NATO-ASI : PHOTONIC BAND GAP MATERIALS

Conference Program

All sessions will be held in the Porto Elounda Mare Hotel Conference Room. The Lectures will have 50 minutes for presentations and 10 minutes for discussion. The Talks will have 25 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion. The Posters will be displayed during two evening sessions.

Sunday, June 18, 1995

19:30-21:30 Welcoming Party at the Porto Elounda Mare Hotel

Monday, June 19, 1995

8:30 Registration
9:30 Opening and Welcoming Remarks

Morning Session - Chairperson: E. N. Economou
- 10:00 Lecture: J. D. Joannopoulos, M.I.T., The Magical World of Photonic Crystals: I
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Lecture: S. John, University of Toronto, Theory of Photonic Band Gap Materials
- 12:30 Lecture: K. M. Ho, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Photonic Band Gap Materials: I
- 13:30 Lunch and Discussions
Evening Session - Chairperson: J. D. Joannopoulos
- 17:30 Lecture: P. Russell, Southampton University, Optical Stop Bands and Photonic Band Gaps: Physics and Applications, I
- 18:30 Panel Discussion : Photonic Band Gaps
- 19:30 End of Session

Tuesday, June 20, 1995

Morning Session - Chairperson: S. John
- 9:00 Lecture: J. D. Joannopoulos, M.I.T., The Magical World of Photonic Crystals: II
- 10:00 Lecture: E. Yablonovitch, UCLA, Progress Toward Photonic Crystals at Optical Wavelengths
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Lecture: A. A. Maradudin, University of California, Irvine, Photonic Band Structures of Systems with Components Characterized by Frequency-Dependent Dielectric Function: I
- 12:30 Talk: C. T. Chan, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Order-N Methods for Photonic Band Gap Systems
- 13:00 Lunch and Discussions
Evening Session
- 17:30-19:30 Posters

Wednesday, June 21, 1995

Morning Session - Chairperson: A. A. Maradudin
- 9:00 Lecture: K. M. Ho, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Photonic Band Gap Materials: II
- 10:00 Lecture: E. Ozbay, Bilkent University, Micromachined Photonic Band Gap Crystals: From Microwave to Far-Infrared Frequencies, I
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Lecture: E. Yablonovitch, UCLA, Metallic Wire Band Structure at Micro-Wave Frequencies
- 12:30 Talk: G. Feiertag, IMM-Mainz, Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Photonic Band Gap Materials by Deep X-ray Lithography
- 13:00 Lunch and Discussions
Evening Session - Chairperson: K.-M. Ho
- 17:30 Lecture: E. N. Economou, Research Center of Crete, Elastic Waves in Periodic Composite Materials
- 18:30 Lecture: A. A. Maradudin, University of California, Irvine, Photonic Band Structures of Systems with Components Characterized by Frequency-Dependent Dielectric Function: II
- 19:30 End of the Session

Thursday, June 22, 1995

Morning Session - Chairperson: E. Yablonovitch
- 9:00 Lecture: C. M. Soukoulis, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Photonic Band Gap Structures: Studies of the Transmission Coefficient, I
- 10:00 Lecture: D. Smith, University of California,San Diego, Design Considerations for a 2-D Photonic Band Gap Accelerator Cavity
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Talk: B. Alexandrov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Periodically Time Dependent Photonic Crystals
- 12:00 Talk: T. Baba, Yokohama National University, 2D Photonic Crystals with Multiple Refractive-Index Steps
- 12:30 Talk:
- 13:00 Lunch and Discussions
Evening Session - Chairperson: D. A. Papaconstantopoulos
- 17:30 Lecture: P. Villeneuve, M.I.T., Air-Bridge Microcavities
- 18:30 Lecture: P. Russell, University of Southampton, Optical Stop Bands and Photonic Band Gaps: Physics and Applications, II
- 19:30 End of the Session

Friday, June 23, 1995

Morning Session - Chairperson: P. Russell
- 9:00 Lecture: E. Ozbay, Bilkent University, Micromachined Photonic Band Gap Crystals: From Microwave to Far-Infrared Frequencies: II
- 10:00 Lecture: E. Brown, M.I.T., Lincoln Lab, Microwave Applications of Photonic Crystals, I
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Talk: K. Busch, University of Karlsruhe, Defect States in Photonic Band Gap Materials
- 12:00 Talk: A. R. McGurn, Western Michigan University, Impurity Modes from Frequency Dependent Impurities in Photonic Band Structures
- 12:30 Talk: V. Kuzmiak, Institute of Radio Eng., Czech, Photonic Band Structure of 1-D and 2-D Periodic Metallic Systems in the Presence of Dissipation
- 13:00 Lunch and Discussions
Evening Session - Chairperson: T. Tsakalatos
- 17:30 Lecture: R. Biswas, Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University, Optimized Dipole Antennas on Photonic Band Gap Crystals
- 18:30 Talk: I. Tarhan, University of Delaware, Optical Measurements of Photonic Band Structure in fcc Colloidal Crystals
- 19:00 Talk: D. Cassagne, University of Montpellier, Two-Dimensional Photonic Band Gaps: New Hexagonal Structures
- 19:30 End of the Session

Saturday, June 24, 1995

Morning Session - Chairperson: S. Srivastava
- 9:00 Lecture: E. N. Economou, Research Center of Crete, Coherent Potential Approximation for Classical Waves
- 10:00 Lecture: P. Sheng, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and Exxon, Waves in Random Media : Speed(s) and Other Theoretical Matters: I
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Talk: K. Busch, University of Karlsruhe, Energy Transport Velocity in Random Media.
- 12:00 Panel Discussion : Photonic Band Gaps and Localization
- 13:00 Lunch and Discussions

Sunday, June 25, 1995

Field Trip

Monday, June 26, 1995

Morning Session - Chairperson: P. Sheng
- 9:00 Lecture: E. Brown, M.I.T., Microwave Applications of Photonic Crystals, II
- 10:00 Lecture: S. John, University of Toronto, Collective Phenomena in a Photonic Band Gap
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Lecture: J. Pendry, Imperial College, Transfer Matrix Techniques for EM Waves and Applications to Photonic Materials: I
- 12:30 Talk: P. Vasilopoulos, Concordia University, Photonic Gap in Complex One- and Two-Dimensional (2D) Systems, Periodically Modulated Waveguides and Photonic Stub Tuners
- 13:00 Lunch and Discussions
Evening Session - Chairperson: J. Pendry
- 17:30 Lecture: P. Sheng, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and Exxon, Waves in Random Media : Speed(s) and Other Theoretical Matters: II
- 18:30 Talk: Z. Q. Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Transition from Ballistic to Diffusive Behavior for Multiply Scattered Waves
- 19:00 Talk: J. M. Elson, China Lake Research Center, Calculation of Band Structure in Photonic Media Using Modal Expansion and R-Matrix Propagation Techniques
- 19:30 End of the Session

Tuesday, June 27, 1995

Morning Session - Chairperson: E. Ozbay
- 9:00 Lecture: O. Benson, Max-Planck Institute, Munich, From Micromaser to Microlaser: I
- 10:00 Talk: R. Sprik, University of Amsterdam, Photonic Band Structures of Atomic Lattices
- 10:30 Talk: U. Gruening, Siemens AG, Fabrication of 2-D Photonic Crystals with Infrared Band Gaps in Porous Silicon
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Talk: T. Krauss, University of Glasgow, Fabrication of 2-D PBG Structures in GaAs/AlGaAs
- 12:00 Talk: P. Tran, China Lake Research Center, Photonic Band Structure Calculation of Systems Possessing Kerr Nonlinearity
- 12:30 Talk:
- 13:00 Lunch and Discussions
Evening Session - Chairperson: E. Brown
- 17:30 Panel Discussion : Applications of Photonic Band Gaps
- 18:30 Posters

Wednesday, June 28, 1995

Morning Session - Chairperson: R. Biswas
- 9:00 Lecture: A. Modinos, National Technical University of Athens, Layer-by-Layer Methods in the Study of Photonic Crystals and Related Problems: I
- 10:00 Lecture: J. Pendry, Imperial College, Transfer Matrix Techniques for EM Waves and Applications to Photonic Materials: II
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Talk: P. Bell, Imperial College, The Interaction of EM Radiation with Metallic Systems.
- 12:00 Talk: P. J. Roberts, DRA, Photonic Band Structures and Resonant Modes
- 12:30 Talk:
- 13:00 Lunch and Discussions
Evening Session - Chairperson: A. A. Maradudin
- 17:30 Lecture: C. M. Soukoulis, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Photonic Band Gap Structures: Studies of the Transmission Coefficient, II
- 18:30 Panel Discussion : PBG's and Disorder
- 19:30 End of the Session

Thursday, June 29, 1995

Morning Session - Chairperson: P. Villeneuve
- 9:00 Lecture: A. Modinos, National Technical University of Athens, Layer-by-Layer Methods in the Study of Photonic Crystals and Related Problems: II
- 10:00 Lecture: O. Benson, Max-Planck Institute, Munich, From Micromaser to Microlaser: II
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Talk: G. Tsironis, University of Crete, Nonlinear Phenomena in Layered Superlattices
- 12:00 Talk: V. Konotop, University of Madeira, Effective Waveguides in Periodic Structures with Slowly Varying Parameters
- 12:30 Talk: V. Srivastava, University of Hyderabad, Inhibition of Spontaneous Emission in the Photonic Band Gap
- 13:00 Lunch and Discussions
Evening Session - Chairperson: A. Modinos
- 17:30 Talk: D. Andre, University of Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namure, Theory of Light Scattering Through a Periodic Array of Nanorods Embedded in a Slab
- 18:00 Talk: W. Vos, Amsterdam, Strong Dynamic Effects on the Diffraction of Photonic Colloidal Crystals
- 18:30 Panel Discussion : Open and Future Directions
- 19:30 End of the Session

Friday, June 30, 1995

Morning Session - Chairperson: C. M. Soukoulis
- 9:00 Remarks and Discussion: Open and Future Directions
- 10:30 Coffee Break
- 12:00 Closing Session-End of the Institute revised

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