Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals

Duringthethreeyearssincethefirsteditionofthisbookwaspublished,thestudyofphotoniccrystalshasmadesteadyprogress.Thepropagationofelectromagneticwavesinvarioustypesofphotoniccrystalhasbeeninvestigatedthoroughlybymanyresearcherssothatthebasisforpracticalapplicationsisnowfirmlyestablished.