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 …

Probing optical properties of materials and optical characterization of crystallographic
defects at the nanometer scale have been inaccessible until recently due to the diffraction …

Nanotechnology, science, and engineering spearhead the 21st century revolution that is
leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the way materials, devices, and systems are …

Electromagnetic band structure can produce either an enhancement or a suppression of
spontaneous emission from two-dimensional (2-D) photonic crystal thin films. We believe …

The superprism phenomenon, the dispersion of light 500 times stronger than the dispersion
in conventional prisms, was demonstrated at optical wavelengths in photonic crystals (PC's) …

We describe experiments on a quasi-two dimensional (2-D) optical system consisting of a
triangular array of air cylinders etched through a laser-like Ga (Al) As waveguiding …

By using the photonic crystals, we can confine, guide, and emit light efficiently. By precise
control over the geometry and three-dimensional design, it is possible to obtain high quality …

In this paper, we present an overview of milestone achievements in the research and
development of photonic crystal structures and their perspective applications. We highlight …

Waveguide modes in two-dimensional (2-D) photonic crystals (PhCs) deeply etched through
monomode slab waveguides, eg, AlGaAs/GaAs, GaAs/AlO_x, or InP/GaInAsP, suffer from …

This study presents a sawtooth-like pulse anodization approach aiming to create a new type
of photonic crystal structure based on nanoporous anodic alumina. This nanofabrication …