TY - GEN
T1 - Photonic properties of non-crystalline solids
AU - Steinhardt, P. J.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Photonic crystals, periodic arrangements of two or more dielectric materials, have been studied for more than two decades as a means of controlling and manipulating the flow of light. These lectures describe recent progress in designing non-periodic photonic solids. The aim is to find arrangements of dielectric materials that produce substantial complete photonic band gaps that block light in all directions and for all polarizations over a range of frequencies. Methods are described for constructing quasicrystalline examples with a wide range of rotational symmetries and a special class of isotropic, disordered photonic band gap materials.
AB - Photonic crystals, periodic arrangements of two or more dielectric materials, have been studied for more than two decades as a means of controlling and manipulating the flow of light. These lectures describe recent progress in designing non-periodic photonic solids. The aim is to find arrangements of dielectric materials that produce substantial complete photonic band gaps that block light in all directions and for all polarizations over a range of frequencies. Methods are described for constructing quasicrystalline examples with a wide range of rotational symmetries and a special class of isotropic, disordered photonic band gap materials.
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U2 - 10.3254/978-1-60750-755-0-25
DO - 10.3254/978-1-60750-755-0-25
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84884888132
SN - 9781607507550
T3 - Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
SP - 25
EP - 50
BT - Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" - Nano Optics and Atomics
T2 - International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" on Nano Optics and Atomics: Transport of Light and Matter Waves
Y2 - 23 June 2009 through 3 July 2009
ER -