"Photonic Crystals: Innovative Systems, Lasers and Waveguides" ed. by Alessandro Massaro

The second volume of the book concerns the characterization approach of photonic crystals, photonic crystal lasers, photonic crystal waveguides and plasmonics including the introduction of innovative systems and materials.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Photonic Crystal Laser and Photonic Crystal Characterization
1 Angular-Resolved Optical Characteristics and Threshold Gain Analysis of GaN-Based 2-D Photonics Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers
2 980nm Photonic Microcavity Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser
3 Dynamic All Optical Slow Light Tunability by Using Nonlinear One Dimensional Coupled Cavity Waveguides
4 The Optical Transmission of One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Containing Double-Negative Materials
5 Mid-Infrared Surface-Emitting Two Dimensional Photonic Crystal Semiconductor Lasers
Part 2 Innovative Materials and Systems
6 A Novel Compact Photonic Crystal Fibre Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor for an Aqueous Environment
7 On the Applicability of Photonic Crystal Membranes to Multi-Channel Propagation
8 Employing Optical Nonlinearity in Photonic Crystals: A Step Towards All-Optical Logic Gates
9 Thin Chalcogenide Films for Photonic Applications
10 Ultra-Broadband Time-Resolved Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Spectroscopy and Microscopy with Photonic Crystal Fiber Generated Supercontinuum
Part 3 Photonic Crystal Waveguides and Plasmonics
11 Photonic Crystal Coupled to N-V Center in Diamond
12 Label-Free Biosensing Using Photonic Crystal Waveguides
13 Photonic Crystals for Plasmonics: From Fundamentals to Superhydrophobic Devices
14 Plasma Photonic Crystal
15 Photonic Crystal for Polarization Rotation
16 Negative Index Photonic Crystals Superlattices and Zero Phase Delay Lines