Arpan Deyasi (EDT), Pampa Debnath (EDT), Asit Kumar Datta (EDT), Siddhartha Bhattacharyya (EDT) Photonics, Plasmonics and Information Optics

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This edited volume covers technological developments and current research trends in the field of photonics, plasmonics and optics, focusing on photonic crystals, semiconductor optical devices, optical communications and optical sensors, with an emphasis on practical sectors. It broadly contains the latest research domains contributed by experts and researchers in their respective fields with a major focus on the basic physics. Works in the area of electromagnetic bandgap structures (EBG) and metasurfaces are included for applications in different aspects of communications systems. Further, it covers research phenomena of microwave photonic devices to develop miniaturized high-frequency devices.FEATURESReviews nonlinear optical phenomena related with materials and crystals and plasmonic effects on device fabricationsContains a detailed analysis on photonic crystals with their applications in making all-optical passive componentsFocusses on nonlinear optics, more precisely on crystals and materials, and computational aspects on evaluating their properties from Maxwell's equationsPresents an extensive study on the physics of EBG structures for application in antenna and high-frequency communicationsIncludes metamaterials and metasurfaces for applications in photonics as well as in microwave engineering for high-frequency communication systemsPhotonics, Plasmonics and Information Optics: Research and Technological Advances is aimed at researchers, professionals and graduate students in optical communication, silicon photonics, photonic crystals, semiconductor optical devices, metamaterials and metasurfaces, and microwave photonics.