Waves in Complex Media

- Reviews -

' This book is a modern and comprehensive account of light propagation in aperiodic media. It provides a solid, unified description of the basic theoretical tools and methods, and presents the unique optical properties and applications of aperiodic media, which usually cannot be achieved in traditional periodic and/or random photonic systems. It is an ideal introduction to this interdisciplinary, fascinating research field for graduate students and researchers in physics, electrical engineering, and applied physics. ' Felipe Pinheiro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro ' The very existence of orderings of matter which extend beyond mere regular periodicity, embracing quasiperiodic, hyperuniform, and deterministic aperiodic structural designs, emerges as a unifying theme blending the broad palette of topics covered in this magnificent book. In his intellectual tour-de-force Prof. Luca Dal Negro beautifully describes a lot of timely selected topics, including research fields as diverse as optical engineering, number theory, rogue waves, antenna theory, metamaterials, elliptic curves over finite fields, nano- plasmonics, chaotic dynamics, or cryptography (to name just a few), disclosing very appealing perspectives for their use in optical devices and technological applications. Quite remarkably, the main text is conveniently interspersed with many informative boxes and illustrative figures, carefully prepared by the author not only to provide a lot of useful information, but also aimed at spurring the reader to delve into deep insight considerations, naturally leading to far-reaching research subjects for the time to come. ' Enrique Macia Barber, Complutense University of Madrid ' Professor Dal Negro is to be commended for writing an outstanding and lucid treatise on the timely multidisciplinary topic of wave phenomena in complex media. He succeeds in presenting a wide range of important topics in a concise and effective manner, including basic topics in optics and scattering theories, emerging device applications in metamaterials and nano-optics technologies, state-of-the-art topics in the emerging fields of aperiodic and hyperuniform optics, among many other subjects and developments. Both researchers and practitioners will find this comprehensive book to be an invaluable resource. ' Salvatore Torquato, Princeton University ' An excellent book that presents a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the fast growing field of complex photonics. The author takes you on an exciting journey from the general theory of electromagnetic waves all the way to fascinating aperiodic structures arising from number theory. ' Uwe Grimm, Open University ' This is a fascinating book by an internationally renowned scholar and experienced educator in the field of complex photonics. It offers a well-balanced, extensive treatment of this exciting multidisciplinary topic in terms of electromagnetic scattering and diffraction phenomena in spatially aperiodic structures, with connection to the mathematical foundations in geometry and number theory, and with a view towards applications in optical devices and photonic technology. I highly recommend this book as an informative source for those working in this field and as an inspirational gateway for those interested in entering this research area. ' Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania

- Author Bio -

Luca Dal Negro is Full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a member of the Boston University Photonics Center, and he holds joint appointments in the Department of Physics and the Division of Materials Science at Boston University. He received his Ph. D. in Physics from the University of Trento, Italy. Professor Dal Negro is a fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA). His research interests concern the behavior of electromagnetic fields in nanostructured materials and the engineering of complex photonic media.

- Full Details -

Status:	Active
ISBN-13:	9781107037502
Published:	31 May 2022
Published In:	United Kingdom
Imprint:	Cambridge University Press
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	Hardback
Pages:	650

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