Course Objectives Student taking this course will learn the knowledge of photonic crystals. This will help him to do research in this area.  

Prerequisite

Textbook "1. 《光子晶體—從蝴蝶翅膀到奈米光子學》(五南), 作者：欒丕綱，陳啟昌

2. Photonic Crystals -- Molding the Flow of Light, by J. D. Joannopoulos et. al.

3. Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals, by K. Sakoda.

4. Journal articles

4. Research papers"

Topical Outline "1. 1D photonic crystal--superlattice

2. Bloch theorem and frequency band structures

3. Acoustic waves, elastic waves and electromagnetic waves

4. Plane wave expansion method

5. Multiple scattering method

6. Defect state and wave localization

7. Photon waveguide and cavity

8. Effective medium and negative refraction

9. Numerical techniques

10. Metamaterials and Transformation Optics"
11. Topological photonics