We were delighted with the positive response to the first edition of this book. There is， naturally， always some sense of trepidation when one writes the first text book at the birth of a new field. One dearly hopes the field will continue to grow and blossom， but then again， will the subject matter of the book quickly become obsolete？ To attempt to alleviate the latter， we made a conscious effort in the first edition to focus on the fundamental concepts and building blocks of this new field and leave out any speculative areas. Given the continuing interest in the first edition， even after a decade of exponential growth of the field， it appears that we may have succeeded in this regard. Of course， with great growth come many new phenomena and a deeper understanding of old phenomena. We felt， therefore， that the time was now ripe for an updated and expanded second edition.
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Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition 1 Introduction Controlling the Properties of Materials Photonic Crystals An Overview of the Text 2 Electromagnetism in Mixed Dielectric Media The Macroscopic Maxwell Equations Electromagnetism as an Eigenvalue Problem General Properties of the Harmonic Modes Electromagnetic Energy and the Variational Principle Magnetic vs. Electric Fields The Effect of Small Perturbations Scaling Properties of the Maxwell Equations Discrete vs, Continuous Frequency Ranges Electrodynamics and Quantum Mechanics Compared Further Reading 3 Symmetries and Solid-State Electromagnetism Using Symmetries to Classify Electromagnetic Modes Continuous Translational Symmetry Index guiding Discrete Translational Symmetry Photonic Band Structures Rotational Symmetry and the lrreducible Brillouin Zone Mirror Symmetry and the Separation of Modes Time-Reversal Invariance Bloch-Wave Propagation Velocity Electrodynamics vs. Quantum Mechanics Again Further Reading 4 The Multilayer Film: A One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal the Muttilayer Film The Physical Origin of Photonic Band Gaps The Size of the Band Gap Evanescent Modes in Photonic Band Gaps Off-Axis Propagation Localized Modes at Defects Surface States Omnidirectional Multilayer Mirrrors Further Reading 5 Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Two-Dimensional Bloch States A Square Lattice of Dielectric Columns A Square Lattice of Dielectric Veins A Complete Band Gap for All Polarizations Out-of-Plane Propagation Localization of Light by Point Defects Point defects ln a larger gap Linear Defects and Waveguides Surface States Further Reading 6 Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Three-Dimensional Lattices Crystals with Complete Band Gaps Spheres ln a diamond lattice Yablonovite the woodpile crystal lnverse opals A stack of two-dimensional crystals …… 7 Periodic Dielectric Waveguides 8 Photonic-CrystaISlabs 9 Photonic-CrystaIFibers 10 esigning Photonic Crystals for Applications A Comparisons with Quantum Mechanics B The Reciprocal Lattice and the Brillouin Zone C Atlas of Band Gaps D ComputationaiPhotonics
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