Optics of Nanostructured Materials

Optics of Nanostructured Materials covers a selection of advanced research topics that deal with the optical properties of disordered materials including fractals, clusters, nanocomposites, aggregates and semiconductor nanostructures, and those of ordered artificial systems like the photonic band-gap crystals and the photonic crystal fibres. Each chapter of this book is written by leading scientists in their own field. The format is that of a review article, which first places the field in context and then gives a detailed and in-depth description of recent developments in that field. The chapters are well documented with an extensive bibliography, which will make the book valuable for advanced graduate students and researchers who are interested in learning about a given topic and getting an overview of the latest results.