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EPSRC Reference: GR/L73258/01
Title: NOVEL PHOTONIC MICROSTRUCTURES IN SEMICONDUCTORS
Principal Investigator: Aitchison, Professor S
Other Investigators:
De La Rue, Honorary Professor R Krauss, Professor T
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Department: Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Organisation: University of Glasgow
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 October 1997 Ends: 30 September 2000 Value (£): 168,939
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Materials Processing
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The experimental group at Glasgow and the theoretical group at Durham have recently demonstrated clear two-dimensional photonic bandgap (PBG) effects in waveguide-based semiconductor microstructures. In this submission we propose further theoretical and experimental development f that work and to explore its potential for application in a variety of photonic devices. In particular, we shall investigate experimentally the nonlinear optical response of a range of 1D-PBG structures. Theoretical simulations will be carried out in parallel, with the intention of developing general approaches which model the range of nonlinear phenomena exhibited by the more complex 2D- and 3D-PBG structures. We also propose to explore the potential of photonic crystals based on Penrose tiling, which could lead to a valuable extension of the parameter ranges and material systems where photonic bandgaps and related phenomena occur.
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