第一部全面講述光子晶體的光學性質的教程。書中不僅呈現了晶體內部放射模型的性質，而且給出了它們對內部場的特別的光學反應，運用格林函數方法詳盡地給出了線性和非線性的光學反應綜述。書中用群論系統描述了特征對稱，及其對光子晶體的光學性質的影響，詳盡、簡明地介紹了最新成果，如受激輻射、二次諧波、正交位相壓縮和低閥值激光。數值方法的重點強調使得《光子晶體的光學性質(第2版)》不僅適合於研究生和本科生，也是該領域科研人員的不可多得的一本參考書。這是第二版，在第一版的基礎上增加了有關超熒光的一章。

1.Introduction2.Eigenmodes of Photonic Crystals2.1Wave Equations and Eigenvalue Problems2.2Eigenvalue Problems in Two-Dimensional Crystals2.3Scaling Law and Time R:eversal Symmetry2.4 Photonic Band Calculation2.4.1 Fourier Expansion of Dielectric Functions2.4.2 Some Examples2.5 Phase Velocity, Group Velocity, and Energy Velocity2.6 Calculation of Group Velocity2.7 Complete Set of Eigenfunctions2.8 Retarded Green’’s Function3. Symmetry of Eigenmodes3.1 Group Theory for Two-Dimensional Crystals3.2 Classification of Eigenmodes in the Square Lattice3.3 Classification of Eigenmodes in the Hexagonal Lattice3.4 Group Theory for Three-Dimensional Crystals3.5 Classification of Eigenmodes in the Simple Cubic Lattice3.6 Classification of Eigenmodes in the fcc Lattice4.Transmission Spectra4.1 Light Transmission and Bragg Reflection4.2 Field Equations4.2.1 E Polarization4.2.2 H Polarization4.3 Fourier Transform of the Dielectric Function4.3.1 Square Lattice4.3.2 Hexagonal Lattice4.4 Some Examples4.4.1 Square Lattice4.4.2 Hexagonal Lattice4.5 Refraction Law for Photonic Crystals……5.Optical R,esponse of Photonic Crystals6.Defect Modes in Photonic Crystals7.Band Calculationwith Frequency-Dependent Dielectric Constants8.Photonic Crystal Slabs9.Low-Threshold Lasing Due to Group-Velocity Anomaly10.Quantum Optics in Photonic Crystals11.Superfiuorescence12.EpilogueReferencesIndex