Photonic Crystals details recent progress in the study of photonic crystals, ranging from fundamental aspects to up-to-date applications, in one unified treatment. It covers most of the worldwide frontier fields in photonic crystals, including up-to-date fabrication techniques, recent and future technological applications, and our basic understanding of the various optical properties of photonic crystals. Brand-new theoretical and experimental data are also presented. The book is intended for graduate course students and specialists actively working in this field, but it will also be useful for newcomers, especially the extensive chapter dealing with fundamental aspects of photonic crystals, which paves the way to a full appreciation of the other topics addressed.

Kuon INOUE; PhD (The University of Tokyo):

1961 graduation from The University of Tokyo, Department of Applied Physics,

1966 finishing the Graduate School (Doctor Course) of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

1966-1967 Post Doctoral Fellow of JSPS, at Institute of Solid State Physics

1967-1970 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Shizuoka University

1970-1984 Associate professor, Depertement of Physics, Shizuoka University

1984-2001 Professor, Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido university

2001- present Guest Professor of Chitose Institute of Science and Technology,

Emeritus Professor of Hokkaido University

Kazuo OHTAKA; PhD (The University of Tokyo):

1964 graduation from The University of Tokyo, Department of Applied Physics

1967 assistant of The University of Tokyo, Department of Applied Physics

1988 associate professor of The University of Tokyo, Department of Applied Physics

1989 professor of Chiba University, Laboratory of Applied Physics,

2000 professor of Chiba University, Center of Frontier Science