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Photonic Crystals: Periodic Surprises in Electromagnetism
Dr. Steven G. Johnson, Ion Bita
Mon Jan 27 thru Fri Jan 31, 01-02:30pm, TBA

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2003
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None

Has there been anything new in classical electromagnetism since Maxwell laid down the law in 1864? If so, can one learn it without wading through a vectorial mire of partial differential equations? Come and learn what solid-state physics has brought to 8.02 in the last 15 years: photonic crystals and the surprising new phenomena that arise when light propagates through a periodic medium. This crash course will introduce Bloch's theorem for electromagnetism, photonic band gaps, the confinement of light in novel waveguides and cavities by synthetic optical "insulators," startling sub-micron fabrication advances, exotic optical fibers, and will upend what you thought you knew about total internal reflection. We will focus less on gory differential equations than on high-level approaches such as linear algebra, variational theorems, conservation laws, and coupled-mode theory; the course should be accessible to anyone with a grasp of basic electromagnetism and who does not quake in fear at the word "eigenvalue." Event Sponsored by the Materials Research Society chapter at MIT, and DMSE.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ibita/www/MRS/
Contact: Ion Bita, 13-5122, x3-2063, ibita@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering
Latest update: 11-Dec-2002


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