Photonics, Plasmonics and Information Optics
Research and Technological Advances

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.

FEATURES

• Reviews nonlinear optical phenomena related with materials and crystals and plasmonic effects on device fabrications
• Contains a detailed analysis on photonic crystals with their applications in making all-optical passive components
• Focusses on nonlinear optics, more precisely on crystals and materials, and computational aspects on evaluating their properties from Maxwell?s equations
• Presents an extensive study on the physics of EBG structures for application in antenna and high-frequency communications
• Includes metamaterials and metasurfaces for applications in photonics as well as in microwave engineering for high-frequency communication systems

Photonics, 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.

1. Foundation, Progress and Future of Photonics, Plasmonics and Information Optics: Researchers Perspective 2. Bandgap Engineering of Sol–Gel Spin-Coated TiO2 Thin Film on Glass Substrate 3. Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for High-Frequency Applications 4. Design of Superlens Using 2D Photonic Crystal with Various Geometries under Polarized Incidence: Design of Superlens Using 2D Photonic Crystal 5. Investigation on Some Fast Optical/Opto-Electronic Switching Systems for Implementing Different Modulation Schemes 6. Slotted Photonic Crystal Waveguide: An Effective Platform for Efficient Nonlinear Photonic Applications 7. Performance Evaluation of Raman Amplifier-Embedded Optical Fibre Communication System at Both Minimum Dispersion and Minimum Attenuation Windows 8. Ultra-Narrowband Optical Comb Filter Using Sampled Fibre Bragg Gratings 9. A Real-Time and Wireless Structural Health Monitoring Scheme for Aerospace Structures Using Fibre Bragg Grating Principle 10. Gap Solitons in Photorefractive Optical Lattices 11. Real-Time Numerical Analysis of Photonic Bandgap Structure Using Finite Difference in Time-Domain Method 12. Super Achromatic Multi-Level Diffractive Lens: A New Era Flat Lenses 13. Adaptive Repetitive Control of Peristaltic Pump Flow Rate with an Optical Flow Sensing System 14. Conclusion

Arpan Deyasi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India. He has 13 years of professional experience in academics and industry. He earned a BSc (Hons), a BTech, an MTech at the University of Calcutta. He is working in the area of semiconductor nanostructure and semiconductor photonics. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed research papers and a few edited volumes under the banner of CRC Press, IGI Global, etc. His major teaching subjects are solid state device, electromagnetics, photonics. He has organized international and national conferences, faculty development programmes, workshops, laboratory and industrial visits, seminars and technical events for students under the banner of IE(I) Kolkata section. He is also associated with a few reputed conferences. He is reviewer of a few journals of repute and some prestigious conferences in India and abroad. He has delivered a few talks and conducted hands-on sessions on nanoelectronics, photonics and electromagnetics in various FDPs, workshops, seminars. He is the editor of various conference proceedings and edited volumes. He is a member of IEEE Electron Device Society, IE(I), Optical Society of India, IETE, ISTE, ACM, etc. He is working as SPOC of RCCIIT Local Chapter (NPTEL course), Nodal Coordinator of e-outreach programme and Internshala, Faculty Advisor of the student chapter of Institution of Engineers (India) in ECE Department.

Pampa Debnath is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India. She has more than 12 years of professional teaching experience in academics. She earned a BTech and an MTech at the University of Burdwan. Her research interest covers the area of microwave devices, microstrip patch antennas, SIW based circuit and antenna. She has published several research pa