| A photonic device can have a complex three-dimensional architecture as opposed to the predominantly planar architectures being used today in electronics.; The most important tasks in photonic band gap (PBG) research today are the design and efficient fabrication of nearly perfect PBG materials on wafer-scale samples for operation near 1.5 μm, the wavelength of choice in telecommunications. Many of the results presented in this thesis are aimed at facilitating this process. The classical electromagnetic field properties derived in this thesis in turn have a direct impact on quantum mechanical processes taking place inside such a material. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)... |
