The use of infrared lasers to power optical-scale lithographically fabricated particle
accelerators is a developing area of research that has garnered increasing interest in recent …

In conventional lasers, the optical cavity that confines the photons also determines essential
characteristics of the lasing modes such as wavelength, emission pattern, directivity, and …

Since the advent of quantum mechanics and the clear demonstration of the existence
of'matter waves', physicists have never failed to take advantage of concepts and theoretical …

We introduce a microfluidic refractive index sensor based on a directional coupler
architecture using solid-core photonic crystal fibers. The sensor achieves very high …

We describe a multipole method for calculating the modes of microstructured optical fibers.
The method uses a multipole expansion centered on each hole to enforce boundary …

An interesting feature of microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) is that their properties can be
adjusted by filling or coating of the holes. Some applications require selective filling or …

Computational methods for determining the complex propagation constants of leaky
waveguide modes have become so powerful and so readily available that it is possible to …

The propagation of pulses through waveguides with sub-wavelength features,
inhomogeneous transverse structure, and high index contrast cannot be described …

This book aims to provide expert guidance to researchers experienced in classical
technology, as well as to those new to the field. A variety of perspectives on Photonic Crystal …

Recent progress on numerical modeling methods for photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) such as
the effective index approach, basis-function expansion approach, and numerical approach …