The study of nanoscale integrated photonic devices is one of the important research frontiers of physics and materials science. The photonic crystal has the unique property of controlling the propagation states of photons, which provides an ideal platform for the realization of nanoscale integrated photonic devices. Nanoscale integrated photonic devices based on photonic crystals have great potential applications in the fields of ultrahigh-speed information processing and optical computing.
This book concentrates on the primary principles of photonic crystals and the important research progress of photonic crystal optical devices. The areas of focus include photonic crystal all-optical switching, the tunable photonic crystal filter, the photonic crystal laser, photonic crystal logic devices, and photonic crystal sensors. It comprises theoretical and experimental analyses of the realization of various functions of photonic crystal devices, preparation techniques, measurement methods, and potential applications. It also includes a bibliography of readings and an extensive reference list. This edition introduces the various basic principles and knowledge that graduate students and junior researchers in photonic crystals need. It is also an immensely useful reference for specialists in nanophotonics, physics, chemistry, and materials science.
About the Editor:
Qihuang Gong received his BSc and PhD, both in physics, from Peking University, China, in 1983 and 1989, respectively. He is the Cheung Kong Scholar of Peking University, director of State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, vice dean of the Department of Physics, chief scientist of National 973 Project, and group leader of the Creative research group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. His current research interests are ultrafast optics and spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, and mesoscopic optical devices for applications in optical information processing and communication. He has published more than 300 SCI papers, which have been cited more than 2400 times. Winner of several awards, Prof. Gong serves as the topic editor of Optics Letters, advisor editor of Chemical Physics, and associate editor-in-chief of Chinese Physics B, Chinese Optics Letters, Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese), Chinese Optics and Applied Optics (Chinese), Acta Physics Sinica (Chinese), and Quantum Electronics (Chinese). He is also an executive council member of the Chinese Optics Society, director of the Fundamental Optics Division, and executive council member of the Chinese Physical Society. He has been a member of the IUPAP C17 (Quantum Electronics) Commission, member of the Fellow Committee and the international council of the Optical Society of America (OSA), fellow of the OSA and IoP, and co-chair of the Asian Intense Laser Network.
