Recent Advances in Photonic Crystal and Optical Devices

Dear Colleagues,

I am gratified to welcome you to submit your valuable work for a Special Issue of the journal Crystals on “Recent Advances in Photonic Crystal and Optical Devices”.

Photonic crystals (PhCs) have been the subject of numerous investigations since the original work of Yablonovitch and John. Due to their exceptional attributes, the potential applications of PhCs are highly prospective, ranging from gas sensing to optical filters, photonic papers, optical logic gates, lasers, inkless printing, and reflective flat displays. In recent years, the development of optical devices based on PhCs is taking place at a rapid pace. These devices can be utilized in various attention-grabbing applications, such as monitoring/sensing of temperature, proximity, pressure, light, ultrasonic, chemicals, etc.

This Special Issue will cover new developments and recent advances in the design, fabrication, and performance evaluation of PhC-based optical devices. Original research work, letters, and review papers based on theoretical, numerical, and experimental data are welcome in this Special Issue.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Biosensors and gas sensors;
• PhC-based optical logic gates;
• PhC-based lasers;
• PhC-based optical filters;
• PhC-based inkless printers;
• Power splitters;
• Optical diodes;
• Self-collimation;
• Polarization splitters;
• Absorbers for solar thermophotovoltaic applications.

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Dr. Muhammad Ali Butt
Prof. Dr. Svetlana Nikolaevna Khonina
Guest Editors

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