nature of guided modes and defect modes in periodic dielectric waveguides is
investigated computationally for model systems in two dimensions. It is shown that defect …

A Brief Review of Theoretical Results for Photonic Band Structures Page 1 JOURNAL OF
MODERN OPTICS, 1994, VOL . 41, NO . 2, 195-207 A brief review of theoretical results for …

We present an approach that allows calculating photonic band structures of electromagnetic
waves propagating in periodic systems containing dispersive and highly absorptive …

By use of the plane-wave method, we calculate the photonic band structure for
electromagnetic waves of E and H polarization propagating in a system consisting of an …

We analyze the guiding problem in a realistic photonic crystal fiber, using a novel full-vector
modal technique. This is a biorthogonal modal method based on the non-self-adjoint …

Surface modes are generally believed to be an undesirable feature of finite photonic crystals
(PC), unlike point or line defect modes. However, it is possible to make the surface mode …

We show that suitable photonic metamaterial structures can support lossless surface waves
of the form envisaged by Dyakonov. The idea we put forward is based on the birefringent …

We study elastic and electromagnetic properties in periodic structures and present “deaf and
blind” structures, ie materials having simultaneous complete phononic and photonic band …