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The unique confinement properties of photonic crystals allow for the storage of photons in confined space (in the wavelength range), for a long time (compared to the period of oscillation). Different confinement schemes can apply for the production of a variety of very compact, spectrally as well as spatially resolved, microphotonic devices, depending upon the regime of operation of the photonic crystal microstructures (photonic band-gap regime, slow Bloch mode regime around an extreme of the dispersion characteristics, or a combination of both). This chapter focuses on two dimensional photonic crystals and on their exploitation along the slow Bloch mode regime.
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Viktorovitch, P. (2008). Physics of Slow Bloch Modes and Their Applications. In: Sibilia, C., Benson, T.M., Marciniak, M., Szoplik, T. (eds) Photonic Crystals: Physics and Technology. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0844-1_3
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