"Advances in Photonic Crystals" ed. by Vittorio M.N. Passaro

This book collects chapters on different theoretical and experimental aspects of photonics crystals for Nanophotonics applications. It is divided in two parts - a theoretical section and an experimental and applicative section.

The first part includes chapters developing several numerical methods for analysis and design of photonic crystal devices, such as 2D ring resonators for filters, single and coupled nanobeam cavities, birefringence in photonic crystal cavities, threshold analysis in photonic crystal lasers, gap solitons in photonic crystals, novel photonic atolls, dynamic characteristics of photonic crystal filters.
The second part focuses on some aspects of photonic crystals fabrication and relevant applications, such as nitrogen defect technology in diamond, silicon nitride free standing membranes, photonic crystals structures in silicon, photonic crystals for optical sensing.

Contents
Preface
Section 1: Theory
1 Photonic Crystal Ring Resonator Based Optical Filters
2 Single and Coupled Nanobeam Cavities
3 Birefringence in Photonic Crystal Structures: Toward Ultracompact Wave Plates
4 Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in Anisotropic Photonic Structures
5 Threshold Mode Structure of Square and Triangular Lattice Gain and Index Coupled Photonic Crystal Lasers
6 Two-Component Gap Solitons in Self-Defocusing Photonic Crystals
7 Very Long Photon-Lifetimes Achieved by Photonic Atolls
8 Dynamic Characteristics of Linear and Nonlinear Wideband Photonic Crystal Filters
Section 2: Experiments and Applications
9 Photonic Crystal Coupled to N-V Center in Diamond
10 Silicon Nitride Photonic Crystal Free-Standing Membranes: A Flexible Platform for Visible Spectral Range Devices
11 Photonic Crystals for Optical Sensing: A Review
12 Silicon Photonic Crystals Towards Optical Integration