Photonic Crystals as Artificial Electromagnetic Materials

Photonic Crystals are artificial electromagnetic materials formed by periodic optical lattices. They can be engineered to either transport light in self-collimated beams, or to steer light in different directions as a function of wavelength (superprism effect). The many degrees of freedom that enter their design allow tailoring of their properties for specific applications, such as frequency domain multiplexers.

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Jeremy Witzens is a staff scientist at Luxtera Inc., a start-up that develops and commercializes Silicon Photonics based high-speed transceivers. He received his PhD from the California Institute of Technology in 2005 and his MSc from the Ecole Polytechnique in 2000.