Novel phenomena in macroscopic photonic crystals

• Main Authors: Zhen, Bo (Contributor), Chua, Song-Liang (Contributor), Lee, Jeongwon (Contributor), Qiu, Wenjun (Contributor), Rodriguez, Alejandro W. (Contributor), Liang, Xiangdong (Contributor), Johnson, Steven G. (Contributor), Joannopoulos, John D. (Contributor), Shapira, Ofer (Contributor), Soljacic, Marin (Contributor)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SPIE, 2014-07-28T14:30:26Z.
• Subjects: Article
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Photonic crystals provide superb opportunities for tailoring of the photonic density of states. This ability can in turn be explored to control radiation into far-field, enhance fluorescent light emission, as well as optimize laser emission. In order to make these phenomena useful for large macroscopic devices, large-area nano-fabrication techniques have to be successfully implemented. In this talk, I will present some of our recent theoretical and experimental progress in exploring these opportunities.